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I Even Funnier (I Funny, #2) I Even Funnier by James Patterson
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“A BURGER AND FRIES FIXES EVERYTHING”
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“third or fourth.”
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“think Cool Girl could ever really like me.”
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“There was a power outage at a department store yesterday,” he says in his deep, sleepy voice. “Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.”
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“Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed over. The other hunter whips out his cell phone and calls 9-1-1. ‘My friend is dead!’ he gasps. ‘What should I do?’ The operator says, ‘Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.’ There’s a silence. Then a gunshot. Back on the phone, the guy says, ‘Okay, now what?”
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“Come see-us, in our Pri-us. Wouldn’t want to be-us, in our Pri-us.”
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“the kind of woman you don’t want to be in line behind at the supermarket. She has coupons for coupons.”
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“I thought we’d whip up some French toast,” says Uncle Frankie. “Should I plug in the toaster?” asks Gaynor.”
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“did you hear about the kid who drank eight Cokes? He burped seven up!”
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“Fred, came home from his Sunday round of golf later than normal and looked very tired. ‘Bad day at the course?’ his wife asked. “ ‘Everything was going fine,’ said Fred. ‘Then Harry had a heart attack and died on the tenth tee.’ ‘Oh, that’s awful!’ said the wife. ‘You are not kidding,’ said Fred. ‘For the whole back nine, it was hit the ball, drag Harry, hit the ball, drag Harry.”
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“But always remember what Eleanor Roosevelt used to say.” “Who?” (Gaynor’s not really one for history. Maybe I can tutor him next.) “She was FDR’s wife,” says Uncle Frankie. “Oh. Cool. So who’s FDR?” “That’s not important.”
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“We aim to please. So you aim, too, please. I saw that once on a sign. Over a urinal!”
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“I guess. But not in the, uh, traditional way.”
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“wasn’t”
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“this way whenever she has one of her “amazingly awesome” ideas. “We’ll stage it in the hallway. We can borrow that cordless microphone from the chorus room. Pierce can rig it up to an amplifier. That’s all you need, right?” “Well, sometimes there’s a spotlight.…” “The drama club adviser is a pal. She’ll let us borrow it. We’re good to go.” “Mrs. Kressin? Seriously?” “Totally. You have your material ready to rock, right?” “Pretty much,” I say. “I was ninety percent locked down the day before Uncle Frankie had his heart attack.” “Well, you have all day to polish your routine. Showtime isn’t until five minutes after the final bell.”
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“monkey”
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“REALITY… Sometimes people in my dreams say crazy dumb stuff because they forget I’m in a wheelchair. Hey, I don’t blame ’em. I’d like to forget it, too. But I can’t. Of course, I keep hoping that one day I’ll see a commercial for a new wonder drug called something like Spinulax that will magically make me walk again. Unfortunately, it would probably come with a list of gross side effects like all those other pills they advertise on TV: “Spinulax may cause constipation and diarrhea. Not to mention projectile vomiting. And sudden death syndrome—as in, oops, sorry, you’re dead.”
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“To err is human, to forgive is divine.”
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“no dream comes true unless you wake up and go to work.”
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“many people are surprised to hear that there are comedians in Russia, but they are there. They’re dead, but they’re there.”
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“Oh, hello, Mr. and Mrs. Buttington. Fanny has told me so much about you.”
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“my forehead and armpits are spritzing like a berserk watering can cursed by an angry garden gnome. I roll out to center stage and fiddle with the microphone,”
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“If there”
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