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“Everybody in New York, including police horses, dresses fashionably, and whenever I'm there, even in my sharpest funeral-quality suit with no visible ketchup stains, I feel as though I'm wearing a Hefty trash bag. And it's last year's Hefty trash bag.”

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Book:Dave Barry Talks Back

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Dave Barry Talks Back

Dave Barry Talks Back is a compilation of essays and articles by the renowned humorist Dave Barry. The book showcases his unique style of humor, which often involves satirical observations on everyday life, current events, and popular culture. With a blend of wit and sarcasm, Barry offers readers a humorous take on a variety of subjects, making it a entertaining and thought-provoking read. more

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Dave Barry

Dave Barry is a renowned American humorist, born on July 3, 1947. His works are known for their unique humor style and satirical observations of everyday life. more

“If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some kind of problem with the steering, probably dead pedestrians lodged in the mechanism, the result being that there is a delay of 8 to 10 seconds between the time the driver turns the wheel and the time the taxi actually changes direction, a handicap that the driver is compensating for by going 175 miles per hour, at which velocity we are able to remain airborne almost to the far rim of some of the smaller potholes.”

“Everybody in New York City knows there's way more cars than parking spaces. You see cars driving in New York all hours of the night. Its like musical chairs except everybody sat down around 1964.”

Knows Way Funny Night Hours Space Cities Car New York Humorous Musical Driving Sat Chairs New York City Parking Parking Space Car Driving

Author:Jerry Seinfeld

“I can think of a number of areas in New York where three acres of nuclear waste would make the neighborhood safer to walk around in than it is now, and better lit.”

Thinking I Can Funny Three Walks Numbers New York Waste Humorous Areas Nuclear Neighborhood Lit Acres Nuclear Waste

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

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

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