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John Lyon
13 days
My wife has us watching so many crime documentaries, I swear I’ve seen a drone shot of every small-town water tower in America.
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5 years
Welcome to Twitter. A person who does not understand humor will contact you shortly.
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John Lyon
9 years
Tips for improving concentration: -Make a list of tasks. -Take on one task at a time. -Take On Me was a fun song. -Ooh I found the video.
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John Lyon
6 years
Sometimes I think I’m reasonably intelligent, and sometimes I click the remote car door lock a second or third time for extra lockiness.
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6 years
Hell yes I want to apply for your store credit card. Let’s go through the entire process now while the shoppers in line behind me fantasize about my brutal murder.
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John Lyon
2 months
I don’t want kids, but I do want grandkids. Hoping science finds a way.
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John Lyon
6 years
I have never related to anyone more.
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4 months
Me: Maybe AI can do my job, but it will never be able to do it with my unique personality and sense of humor. AI: Are you guys working hard, or hardly working? Whoa, I must have missed the memo about this being blue shirt day. Me: Oh crap.
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John Lyon
11 years
Adam and Eve were the first people to agree to the Apple terms and conditions without reading them.
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9 years
Me: Hey, don't assume I'm dying alone. I might find someone, you don't know. Waiter: I asked if you were dining alone. Me: Oh, sorry. Yes.
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John Lyon
11 years
Autocorrect is changing correctly spelled words. I'm starting to think it has a mind of its AUTOCORRECT IS HARMLESS. GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
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6 years
Me: It’s sweet how my cat sits on my chest to comfort me when I’m sick in bed. Cat: I think I’ll eat the eyes first.
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John Lyon
10 years
Always check the height of nearby ceiling fans before giving a toddler a ride on your shoulders. How I learned this rule is not important.
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John Lyon
6 years
*leaves social media, covers webcam with tape, installs encryption software, resets passwords, dons tinfoil hat* Try and spy on me now! *ad for Reynolds Wrap pops up in my browser* SON OF A
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John Lyon
8 years
Me: Can I have a gin and tonic? Them: Sir, this is an elementary school party. Me: Fine. MAY I have a gin and tonic?
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John Lyon
7 years
If you can steal a scarf away from Johnny Depp he has to grant you one wish.
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John Lyon
2 years
It’s OK to eat junk food in the car on road trips because calories don’t count at highway speed. I don’t have time to explain the science behind this, but it’s sound.
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John Lyon
10 years
Don't think of it as a cubicle. Think of it as a starter coffin.
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John Lyon
7 years
Some people confuse vasectomy with castration but there’s a vas deferens between them.
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John Lyon
5 years
1990: The internet will put all of human knowledge at our fingertips, ushering in a new age of enlightenment. Now: People have stopped vaccinating their kids, think the Earth is flat, and are falling into the Grand Canyon while taking selfies for Instagram.
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John Lyon
6 years
Santa Claus: I bring presents to children around the world. Easter Bunny: I bring children baskets of candy. Tooth Fairy: I collect human teeth. *others back away*
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4 months
Afterschool Specials led me to believe I would be offered more free drugs.
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6 years
I’m paying respects to my late father today by switching off the light each time I leave a room. It’s what he would have wanted.
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John Lyon
7 years
I saved $200 on Valentine’s Day by being unlovable.
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John Lyon
12 years
I can’t enjoy movie car chases. That fruit stand was some guy’s livelihood, man.
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John Lyon
4 years
At this point, if Pennywise tries to lure me into the sewer, I’m going.
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John Lyon
6 years
My neighbor’s cat got into the booth with me when I was testing my teleportation device and now there’s cat hair all over my genes.
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John Lyon
10 years
If a woman looks sad, tell her "You'd be pretty if you smiled more" and you won't see her looking sad anymore because you will be dead.
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John Lyon
7 months
Thank you for calling customer service. Please listen carefully to the following 27 options, none of which will be even remotely related to the reason for your call.
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John Lyon
6 years
I cried because I had no shoes. Then I had shoes but I cried because they hurt my feet. Now I have comfortable shoes but I’m still crying. Actually, maybe this was never about footwear.
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John Lyon
8 years
I wish the girls who rejected me in high school could see how many Pokémon I've caught.
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John Lyon
12 years
I've never literally been tortured but I have walked behind old people when I was in a hurry.
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John Lyon
8 years
We live on a 4.5 billion-year-old rock that's traveling 67,000 mph through space but I'm sure your latte is "the most amazing thing ever."
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John Lyon
6 years
Psychic: Which of you wants the reading, you or your ex-wife? Me: She’s my current wife. Wife: [to psychic] Oh, you’re good.
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John Lyon
8 years
I'll admit, ever since I saw Psycho as a kid I've felt a tiny bit nervous each time I kill someone in the shower.
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John Lyon
4 years
I watched my girlfriend use a disinfectant wipe to disinfect a package of disinfectant wipes and I think she may have created a rift in the space-time continuum.
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2 months
Interviewer: Your resume lists one of your skills as “planning evil events.” That’s a typo, right? Don’t you mean “live events”? Me: [slowly rubbing my hands together] If you prefer.
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John Lyon
7 years
If one more person stands up and talks about their alcoholism I’m quitting this book club.
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John Lyon
10 years
To pay a bill, press 1. To awaken ravenous tentacled horrors that slumber in the void between worlds, press 2. To hear your balance press 3.
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5 months
Me: Why were my tests so expensive? Hospital: All of our equipment is state-of-the-art. Me: Why did it take so long to send the results to my doctor? Hospital: Our fax machine was down.
