Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Quotes - Part Thirty

 Today, starring Steven Wright

595.                   Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

--Steven Wright

596.                   For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier. I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

--Steven Wright

597.                   I bought a house on a dead‑end road; it’s one‑way coming out. I still can’t figure out how I got there.

--Steven Wright

598.                   I bought a self-learning record to learn Spanish. I turned it on and went to sleep; the record got stuck. The next day I could only stutter in Spanish.

--Steven Wright

599.                   I bought some batteries, but they weren’t included. So I had to buy them again.

--Steven Wright

600.                   I bought some powdered water, but I didn’t know what to add.

--Steven Wright

601.                   I brought a mirror to Lovers’ Lane. I told everybody I was Narcissus.

--Steven Wright

602.                   I got up one morning and couldn’t find my socks, so I called Information. “Hello, Information.” I said, “I can’t find my socks.” She said, “They’re behind the couch.”

--Steven Wright

603.                   I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it?

--Steven Wright

604.               I have a switch in my apartment that doesn’t do anything. Every once in a while I turn it on and off. One day I got a call from a woman in France who said, “Cut it out!”

--Steven Wright

605.               I have a quantum car. Every time I look at the speedometer, I get lost.

--Steven Wright

606.               I have an answering machine in my car. It says, “I’m home now, but leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out.”

--Steven Wright

607.               I installed a skylight in my apartment. The people who live above me are furious.

--Steven Wright

608.               I love to go shopping. I love to freak out salespeople. They ask me if they can help me, and I say, “Have you got anything I’d like?” Then they ask me what size I need, and I say, “Extra medium.”

--Steven Wright

609.               I prefer to describe my profession as that of a “Contemporary Anthropological Interactive Observer” because it has just the right amount of flair. Besides, “stalker” is such an ugly word.

--Steven Wright

610.               I put black electrical tape on all my mirrors so I don’t accidentally walk into another dimension.

--Steven Wright

611.               I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

--Steven Wright

612.               I replaced the headlights on my car with strobe lights. Now it looks like I’m the only one moving.

--Steven Wright

613.               I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he’s gone.

--Steven Wright

614.               I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

--Steven Wright

615.               I turned my air conditioner the other way around, and it got cold out. The weatherman said, “I don’t understand it. It was supposed to be 80 degrees out today.” I said, “Oops…”

--Steven Wright

616.               I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn’t park anywhere near the place.

--Steven Wright

617.               I was going 70 miles an hour and got stopped by a cop who said, “Do you know the speed limit is 55 miles per hour?” “Yes, officer, but I wasn’t planning to be out that long.”

--Steven Wright

618.               I went to a general store but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific.

--Steven Wright

619.               I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast any time.” So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

--Steven Wright

620.               I went to San Francisco. I found someone’s heart.

--Steven Wright

621.               I wrote a song, but I can’t read music. Every time I hear a new song on the radio, I think, “Hey, maybe I wrote that.”

--Steven Wright

622.               I’m addicted to placebos. I’d give them up, but it wouldn’t make any difference.

--Steven Wright

623.               If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.

--Steven Wright

624.               It doesn’t matter what temperature the room is; it’s always room temperature.

--Steven Wright

625.               It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.

--Steven Wright

626.               My buddy got busted for counterfeiting. He was making pennies. They caught him because he was putting the heads and tails on the wrong sides. He’s in a minimum security prison now; he’s on a whiffle‑ball and chain.

--Steven Wright

627.              My girlfriend’s weird. One day she asked me, “If you could know how and when you were going to die, would you want to know?” I said, “No.” She said, “Okay, forget it.”

--Steven Wright

628.               My high school colors were transparent. “I’m not naked, I’m in the band.”

--Steven Wright

629.               On the other hand, you have different fingers.

--Steven Wright

630.               One day I came home and accidentally put my car key into the door of my house. It fit, so I started it up, and drove around the block a few times. A policeman pulled me over and said, “Where do you live?” I said, “Right here.” Then I drove down the street, parked it, and yelled at everyone to get out of my driveway.

--Steven Wright

631.               One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, “Didn’t you see the stop sign?” I said, “Yeah, but I don’t believe everything I read.”

--Steven Wright

632.               Right now, I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

--Steven Wright

633.               The judge asked, “What do you plead?” I said, “Insanity, your honor. Who in his right mind would park in the passing lane?”

--Steven Wright

634.               You can’t have everything… where would you put it?

--Steven Wright

635.               When I was a kid, we had a quicksand box in the backyard. I was an only child… eventually.

--Steven Wright

636.               When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, “Did you sleep well?” I said, “No, I made a few mistakes.”

--Steven Wright

637.               Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

--Steven Wright

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