Friday Night Open Thread

Saw these posted on a discussion thread about one of those perennial scientific studies, and they gave me a chuckle.

W.C. Fields is definitely not for everyone — usually you like him or hate him (doubtful if anyone loved him) — but I got him. He dissociated from society.

Woman: What would your father say if he knew you were drinking a bottle of liquor every day?

WC Fields: He’d call me a sissy.

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“I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.”

— Johnny Carson

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Give an Irishman lager for a month and he’s a dead man. An Irishman’s stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.

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I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.

— Mark Twain

8 Comments

  1. I’m reminded of the story of the old man who went for his annual checkup:
    Doctor: “You know, you really should think about giving up drinking and smoking.”
    Old Man: “At my age? Don’t you think it’s kinda late?”
    Doctor: “No, no – it’s never too late!”
    Old Man: “Well good. Then there’s no hurry.”

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