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" If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. "
Dave Barry
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" It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate. "
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" In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps. "
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" I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories. "
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" Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd. "
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" The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition. "
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" Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. "
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" Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true! "
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" We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. "
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" The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice. "
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