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" To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. "
Dave Barry
Personal
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Better
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" I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. "
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" Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? "
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" There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. "
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" Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. "
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" The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs. "
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" The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example. "
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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 real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species. "
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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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" Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything. "
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" Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. "
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" I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care. "
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" 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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" If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word. "
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Everything
Enough
" Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent. "
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Football
Chicago
" If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.' "
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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. "
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" What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers. "
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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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" To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. "
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Teen
Nothing
" 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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Funny
Person
" Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. "
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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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" The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. "
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" Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around. "
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