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Senility, Status Quo and Other Non-Famous One-Liners (Should I have said “Infamous One-Liners?) Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments from eGrumps (July 1, 2010)

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

HAPPY JULY 1 – WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH 2010 – AND THEN – 2011 – BIG DEAL – I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE HALFWAY THROUGH 1910 (at least I think it was 1910).

“I am in the prime of senility.” (Stolen by eGrumps from someone older than he is. Hard to believe someone is older than me, and still using the Internet)

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

Prayers are always answered. Unfortunately the answer is usually “NO!”

Famous fortune cookie saying: “You love Chinese food.”

“My wild oats have turned to prunes and all-bran.” (Stolen by eGrumps.)

“Money isn’t everything. There is also VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American  Express. (Also stolen by eGrumps)

“We are what we pretend to be.” (Kurt Vonnegutt, Jr.)
“So?” (eGrumps)

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Murphy’s Obscure Laws (Part One – to be continued eventually – maybe tomorrow) Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) – June 30, 2010.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

A drunken man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts.

Every man has a scheme that will not work (except for eGrumps).

Never insult an alligator until you have crossed the river.

eGrumps law of fighting – When your opponent is down, kick him.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

eGrumps law of love: She  who is silent consents.

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Greeting Cards You Never Saw in the Store — Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments – (from eGrumps) – June 26, 2010

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

“Congratulations on your wedding day. Too bad no one likes your wife.”

“If I only get one thing for Christmas, I hope it is your sister.”

“As you grow older, Mom, I think of all the things you have given me. Like the need for therapy.”

“I must admit you brought religion into my life.l I never believed in Hell before.”

“Congratulations on your new baby. Did you ever find out who the father was?”

“Happy Birthday, Uncle Dad.” (available only in Arkansas.)

“Someday I hope to get married, but not to you.”

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and eGrumps favorite:

“Your friends and I wanted to do something special for your birthday – so we are having you put to sleep.”

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Slightly Off-Color One Liners – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments – (from eGrumps) -June 21, 2010.

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Sorry team, I’ve been out of action for about a week. It’s amazing what one must give up when your spouse is sick. I think my priorities are somewhat screwed up, but she doesn’t think so.

“My dad told me. “Anything worth having  is worth waiting for.” I waited until I was fifteen.”( Zsa Zsa Gabor.)

“Not tonight, Josephine.” (Napoleon)

“It’s not the men in my life that count, it’s the life in my men.” (Mae West)

“A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me and she said “No.” (Woody Allen)

“Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist bothers to buy a bottle of wine.” (Andrea Dworkin)

Sex was a competitive event in those days and the only thing you could take as a certainty was that everyone else was lying, just as you were.” (Bob Geldof)

“Your idea of fidelity was not having more than one man in bed at the same time.” (Fredric Raphel.”

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Laws that are Eternal (and Unnatural) – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments – (from eGrumps) – June 5, 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results.

Every person has a scheme that will not work.

The other line moves faster.

If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.

An object will fall so as to do the most damage.

When the lights are out all women are beautiful, or
When the lights are out, all men are handsome.
“eGrumps, you are never handsome, even with the lights out.” (Mrs. eGrumps)
“What I have to endure Just to publish these comments for the edification of humankind, that excludes Mrs. eGrumps, who last time I looked with the lights on, was not a member of humankind. I couldn’t even start to speculate as to what”kind” she is or what tribe(s) threw her out. I think she must have been scaring the children.” (eGrumps)

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Aging – Old Age Begins When You Start Swapping Meds with your parents. Jokes, Humor and Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) — June 4, 2010

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Growing old is not all bad. In fact, it is good karma. Think about it. “I age. Therefore…I…still ….am.

The fundamental flaw in OBamacare is that doctors don’t get paid until you are sick.

Affirmative Action -isn’t.

The definition of a baby boomer is someone who jogs five miles a day but can’t find the energy to take out the garbage.

Atheists make lousy parents because they have no faith in their children.

Optimists age like wine. Pessimists age like milk.

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True Maxims of Life – One Liners — Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments — (from eGrumps) — June 1, 2010

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

For Information on the 2010 (so far) Award: I’ve Got a Bridge I Want to Sell You – go to www.grumps.com.

Hot damn – It’s June 1 already. I guess I can forget about my New Year’s Eve resolutions – actually, I don’t remember my New Year’s Eve resolutions. Philosophical question – can you intentionally break a new Year’s Eve Resolution, if you don’t remember it? Probably not – you can’t intentionally break it if you don’t know what it was.  Ergo – if someone accuses you of intentionally breaking your New Year’s Eve Resolutions – say you forgot them – and to bug off.

The object is to die young, as late as possible.

When in doubt, predict the present trend will continue.

