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The Wit and Wisdom of Homer J. Simpson

  • "Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddys, and kids with fake IDs."

  • "Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."

  • "You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine."

  • "Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel."

  • "If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers."

  • "To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems!"

  • "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over 50, and if its speed changed, it would explode! I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."

  • "I want to share something with you - three sentences that will get you through life:

    • Number one, 'Cover for me.'

    • Number two, 'Oh, good idea, boss.'

    • Number three, 'It was like that when I got here.'

  • "Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda."

  • "Step aside everyone! Sensitive love letters are my specialty. 'Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.'"

  • "Don't let Krusty's death get you down, boy. People die all the time. Just like that. Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow. Well, goodnight."

  • "Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such."

  • "Stealing! How could you? Haven't you learned anything from that guy who gives those sermons at church? Captain what's-his-name?

  • We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughin', did you?"

  • "Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, you're making a scene.'"

Submitted by Bill, Ardmore, Pa.
 

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Dumb Instructions
  • "Warning: May contain nuts." -- On a package of peanuts.
  • "Do not eat." -- On a slip of paper in a stereo box, referring to the styrofoam packing.
  • "Access hole only -- not intended for use in lifting box." -- On the sides of a shipping carton, just above cut-out openings which one would assume were handholds.
  • "Warning: May cause drowsiness." -- On a bottle of Nytol, a brand of sleeping pills.
  • "Warning: Misuse may cause injury or death." -- Stamped on the metal barrel of a .22 calibre rifle.
  • "Do not use orally after using rectally." -- In the instructions for an electric thermometer.
  • "Turn off motor before using this product." -- On the packaging for a chain saw file, used to sharpen the cutting teeth on the chain.
  • "Not to be used as a personal flotation device." -- On a 6x10 inch inflatable picture frame.
  • "Do not put in mouth." -- On a box of bottle rockets.
  • "Please remove before driving." -- On the back of a cardboard windshield (for keeping the car from getting too hot when parked).
  • "Remove plastic before eating." -- On the wrapper of a Fruit Roll-Up snack.
  • "Not dishwasher safe." -- On a remote control for a TV.
  • "For lifting purposes only." -- On the box for a car jack.
  • "Do not put lit candles on phone." -- On the instructions for a cordless phone.
  • "Warning! This is not underwear! Do not attempt to put in pants." -- On the packaging for a wristwatch.
  • "Do not recharge, put in backwards, or use." -- On a battery.

Submitted by Kenneth, Shropshire, England
 

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Sometimes it Only Takes One Line
  • I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
  • If a nickel knew what it is worth today, it would feel like two cents.
  • A lot of pessimists get that way from financing optimists.
  • When you have your head up your butt, 4 of the 5 senses do not work.
  • I'd rather visit the zoo than most of my relatives.
  • If only the good die young then what does that say about senior citizens?
  • Commercial truck owners should be required to pay into a state windshield repair fund.
  • I knew the Louisiana Purchase was a bad idea.
  • I work for a living, I don't live for working.
  • With fuel prices skyrocketing, they should now call them gasp pumps!
  • Buffet is a French term, It means "get up and get it yourself."
  • Without geometry, life is pointless.
  • To a worm, digging in the hard ground is more relaxing than going fishing.
  • Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?
  • If people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.
  • Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.
  • Why is the National Guard in Iraq and the Army in New Orleans?
  • Yes, I'm lost . . . but I'm making GREAT time!
  • Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
  • Time isn't on my side. It's on my back.

Submitted by Kathy, Germantown, Md.
 

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Phorism: A short, pointed sentence...

... expressing a wise or clever observation or a general truth

  • The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
  • Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
  • If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense.
  • Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
  • A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
  • How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
  • Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how man people a company can operate without.
  • Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
  • Scratch a cat and you will have a permanent job.
  • No one has more driving ambition than the boy who wants to buy a car.
  • There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
  • There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.
  • No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
  • I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.
  • Be careful reading the fine print. There's no way you're going to like it.
  • The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
  • Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
  • Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Smart Car.
  • After 50, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead!! 20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones who mind, don't matter.
  • "I'd rather go through life sober believing I'm an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to prove I'm not."
  • "Occasionally let your mind wander; it knows how to get home."

Submitted by Dewey, Pensacola, Fl.
 

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New Drugs on the Market
  • St. Mom's Wort - Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for up to six hours.
  • Empty Nestrogen - Highly effective suppository that eliminates melancholy by enhancing the memory of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait til they moved out.
  • Peptobimbo - Liquid silicone for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and improves flirting.
  • Dumerol - When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low I.Q. causing enjoyment of country western music.
  • Antiboyotics - When administered to teenage girls, is highly effective in improving grades, freeing up phone lines, and reducing money spent on make-up.

Submitted by Dick, Williamsport, Md.
 

