I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.

Quote by Bill Bryson

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Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think...

Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think...

There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company,...

There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company,...

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per...

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per...

Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent...

Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent...

The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what...

The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what...

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children...

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children...

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but...

A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but...

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television...

Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television...

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a...

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a...

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes...

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes...

My first rule of travel is never to go to a place that sounds like...

My first rule of travel is never to go to a place that sounds like...

I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I...

I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I...

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted...

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted...

When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going...

When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going...

He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense...

He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense...

Does anyone here work in advertising or marketing? Well if you do, when you get...

Does anyone here work in advertising or marketing? Well if you do, when you get...

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

I heard you're good in algebra, can you replace my 'X' without asking 'Y?'

I heard you're good in algebra, can you replace my 'X' without asking 'Y?'