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“The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the hole is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make in your social schedule.”

Book:Holidays in Hell

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Holidays in Hell

This book takes readers on a journey through some of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on Earth, offering a humorous and critical look at the motivations and experiences of those who choose to vacation in such locations. more

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P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke, born on November 14, 1947, is a renowned satirical writer known for his humorous and satirical commentary on political and social issues. His distinctive writing style, characterized by wit and sharpness, has won him a wide readership. more

“In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when the official U.S. measure of poverty was developed in 1963, a poor American family had an income twenty-nine times greater than the average per capita income in the rest of the world. An individual American could make more money than 93 percent of the other people on the planet and still be considered poor.”

Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

“It's the squares who know how to fly the fighter planes and operate the missiles and the bombs and work the M-16s. Liberals would still be fumbling with the federally mandated trigger locks.”

Knows Stills Humor Funny Know How Fighter Planes Bombs Squares Locks Triggers Missiles

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“It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last.”

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

“The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know.”

Knows Littles Citizens Drink Sitting Drinking Average Glasses Coffee Bunch Cups Paris Monkeys Whiskey Coffee Cup Baltimore True You Stylish

Book:Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader

Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader

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