A lot of people forget O.J. Simpson was a former football
star before he was sent to prison for kidnapping and armed robbery. But not
O.J…. I’m sure he gets reminded of that all the time when the inmates tell him
he has a tight end.
A lot of people are kept awake at night wondering where
their next dollar is coming from. Me? I’m kept awake wondering if you’d find
candy apples in the confectionary or the fresh fruit section.
I’m sure the Betty Ford Clinic has done a lot of good work
over the years. But if I had a problem with substance abuse, I’d rather go to
the Whitey Ford Clinic. All they do is make you catch pop flies.
There’s a good reason why Amelia Earhart’s small Lockheed
airplane got lost over the South Pacific. Her navigator, Fred, wouldn’t stop and
ask for directions.
I lived in a tree house when I was a kid. People think
that’s funny until I tell them that houses are made of wood – so we all live in
“tree” houses. That’s about the time I get punched in the mouth.
If the world comes
to end, I hope every scrap of TV programming gets destroyed in the ensuing
Armageddon. I’d hate for some superior race to land on Earth and judge us by
that clip from America’s Funniest Home Videos where a guy gets a Wiffle ball in
the nuts.
Some people think Long John Silver was one of the scariest
pirates in classic literature because he had a gruff exterior and was missing
an eye and a leg. So what? I had a shop teacher like that once.
I hear Tom Cruise is a great collector of antique
phonebooks. And I can understand why. It would take him two or three just to
see over the steering wheel.
When you’re walking along the beach, they say it’s
dangerous to step on a jellyfish. That’s why I’d much rather step on a peanut
butter and jellyfish. At least that way, all you’d have to worry about is if
it’s smooth or extra crunchy.