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Dave Barry
American
Journalist
Born:
Jul 3
,
1947
About
Had
People
Will
You
Your
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It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.
Dave Barry
Funny
You
Will
Fact
Take
Absorb
Another
Scientific
Scientific Fact
Person
Body
Your
Your Body
Cholesterol
Plate
Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.
Dave Barry
Nature
Business
Way
Promoting
Motel
Camping
Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
Dave Barry
Sleeping
Circumstances
Take
Never
Pill
Same
Any
Any Circumstances
Night
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.
Dave Barry
Beer
Water
Example
Way
Bad
Would
Would-Be
Vital
Hydrogen
For Example
Make
Without
Chemicals
Oxygen
Ingredient
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'
Dave Barry
You
Achieve
Word
Will
Meetings
Would
Would-Be
One Word
Potential
Never
Had
Identify
Human
Achieved
Race
Full
Full Potential
Reason
Human Race
Why
Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.
Dave Barry
Stupid
Believe
Primary
Make
Scientists
Males
Breasts
Function
Now
Biological
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Dave Barry
Christmas
Time
Holiday Season
Own
Once
Way
Religious
Come
His
Mall
Going
Again
Holiday
Us
Choice
Each
Season
Deeply
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.
Dave Barry
You
Young
Immature
Once
Only
Always
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Dave Barry
You
Car
Nothing
Case
Strongly
Arise
Feel
Always
Dogs
Go
Very
Them
Should
Your
Bark
Right
Ear
Violently
Need
It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.
Dave Barry
Will
Despite
Relative
Several
Locate
Sperm
Guys
Directions
Fact
Wisconsin
Takes
Female
Egg
Cells
Size
Them
Ask
Why
Thing
Million
Biological
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
Dave Barry
Face
Down
Trees
Outdoor
Knocking
Skiing
Your
Fun
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.
Dave Barry
Me
Winter
Sports
Problem
Follow
Take
Generally
Closely
The Problem With
Place
Here
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Dave Barry
Religion
Age
Gender
Believe
Background
One Thing
Drivers
Human
The One Thing
Human Beings
Regardless
Ethnic
Ethnic Background
Beings
Thing
Unites
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.
Dave Barry
Car
Down
Boring
Per
Except
Hour
Least
Going
Auto
Upside
Upside Down
Racing
Miles
Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.
Dave Barry
Saying
Religion
Me
You
People
Will
Kind
Find
Boring
Except
True
Also
Print
Although
Same
Any
Hobbies
Hobby
In Print
Who
Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.
Dave Barry
People
Enough
Feel
Very
Snowboarding
Skiing
Regular
Who
Popular
Lethal
Activity
To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
Dave Barry
World
Nothing
Teen
Embarrassing
Adolescent
Parent
More
Than
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Dave Barry
Today
You
Technology
Man
Word
Rich
One Word
Know
Answer
Versions
Very
Want
Rich Man
Bill
Bill Gates
Why
Gates
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
Dave Barry
Death
Immaturity
Followed
Look
Continue
Forward
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
Dave Barry
You
People
Religious
Religious Views
Never
Share
Almost
Want
Them
Views
Yours
Who
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
Dave Barry
You
Unless
Boring
Catch
Fish
Fishing
Disgusting
Then
Actual
We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.
Dave Barry
Believe
We Cannot
Out
Inside
Wires
Because
How
Exists
Sending
Cannot
Us
Electric
Figure
Electricity
Bills
Company
Travels
Keeps
'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'.
Dave Barry
Bag
French
Crawling
Fat
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.
Dave Barry
You
Word
Big
Enough
Everything
About
Big Enough
Dictionary
Just
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
Dave Barry
Roman Empire
Considered
Empire
Like
Period
Historical
Roman
Just
Sixties
Now
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
Dave Barry
Sheep
Medium-Sized
Rural
Slowly
Steadily
Consumed
Island
Saint Patrick's Day
Ireland
Being
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