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Dave Barry Quotes

«Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.»
«Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.»
«The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.»
«It is a well-known fact that although the public is fine when taken individually, when it forms itself into large groups, it tends to act as though it has one partially consumed Pez tablet for a brain.»
«It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick»
«What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.»
«Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators.»
«Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tentative agreements...»
«We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.»
«In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.»

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