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Good Puns
  • Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.
  • A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative
  • I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
  • If electricity comes from electrons... does that mean that morality comes from morons?
  • Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
  • A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
  • Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
  • Without geometry, life is pointless.
  • When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
  • Reading whilst sunbathing makes you well-red.
  • When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
  • Alarms: What an octopus is.
  • Dockyard: A physician's garden.
  • Incongruous: Where bills are passed.

Did You Hear About The...?

  • Brake company on the skids?
  • Bra manufacturers that went bust?
  • Surgeon who was forced to take a cut in his salary?
  • Cigarette company that went up in smoke?
  • Baker who was short of dough?
  • Refrigerator manufacturer that had it's assets frozen?
  • Corset firm that felt the squeeze?
  • Upholsterers that couldn't cover their costs?
  • Adhesive tape company that got into a sticky situation?
  • Tennis ball manufacturer that ended up in court?
  • Downfall of the bungee suppliers?
  • The train company that went off the rails?
  • The ship building company that sunk?
  • The dental practice that was rotten to its roots?

Submitted by Dave, Bolder, Co.
 

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Notable saying from Mother-in-laws of famous people
  • Paul Revere's mother "I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!"
  • Mona Lisa's mother "After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"
  • Humpty Dumpty's mother "Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Nooo!"
  • Columbus' mother "I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"
  • Michelangelo's mother "Mike, can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"
  • Napoleon's mother "All right, napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!"
  • Custer's mother "Now, George, remember what I told you -- don't go biting off more than you can chew!"
  • Abraham Lincoln's mother again with the stovepipe hat, abe? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"
  • Barney's mother "I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple."
  • Batman's mother "It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?"
  • Goldilocks' mother "I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?"
  • Little miss Muffet's mother "Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get off your Tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"
  • Albert Einstein's mother "But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"
  • George Washington's mother "The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"
  • Jonah's mother "That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."
  • Superman's mother "Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?"
  • Thomas Edison's mother "Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!"

Submitted by Don, Hagerstown, MD.
 

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Some Really Good Questions
  • Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
  • Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
  • Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?'
  • Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
  • On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message "one slice?" How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
  • Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
  • Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first try?
  • How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?
  • Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
  • Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
  • Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
  • The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends, if they're okay, then it's you.

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Terms you should know
  • Traffic light: Apparatus that automatically turns red when your car approaches.
  • Divorce: Postgraduate in school of love.
  • Pioneer: Early American who was lucky enough to find his way out of the woods.
  • People: Some make things happen, some watch things happen, and the majority has no idea what's happened.
  • Swimming pool: A mob of people with water in it.
  • Self-control: The ability to eat only one peanut.
  • Salesman: Man with ability to convince wife she'd look fat in mink.
  • Cannibal: Person who likes to see other people stewed.
  • Egocentric: A person who believes he is everything you know you are.
  • Foreign film: Any movie shown in Texas theater that isn't a western.
  • Optimist: Girl who regards a bulge as a curve.
  • Magazine: Bunch of printed pages that tell you what's coming in the next issue.
  • College: The four-year period when parents are permitted access to the telephone.
  • Emergency numbers: Police station, fire department and places that deliver.
  • Opera: When a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.
  • Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself."
  • Baby-sitter: A teenager who must behave like an adult so that the adults who are out can behave like teenagers.
  • Tattoo: Permanent proof of temporary insanity.

Submitted by Kenneth, Shropshire, England
 

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Play on Words
  • A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.
  • What's the definition of a will? It's a dead give away.
  • Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
  • A backward poet writes in verse.
  • In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
  • She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg,but she broke it off.
  • A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
  • If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
  • When she got married, she got a new name and a dress.
  • Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A flat miner.
  • When your clock is hungry,it goes back four seconds.
  • The man who fell into an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
  • A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blown apart.
  • You will feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
  • Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
  • He often broke into a song because he couldn't find the key.
  • Every calendar's days are numbered.
  • A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours ...and it 'taint mine.
  • A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
  • He had a photographic memory..which was never developed.
  • A plateau is a high form of flattery.
  • The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
  • Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
  • When you've seen one shopping centre you've seen a mall.
  • Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
  • When the actress saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye.
  • Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
  • Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
  • Acupuncture is a jab well done.
  • Marathon runners with bad footwear will suffer the agony of defeat.

Submitted by Kenneth, Shropshire, England
 

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Interesting observations
  • Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
  • If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?
  • Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the empty gun is thrown at him?
  • When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?
  • Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?
  • After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water?
  • Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?
  • Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
  • Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
  • Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
  • Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
  • Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
  • Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
  • Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
  • Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
  • Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
  • How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
  • When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right so why don't we say, "That hurt, you idiot?"
  • Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
  • In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

Submitted by Kenneth, Shropshire, England
 

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The Laws of Ultimate Reality 
  • Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.
  • Law of Gravity - Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
  • Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
  • Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.
  • Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
  • Variation Law - If you change traffic lanes, the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
  • Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
  • Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
  • Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
  • Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
  • Law of the Theatre - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
  • The Starbucks Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
  • Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
  • Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jam sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
  • Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the shoe fits, it's ugly.
  • Wilson 's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
  • Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better. Don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.
  • Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

Submitted by Bill, Gettysburg, Pa.
 

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