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ON THINGS WE ALL SHOULD DO
"Earlier this year I had my hair feng-shuied."

--model Jerry Hall

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ON WE DON’T GET IT, MR. DATA
"IDEAL FOR USE WITH CD MARKERS AND FELT TIP PENS.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH . . . CD MARKERS AND FELT TIP PENS."

--label on a box of Mr. Data CD-Rs

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ON LOS ANGELES, FOOD CAPITAL OF THE U.S.
• Toe-Shaped Chicken
• Recent Veal
• Bagel–Plane or Gallic

--menu items, Los Angeles

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ON UH, YOU’RE A LITTLE LATE THERE, GEORGE
"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany."

--President George W. Bush

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ON DANG, OUR SCHNAUZER ONLY SPEAKS FRENCH
German Shepherd 85 Lbs. Neutered. Speaks German.

--classified ad

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ON MULTICULTURALISM, PROBLEMS WITH
"I’ve had to overcome a lot of diversity."

--basketball player Drew Gooden, discussing his NBA career

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ON UH-OH—THROAGH OF PERIL!
• Prythee no sport with stingy or play asperity game. Winding finger have got bloodstream not wallk. Throagh of peril.

• Tad disport of time grown man tatelage.

• Till the cowcomes home. Wield toys damage,burn-in prythee wind to a close wield.

• Give attention to open/close toys,therefore take place peril.for instance slipup batteries wield result in the emission of heat rupture liquid.vent itself prythee pay attention.

--warnings on a toy manufactured in China

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ON SAY THAT AGAIN, REX
"Darin Erstad is the only player in major league history to win a gold glove award both in the outfield and at first base—and that’s pretty good company right there."

--Anaheim Angels sportscaster Rex Hudler

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ON COMPASSION, GREAT MOMENTS IN
"What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."

--former first lady Barbara Bush, after touring the Houston Astrodome complex where Hurricane Katrina survivors were staying; the White House later said this was merely a “personal observation”

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ON POTATO ODES, REGRETTABLE
"What would this world full of people do,
Rich and poor, high and low,
Were it not for this little-thought of
But very necessary Potato?"

--from the poem “The Potato” by Lillian E. Curtis, (as collected in the book Very Bad Poetry)