There are only two problems with people. One is that they don’t think. The other is that they do.

Love is a matter of chemistry. Sex is a matter of physics.

You are not drunk if you can lie an the floor without holding on.

Logic is a systematic way of arriving at the wrong conclusion with confidence.

If it jams force it. If it breaks, it needed replacement anyway.

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Stress, Opinions and Other Memorable One-Line Jokes (from eGrumps, modest purveyor of one-line jokes) — May 26, 2010

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

“Sex is a killer.” Want to die happy?

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.

Never confuse having a career with having a life. (“eGrumps, you have neither.” Mrs. eGrumps)

Teenager with nose rings, baggy pants and spike hair to a friend. “I don’t really like dressing this way, but it keeps my parents from dragging me everywhere they go.”

You have a right to your opinions. I just don’t want to hear them.

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

Never say “OOPS.” Always say “Ah, interesting.”

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Check out http://egrumps.com for latest on Pres. Obama, the oil spill, and playing golf.

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Seniors’ Comments – “Old Age Isn’t for Sissies” – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) – May 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

T-Shirt message on 96-year old woman at senior’s meeting: “It’s hard to be nostalgic when you can’t remember a damn thing.”

Nothing gives a Grandparent more of a chill than when his grandchildren call and ask if he’s made out a will.

An old timer can remember when the air was pure and the sex was dirty.

eGrumps asked Mrs. eGrumps if she thought she could communicate with the dead. Sure, she said, I can hear you quite clearly. If all the money wasn’t in her name, I’d have divorced her years ago.

The  worst thing about retirement is having to drink coffee on your own time.

There’s no fool like an old fool, unless he’s got money.

They are NOT wrinkles, they’re laugh lines. (“You betcha – I’m all for that!” eGrumps)

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Maxims and Questions of Life – One-Line Ones, Anyhow – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps, One of America’s Truly Great, Modest Humorists) – May 22, 2010.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

If you must chose between two evils, pick the one you haven’t tried before.

Mrs eGrumps has suggested that when I die I leave my body to science fiction. I think she wants me to visit her relatives.

Every so often I go to the window, look up, and smile for the satellite picture.

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

When a man talks dirty to a woman, it’s sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it’s $3.95 a minute.

I think — therefore  I’m single.

Arizona Governor to illegal aliens. Don’t want to be racially profiled, my advice: Go Home. That’ll solve your problem.

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One-Liners to Live By (Or to Die for, Depending on Your Point of View) — Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) — May 18, 2010.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

When you are over the hill, you pick up speed.

A bird in the hand is dead.

As the economy gets better, everything else gets worse.

The first discovery of Christmas morning: “Batteries not included.”

If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

A column about errors will contain errors.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

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Answering Machines – One Line Comments — Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments — (from eGrumps) — May 16, 2010

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

People are living longer these days. When the Angel of Death calls, he gets an answering machine.

I just bought an answering machine. It’s not working too well. Maybe the fact that I don’t have a telephone has something to do with it.

Why is it that whenever you return a call left on your answering machine, you get the other person’s answering machine?

I’ve solved the problem of getting messages on my answering machine. It says, “Please leave a message after the beep.” And there is no beep. Saves me having to return a lot of calls.

My kids moved away from home. We haven’t talked in two years. We just leave messages on each others answering machines.

Another method to reduce the number of  messages left on your answering machine – Put the message “We’re not home right now, we”ll return the call when we get back – in about three years.”

I proposed to my girlfriend by leaving a message on her answering machine. How was I to know she had a husband?

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Life – One Line Bits of Philosophy — Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments — (from eGrumps) — May 11, 2010

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

I am confused, therefore I am.

Life is what you make it — unless somebody makes it worse.

The golden rule of life is that there are no golden rules.

Life can be marvelous. Try not to miss it.

Life may not be all you want, but it is all you have.

Life is what happens to us when we are making other plans.

There is one good thing about life. You pass this way only once.

“It’s only life, hang loose”  (eGrumps)
“eGrumps, if you hang any looser, you’d be dead.” (Mrs. eGrumps)
“Mrs. eGrumps, sweetie, honey bun, you’re an idiot” (eGrumps)
“You’re damn right I am, I married you.” (Mrs. eGrumps)

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Mother’s Day Suggestion (and other one-liners) – Jokes, Humor and Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) – May 8, 2010

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Sunday is Mother’s Day. All of you ladies out there who wish to become mothers, write me immediately and I’ll do my best to satisfy your wishes. Hurry, though, the supply of me is limited, and I’m tired just thinking of fulfilling my obligations.

Immature blog owners write pithy comments, mature blog owners steal pithy comments from others. (“That cannot apply to me, I haven’t stolen anything in about four hours.” eGrumps)

Schizophrenia beats dining alone.

