Steven Wright

United States
Born on 6 Dec 1955
Comedian

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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?
If olive oil comes from olives,
where does baby oil come from?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled,
how would we know?
I saw a subliminal advertising executive,
but only for a second.
I bought some powdered water,
but I don't know what to add to it.
I spent all my money on a FAX machine.
Now I can only FAX collect.
Whose cruel idea was it for the word 'lisp' to have an 's' in it?

If you tell a joke in the forest,
but nobody laughs, was it a joke?
Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

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