These all come from an actual newspaper contest where entrants age 4 to 15 were asked to imitate "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey."
I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which
is why I don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to
wash clothes on the last day of their life?
Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to
accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money.
Home is where the house is.
I often wonder how come John Tesh isn't as popular a singer as
some people think he should be. Then, I remember it's because he
sucks.
For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the
astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard
rock. That's what happens to cheese when you leave it out.
My young brother asked me what happens after we die. I told him
we get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our bodies. I guess I
should have told him the truth -- that most of us go to hell and burn
eternally -- but I didn't want to upset him.
I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to
myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine
they appear beside me. I tell Socrates about the national debate over
one's right to die and wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come the closest to
Utopia, and I show him a copy of the Constitution. I tell Aristotle that
we have found many more than four basic elements and I show him a
periodic table. I get a box of kitchen matches and strike one. They gasp
with wonder. We spend the rest of the night lighting farts.
When I go to heaven, I want to see my grandpa again. But he
better have lost the nose hair and the old-man smell.
I once heard the voice of God. It said "Vrrrrmmmmm." Unless it
was just a lawn mower.
I don't know about you, but I enjoy watching paint dry. I imagine
that the wet paint is a big freshwater lake that is the only source of
water for some tiny cities by the lake. As the lake gets drier, the
population gets more desperate, and sometimes there are water riots. Once
there was a big fire and everyone died.
I like to go down to the dog pound and pretend that I've found my
dog. Then I tell them to kill it anyway because I already gave away
all of his stuff.
As you make your way through this hectic world of ours, set aside
a few minutes each day. At the end of the year, you'll have a
couple of days saved up.
Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my
teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number.
It would be terrible if the Red Cross Bloodmobile got into an
accident. No, wait. That would be good because if anyone needed it, the
blood would be right there.
Think of the biggest number you can. Now add five. Then, imagine
if you had that many Twinkies. Wow, that's five more than the biggest
number you could come up with!
The only stupid question is the one that is never asked, except
maybe "Don't you think it is about time you audited my return?" or
"Isn't it morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was
speeding?"
Once, I wept for I had no shoes. Then I came upon a man who had
no feet. So I took his shoes. I mean, it's not like he really
needed them, right?
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize
world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until
the looting started.
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