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The Wit of Steven Wright


  • Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.

  • If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

  • If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?

  • So what's the speed of dark?

  • Why don't they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

  • Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?

  • When a man talks dirty to a woman, its sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 per minute.

  • Isn't Disney World a people trap operated by a mouse?

  • What would a chair look like if your knees bent the otherway?

  • Why do scientists call it research when looking for something new?

  • If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

  • Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we usethem?

  • What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?

  • Do married people live longer than single people, or does it just SEEM longer?

  • Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?