Quotes & Jokes by Emo Philips / page 4

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I was in the ROTC program. I remember once I was walking through campus and my instructor grabs me, and he’s a real big guy, and yells, “It’s been six weeks since I’ve seen you in camouflage class!” I said, “I’m getting good.”

My sister gained 80 pounds expecting her baby. Well, you get nervous, waiting for those adoption papers to clear.

Cell phones are like a dog’s nipples. You don’t have to shout into them.

I was at a disco a few nights ago. I was tearing up the dance floor. I had a nail in my shoe.

I’d be in the backyard minding my own business. The other kids would call me names, like meatball head or neo-Calvinist. I’d run after them, but lucky for them the chain would snap my neck back…

Sex is logically impossible after marriage. You have to overcome the paradox of "Not this again," and "Hey, where did you learn that?"

At family gatherings in the holidays, there was always some aunt, you know, with a moustache and a wart on her head, and she gives you a big sloppy kiss, ssssshhhhhkkkkk, you know, but when you try to go further with her... Oh boy. You know!

When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter.

Isn't this a wonderful country? I was in Florida. I'm staying at a motel called the Three Palms. It's run by a middle-aged couple, one of whom is missing a hand. OK! That's what I thought, too! But they got upset when I asked.

When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas.

Computers aren't intelligent, they only think they are.

My girlfriend always laughs during sex-no matter what she's reading.

A few days ago, it was my birthday, and it was in the newspaper, and growing up I never would have guessed that a) my name would be in the newspaper, and b) that I might outlast those papers.

My teacher was by and large.... but anyway.

My dad always said, "If someone hands you a lemon, make lemonade". Plus that also works wonderfully as a metaphor.