George makes his exit

In honour of the quirky, irreverent and smart comedian George Carlin, on the day of his passing, some of this thoughts:

"Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town."

"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that."

"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor."

"Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning."


....And a comment from a New York Times reader, posted on the newspaper's website:

"Just seven words: brilliant, funny, witty, clever, sharp, erudite, hilarious.
RIP, George, this world will miss you."

-- Richard, Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

You can read the New York Times obit here

A moment for some comedy

Before heading west, I thought I'd share a couple of quotes from some famous comedians and humorists...

George Carlin:
"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac."

George Schulz, writing as Charlie Brown:
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.' "

Mark Twain:
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years."

Woody Allen:
"A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'."

Rodney Dangerfield:
"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."


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