With the recent passing of George Carlin, the nation lost a master jokester. But within those jokes, there was philosophy.

And today via my e-mail I was reminded of some of the great questions posed by Carlin and some of the sage advice he used to deliver as well.

He will be missed.

George Carlin's Philosophy Class

  
1. Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
7. Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters wearing sheets aren't going as ghosts but as mattresses?
8. If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him ... is he still wrong?
9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
10. Is there another word for synonym?
11. Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"
12. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
13. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
14. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
15. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
16. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
17. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
18. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
19. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
20. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
21. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
22. Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?
23. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
24. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
25. To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated, but not be able to say it.
26. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
27. The older you get, the better you realize you were.
28. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
29. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
30. Women like silent men; they think they're listening.
31. Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
32. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
33. Do pediatricians play miniature golf on Wednesdays?
34. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
35. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
36. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
37. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
38. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
39. If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?

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11 Comments on The wisdom of George Carlin

JUL
16
2008
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Simon,

These are great. I had forgotten some of them, but they are classics. Thanks for sharing them again,

Steve

9:32pm • #1
404,039 Points 16 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Remarkably, number 38 still gets me laughing. I just did again as I wrote this comment!

9:39pm • #2
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Simon,

Some genuinely funny stuff!!! Thanks,   Fran

11:00pm • #3
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Simon, thanks for a great post - and remembering "Grumpy" George.  I actually wrote him in for President in 1988!

11:20pm • #4
JUL
17
2008
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Thanks Fran and Kent.

1:05pm • #5
Simon, Thanks for the laughs, the man was a true genius at his craft. He will be sadly missed. NJ
NJ Bosley
10:13pm • #6
JUL
18
2008
366,695 Points

George Carlin was so damn fanny. My favorite has always been number 8.

10:02am • #7
JUL
19
2008
Kevin, #8 is a good one. Just incase you didn't know the answer, it's ......YES !!!! *lol* NJ
NJ Bosley
9:51pm • #8
JUL
20
2008
366,695 Points

My wife would agree with you. I keep trying to prove otherwise but you all know how that turns out.

9:26am • #9
JUL
21
2008
Oh Kevin.......you might as well be beating your own head against the wall *lol* Just ask any woman. BTW, Twin Falls is gorgeous, I really miss not being out West. I've been through Twin Falls and stayed there a couple times as well on my "road trips" back home. Its so green, the air is so clean and it's so laid back. I'm getting homesick just thinking about it. I was raised in Tacoma and lived about 20 miles south of Olympia until 2000. Now, I'm in NE Ohio!!!! Can't wait to get out of this place so I can breathe again, its so unhealthy here. Enjoy your beautiful surroundings, I'm jealous. *L* NJ
NJ Bosley
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Simon ~

Congratulations this post is now featured in Silent Majority in Active Rain.

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