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" Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators. "
Dave Barry
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" We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires. "
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" The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. "
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" In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid. "
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" If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word. "
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" American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it. "
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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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" The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television. "
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" The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number. "
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" Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything. "
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" The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. "
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" Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. "
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" I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. "
Dave Barry
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" Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. "
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" The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. "
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" We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin. "
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" If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry. "
Dave Barry
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" The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species. "
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Real
" 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. "
Dave Barry
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" Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd. "
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" Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. "
Dave Barry
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" The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. "
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" Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. "
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Nobody
" And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West. "
Dave Barry
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West
Try
" Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. "
Dave Barry
Know
Rich
Today
" I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. "
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Only
Purpose
" We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. "
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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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" Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. "
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" Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough. "
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