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One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little 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 it was getting pretty late. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then people would sing about me and I could fly down and eat them because I hate that song. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said 'Now who's asking the questions?' Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that's my point. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
I love to go to the schoolyard and watch the children jump and scream, but they don't know I'm using blanks. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
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. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
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.' Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and give it to him. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If you're robbing a bank and you're pants fall down, I think it's okay to laugh and to let the hostages laugh too, because, come on, life is funny. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If they ever come up with a swashbuckling school, I think one of the courses should be laughing, then jumping off something. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. 'Hear that?' you say, 'That's dynamite, baby.' Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like 'Hey, look. He's carrying a soldering iron!' and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, 'That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice.' Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice. Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor
Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull? Author: Jack Handey
Topic: Humor