Chuckles for August 2002



August 01
President Bush talked to all the miners. I think he was a little confused, though. He congratulated the rescue teams and told the miners he'd like to take them out for a beer, but he could't because they are "minors." --Jay Leno

August 02
"If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun." -- Benjamin Franklin

August 05
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." -- Henry Kissinger

August 06
"Did you see Wall Street "Week In Review" this week? It looks more like "Cops" now." --Jay Leno

August 07
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." --Will Rogers

August 08
"The Justice Department is investigating the accounting practices of AOL. AOL has now changed their online greeting from "You've got mail!" to "We're going to jail!" --Jay Leno

August 09
"President Bush has passed his annual physical. Doctors say he has the body of a 20-year-old and the mind of an 8-year-old." -- Conan O'Brien

August 09
"President Bush has passed his annual physical. Doctors say he has the body of a 20-year-old and the mind of an 8-year-old." -- Conan O'Brien

August 12
You know you are a teacher if.....You want to slap the next person who says "Must be nice to work 8 to 3:20 and have summers free." --jokesgalore.com

August 13
"A scientist in England now claims that he grew new teeth in humans. You know what this means – the cast of "60 Minutes" can do their jobs for another 30 years." --Jay Leno

August 14
"Scientists now say that the sun is a billion years older than what it appears. Hey, now you know what happens when you get too much sun." --Craig Kilborn

August 15
"Never fight an inanimate object."-- P. J. O'Rourke

August 16
"I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say." -- Calvin Coolidge

August 19
"A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience." --John Updike

August 20
""Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical." --Yogi Berra

August 21
"I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight."--Rita Rudner

August 22
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--John F. Kennedy

August 23
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." -- Timothy Leary

August 26
"It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose." -- Darrin Weinberg

August 27
"Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry." -- George Ade

August 28
"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it."-- Dudley Moore

August 29
"I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets." -- Dave Edison.

August 30
"The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver." -- Jay Leno

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