FYI you can read the other Jack Handey installments posted on November 2nd, 12th, 29th, and December 17th archives…
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind”. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words – “mank” and “ind”. What do these words mean ? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.
A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. “Hear that?” you say. “That’s dynamite, baby.”
Too bad you can’t buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
I’d like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in their genitals.
I bet a fun thing would be to go way back in time to where there was going to be an eclipse and tell the cave men, “If I have come to destroy you, may the sun be blotted out from the sky.” Just then the eclipse would start, and they’d probably try to kill you or something, but then you could explain about the rotation of the moon and all, and everyone would get a good laugh.