Support wildlife!!! Throw a party.

“Money and women are the most sought after and least understood things of any that we have.” (Will Rogers)

“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”" (Eric Hoffer)

“Quit worrying about your health, it’ll go away” (Robert Orbin)

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Laws of Love and Related Activities – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) — May 3, 2010

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Sex is a three letter word which needs some old-fashioned four letter words to convey its true meaning.

Money can’t buy love, but it sure gets you into a great bargaining position.

The best things in the world are free, and worth every penny of it.

Never sleep with anyone crazier than you.

The game of love is never called off because of darkness.

Thou shalt not commit adultry, unless in the mood.

Love thy neighbor, but don’t get caught.

Love is a matter of chemistry. Sex is a matter of physics.

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Health Care Costs and Taxes

Friday, April 30th, 2010

President Obama to new Commission to examine the feasibility of new taxes to “balance” the budget: Everything is on the table.

President Obama and Health Care Bill; Nothing is on the table. No Amendments of any sort were permitted.

Spending cannot be curtailed – taxes will be found since everything is on the table to raise new money. If not – what the heck, it’s only a balanced budget at risk.

Laws That Murphy Might Have Written – You Must Live By Them, or Else (you’ve been warned) – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps) — April 26, 2010

Monday, April 26th, 2010

EGrumps Law: There is an easier way to do it!

Kafka’s Law: In the fight between you and the world, back the world

Dentist’s Law: Toothaches always start on a Saturday night.

Surgeon’s Law: Never say “OOPs” in the Operating Room.

Losing Gambler’s Law: Certainly the game is rigged against me. I don’t let that stop me. If I don’t bet, I can’t win.

Cat Owner’s Law: Never try to outstubborn a cat.

eGrump’s Second Law: Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again. (This is really important)

General Law of Humanity: The alternative to getting old is depressing.

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Government Money – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments — (from eGrumps) — April 19, 2010

Monday, April 19th, 2010

There is no such thing as government money, only taxpayer money. “Washington, are you listening?” (eGrumps)

May your life be long and useful. Like a roll of toilet paper.

Reality is a crutch for people who can’t face drugs.

Never say” OOPS.”  Always say “Ah, interesting!”

Circular Definition: see Definition, Circular.

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

Schizophrenia: When we talk to God, it’s called prayer. When God talks back, it’s schizophrenia.

Work is the curse of the drinking class.

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One-Line Jokes about Women – Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments (from eGrumps – actually stolen by eGrumps) – April 18, 2010

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

These one-liners are dedicated to women, my favorite subject, but don’t tell Mrs. eGrumps. The quotations were made by some male chauvinist pigs, not like me. I’m a male chauvinist boar.

“A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally.” (Lillian Day)

“Anyone who says he can see through women is missing an awful lot” (Groucho Marx)

“Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands.” (Jayne Mansfield)

“Don’t accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.” (Robin Morgan)

“Until Eve arrived, this was a man’s world.” (Richard Armour)

“My advice to the women clubs of America is raise more hell and fewer dahlias.” (William A. White)

“A gentleman never strikes a lady with his hat on.” (Fred Allen)

“I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long.” (Shelley Winters)

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Nurses One-Liners, Jokes, Humor & Pithy Comments — (from eGrumps) — April 17, 2010

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

When I was in the hospital I had a day nurse and a night nurse. In the afternoon I rested. “EGrumps, you are full of it. You’re really bad. I can’t get the Nurse’s Agency to send you any more nurses. I was told that your performance is so bad, you would flunk Sex 1, actually they said you’d probably already flunked the introductory course. You’re giving manhood a bad name.” (Mrs. eGrumps)

A practical nurse is one who marries a rich patient.

I once had a very good nurse. When she took my blood pressure, she deducted 20 points for cleavage.

Nurse to eGrumps in hospital: “I can only please one patient per day. Today isn’t your day. Tomorrow’s not looking good either.”

Top Reasons to Become a Nurse (from www.nursingfun.com – thanks)

Pays better then fast food, though the hours aren’t as good.

Fashionable shoes and sexy white uniforms.

Needles: “Tis better to give than receive”

Reassure your patients that all bleeding stops…eventually.

Expose yourself to rare, exciting and new diseases.

Interesting aromas.

Courteous and infallible doctors who always leave clear orders in perfectly legible handwriting.

Celebrate all the holidays with your friends at work.

Take comfort that most of your patients survive no matter what you do to them.

EGrumps to all the nurses that have taken care of me in sickness and health. When I was in good health, the transformation to sickness was almost painless, and I survived – so far. When I was in poor health, I survived – so far. So who needed you? Thanks anyhow, Ladies.

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