#humor

I should think he must be rather a dressy man for his time of life. Such a number of looking-glasses! Oh Lord! There is not getting away from one's self ↗

— Jane Austen

#mirrors #humor

The pants come down. Most look shamefaced, but tha Arthur McBride is not the least bit shy about showing off his equipment, oh no, he isn't. He grins in my direction. 'Not all that impressive, boyo ↗

— L.A. Meyer

#humor #humor

Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you’re (linguistically) dead. ↗

— David Crystal

#jokes #language-play #humor

The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#humor

Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times. ↗

— Connie Brockway

#conscience #humor #humor

one word can be as bad as 100 gunshots. ↗

— Anaja Polk

#life-lessons #humor

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it. ↗

— Jack Hardy

#life #humor

Cthulhu seems like kind of a wuss if he can be trapped by a sinking island or killed by a boat." "That’s just because the stars aren’t right. When the stars are right, it don’t matter how many boats hit him. He’ll sink whole continents and lick off the people like salt off a pretzel." "Says you." "You keep talking smack like that, he’s gonna eat you first. ↗

— Kenneth Hite

#humor #humor

This is the day the Lord has made, suck it up and rejoice. ↗

— Donna White Glaser

#mystery #mystery-series #humor

I sprayed my dog with off and he still sits in my favorite chair!! ↗

— Neil Leckman

#humor