Deep Thoughts (by Jack Handey)

If you ever drop your keys into a 
river of molten lava,
let'em go,because, man, they're gone.
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If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier
about cutting them down?  We might, if 
they screamed all 
the time,for no good reason.
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To me, it's 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."
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One thing kids like is to be tricked.  
For instance, I was going
to take my nephew to Disneyland, 
but instead I drove him to an old
burned-out warehouse. 
"Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down."

He cried and cried, but I think that deep 
down he thought it was a
pretty good joke.  I started to drive over 
to the real Disneyland, but
decided to go home instead.
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The face of a child can say it all, 
especially the mouth part of the face.
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If you lived in the Dark Ages and you 
were a catapult operator, I
bet the most common question people 
would ask is, "Can't you make it
shoot farther?"  "No, I'm sorry.  
That's as far as it shoots."
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Is there anything more beautiful 
than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo,
flying across in front of a beautiful sunset?  
And he's carrying a
beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's 
carrying a very beautiful
painting with his feet.  And also, you're drunk.
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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.
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If a kid asks where rain comes from, 
I think a cute thing to tell
him is, "God is crying."  And if he asks why 
God is crying, another cute
thing to tell him is, "Probably because of 
something you did."
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If you ever catch on fire, try to 
avoid seeing yourself in the
mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY 
throws you into a panic.
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Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall 
on a wet sidewalk, my first
instinct is to laugh.  But then I think, 
what if I was an ant and she
fell on me.  Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.
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To me, boxing is like a ballet, 
except there's no music, no
choreography and the dancers hit each other.
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I hope if dogs ever take over the world 
and they choose a king, they
don't just go by size, because I bet 
there are some Chihuahuas with
some good ideas.
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If life deals you lemons, why not go kill 
someone with the lemons
(maybe by shoving them down his throat).
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Instead of having "answers" on a math test, 
they should just call
them "impressions," and if you got a different 
"impression," so what,
can't we all be brothers?
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Probably the earliest fly swatters were 
nothing more than some sort
of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
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I wish I would have a real tragic 
love affair and get so bummed out
that I'd just quit my job and become 
a bum for a few years, because
I was thinking about doing that anyway.
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I think a good gift for the President 
would be a chocolate revolver.
And since he's so busy, you'd probably 
have to run up to him real
quick and hand it to him.
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Maybe in order to understand mankind we 
have to look at that word
itself. MANKIND.  Basically, it's made up 
of two separate words "mank" and
"ind." What do these words mean?  
It's a mystery and so is mankind.
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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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It's easy to sit there and say you'd like 
to have more money.  And I
guess that's what I like about it.  It's easy.  
Just sitting there,
rocking back and forth, wanting that money.
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If you ever reach total enlightenment 
while you're drinking a beer,
I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.
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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.
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As the light changed from red to green 
to yellow and back to red
again, I sat there thinking about life.  
Was it nothing more than a
bunch of honking and yelling?  
Sometimes it seemed that way.
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I can picture in my mind a world without war, 
a world without hate.
And I can picture us attacking that world, 
because they'd never expect it.
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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.
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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.
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What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, 
with the birds singing
and the wind rustling through the leaves, 
that makes you want to get
drunk? And after you're real drunk, 
maybe go down to the public park
and stagger  around and ask people for money, 
and then lay down and go
to sleep.
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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.
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During the Middle Ages, probably one of 
the biggest mistakes was not
putting on your armor because you were 
"just going down to the corner."
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If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not 
real mean to poor people, like
I am now.
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When I found the skull in the woods, 
the first thing I did was call
the police. But then I got curious about it.  
I picked it up, and
started wondering who this person was, 
and why he had deer horns.
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I remember how my great-uncle Jerry 
would sit on the porch and
whittle all day long.  Once he whittled me 
a toy boat out of a larger
toy boat I had.  It was almost as good as 
the first one, except now it had
bumpy whittle marks all over it.  
And no paint, because he had whittled
off the paint.
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Here's a good thing to do if you go to 
a party and you don't know
anybody:  First take out the garbage.  
Then go around and collect any
extra garbage  that people might have, 
like a crumpled napkin, and
take that out too.  Pretty soon people 
will want to meet the busy
garbage guy.
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Sometimes I think you have to march right 
in and demand your rights,
even if you don't know what your rights are, 
or who the person is you're
talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door.
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If you're a cowboy and you're dragging 
a guy behind your horse, I bet
it would really make you mad if you 
looked back and the guy was reading
a magazine.
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If your friend is already dead, and being 
eaten by vultures, I think
it's okay to feed some bits of your friend 
to one of the vultures, to
teach him to do some tricks.  But only if 
you're serious about adopting
the vulture.
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Broken promises don't upset me.  I just think, 
why did they believe me?
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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.
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One thing vampire children have to be 
taught early on is, don't run
with a wooden stake.
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If you go to a costume party at your 
boss's house, wouldn't you think
a good costume would be to dress up 
like the boss's wife?  Trust me,
it's not.
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Most of the time it was probably real 
bad being stuck down in a
dungeon. But some days, when there was 
a bad storm outside, you'd look
out your little window and think, "Boy, 
I'm glad I'm not out in that."
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Consider the daffodil.  And while 
you're doing that, I'll be over
here, looking through your stuff.
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For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, 
here's a tip: why not add
a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness?