The Edge
Today is Tuesday, the 96th day of 2010. There are 269 days left in the year. Today is Teflon Day. Go ahead and sling your worst. Nothing sticks.
Steven Wright on ... the big picture
A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, "Wish you were here."
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Every so often, I like to stick my head out the window, look up, and smile for a satellite picture.
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I'm moving to Mars next week, so if you have any boxes.
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Sorry, my mind was wandering. One time my mind went all the way to Venus on mail order and I couldn't pay for it.
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I have a map of the United States ... actual size. It says, "Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile." I spent last summer folding it. I also have a full-size map of the world. I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6."
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It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
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Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
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You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world. Perhaps you've seen it.
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It's a good thing we have gravity, or else when birds died they'd just stay right up there. Hunters would be all confused.
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When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction.
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Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was the suspect.
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Once I was arrested for walking in someone else's sleep.
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Why is it a penny for your thought, but you have to put your 2 cents in? Somebody's makin' a penny.
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I talk to myself a lot, and it bothers people because I use a megaphone.
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Eivg tulni ti thsur, tenh veha uyor utccnotnaa caaelutlc hte etrwi-fof.
ANSWERS
LUCK - Down on your luck
Fi yuo devreodos no tegdtnsconea sletabt, odluw uyo utnr niot a lpie fo dtus? - If you overdosed on decongestant tablets, would you turn into a pile of dust?
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