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Emo Philips Quotes: Writing jokes for others is like having babies for someone else. It's sad. Like the woman who gives up her baby but needs to be close so she secretly becomes the maid in the household.
         

Writing jokes for others is like having babies for someone else. It's sad. Like the woman who gives up her baby but needs to be close so she secretly becomes the maid in the household.


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I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.



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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.



When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.



My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.



I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.



My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.

My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.



My girlfriend told me that she was seeing another man. I told her to rub her eyes.

My girlfriend told me that she was seeing another man. I told her to rub her eyes.



I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.

I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.



I've learned that you can't make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they'll panic and give in.

I've learned that you can't make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they'll panic and give in.



People come up to me and say, 'Emo, do people really come up to you?'

People come up to me and say, 'Emo, do people really come up to you?'





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