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Dave Barry

Journalist United States 1947–present

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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
Dave Barry
It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.
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The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
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We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.
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The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.
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And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West.
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It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.
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To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
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For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
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Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.
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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
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