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"It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight."
Jack Handey
"Playing dead not only comes in handy when face to face with a bear, but also at important business meetings."
Jack Handey
"To me, it's always a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, 'Hey, can you give me a hand?,' you can say, 'Sorry, got these sacks.'"
Jack Handey
"If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now."
Jack Handey
"Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books."
Jack Handey
"I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex."
Jack Handey
"I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching."
Jack Handey
"If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact."
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"Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait. I guess that's like a regular window."
Jack Handey
"Children need encouragement. So if a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way, he develops a good, lucky feeling."
Jack Handey
"How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol? How about the pillow? It has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have that dangerous beak."
Jack Handey
"Even though he was an enemy of mine, I had to admit that what he had accomplished was a brilliant piece of strategy. First, he punched me, then he kicked me, then he punched me again."
Jack Handey
"If your kid makes one of those little homemade guitars out of a cigar box and rubber bands, don't let him just play it once or twice and then throw it away. Make him practice on it, every day, for about three hours a day. Later, he'll thank you."
Jack Handey
"I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then when somebody comes up act like they just woke up and go, 'What was THAT?!'"
Jack Handey
"Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what IS that thing?!"
Jack Handey
"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you."
Jack Handey
"What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid-gold baby? Maybe we'll never know."
Jack Handey
"I think that a hat which has a little cannon that fires and then goes back inside the hat is at least a decade away."
Jack Handey
"If you're in a boxing match, try not to let the other guy's glove touch your lips, because you don't know where that glove has been."
Jack Handey
"To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad."
Jack Handey
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