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John Lyon
10 years
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me. *Tambourine Man shakes tambourine for several minutes* Well that sucked.
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John Lyon
7 years
Magic mushrooms my ass. I ate some and nothing magical happened for the entire 2,000 years I spent living on a rainbow and herding unicorns.
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John Lyon
12 years
I like to walk up to strangers and ask, "Would you take a photo of me?" If they say yes I hand them a photo of me and walk away.
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John Lyon
3 years
Ad: Buy junk food. Me: OK. Ad: Buy alcohol. Me: OK. Ad: Work out. Me: Don’t tell me what to do.
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John Lyon
6 years
Welcome to middle age. You now fight for your right to leave the party at a reasonable hour so you can get a decent night’s sleep.
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John Lyon
29 days
My wife is so cute with her love of crime documentaries and her fascination with serial killers and her internet searches for “untraceable poisons” and “how to dispose of a body.” Wait.
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John Lyon
6 years
Date: Do you ever get lonely? Me: No, I like living alone. Monster under my bed: Wow I’m like right here.
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John Lyon
7 years
*watches Beauty and the Beast* *looks at dirty dishes in sink* WASH YOURSELVES AND SING TO ME!
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John Lyon
9 months
Am I being too obvious if I show up for Thanksgiving dinner carrying empty Tupperware and a box of Ziploc bags?
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John Lyon
12 years
I find it creepy that everything Bryan Adams does, he does it for me.
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John Lyon
12 years
I saw an ad for burial plots and I thought, that's the last thing I need.
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John Lyon
11 years
Yelling at me for warming towels in the oven is not going to get the fire department here any faster.
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John Lyon
7 years
Me: Should I be concerned that this tomato was genetically modified? Tomato: No.
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John Lyon
5 months
Ben Affleck: Can I see the zoo you bought? Matt Damon: For the hundredth time, I didn’t buy a zoo. That was just a movie. Ben Affleck: You’re mean.
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John Lyon
5 years
I just want to be rich enough to threaten to cut people out of my will.
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John Lyon
12 years
It must be tough to get people to read your emails if you really are a Nigerian prince.
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John Lyon
2 years
*sends Elon Musk $8 in Kohl’s cash*
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John Lyon
2 years
If you’re feeling jealous because someone you know is posting photos of an amazing vacation that you could never afford, remember this: Now is an excellent time to break into their home and steal stuff.
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John Lyon
7 years
So a baby crawls across the floor to its bottle and it's cute but when I do it I'm "in need of an intervention"?
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John Lyon
7 years
I'm not saying your perfume is too strong. I'm just saying the canary was alive before you got here.
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John Lyon
4 years
Email: You are invited to a virtual— Me: Nope.
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John Lyon
6 years
Police say a man was found lying dead on his couch and wrapped in a blanket. Apparently there were signs of a snuggle.
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John Lyon
3 years
“Oh, I get it now,” I say when I don’t get it but I want the interaction to end.
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John Lyon
6 years
“It’s a pity that letter writing is a dying art,” I wrote to a friend. Well, I texted it. Actually I just sent emojis of an envelope, a pen, a skull, and a sad face.
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7 years
IRS: You claimed deductions for coffee and alcohol? Me: They're my dependencies. IRS: It's "dependents." Me: Oh, hahaha! Is prison hard?
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John Lyon
2 years
Whenever I’m facing a moral dilemma, I think of the advice my father gave me. “Never leave a paper trail,” he’d say, tapping the glass partition between us for emphasis.
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John Lyon
4 years
It’s funny how all your life goals can get downgraded to just staying alive.
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John Lyon
6 years
If you’re feeling lonely and want someone to talk to you, just put in your ear buds or try to read in a public place.
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John Lyon
7 years
We have 57 million customers. Your call is insignificant to us. Here's some pan flute. -honest hold message
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John Lyon
8 years
Art teacher: I think you've misunderstood. It's the models who will be nude. Me: Well this is awkward.
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John Lyon
6 months
BREAKING NEWS: Photos reveal shockingly inhumane living conditions for Santa’s helpers.
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John Lyon
9 years
Don't regret past mistakes. All of your decisions, good and bad, led you to where you are today. Disregard this if you are in prison.
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John Lyon
12 years
2nd rule of Fight Club: If you bring a dish to share, put your name on it so you’ll be sure to get it back. Thanks and enjoy the fighting!
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7 years
Her: You're an insensitive jerk. Me: Her: You only think about yourself. Me: Her: And your tweets aren't funny. Me: YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
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John Lyon
3 years
People who are nostalgic for the 80s have obviously forgotten how much Phil Collins we had to listen to.
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John Lyon
5 years
Fruity Pebbles is my favorite cereal that could easily be mistaken for aquarium gravel.
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John Lyon
10 years
My bank's website is one letter off from a gross German porn site and it's annoying because I keep accidentally visiting my bank's website.
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John Lyon
5 years
So it turns out ghosting doesn’t work on credit card companies.
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John Lyon
8 years
Girl, are you Chernobyl? Because you warm me to the core and leave me glowing. Also I think you've killed some people.
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John Lyon
4 years
People spreading bizarre conspiracy theories: Are actual current events not bizarre enough to please you?
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John Lyon
6 years
*sees other guys posting photos of their abs* *posts photo of me washing dishes* *gets hit on by every woman on the internet*
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6 years
Me: I’ll have a small drink. Fast food worker: We don’t have a small. We only have large and medium. Me: *grabs him by collar* THE SMALLEST SIZE CANNOT BE MEDIUM! THAT LITERALLY MEANS MIDDLE!
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John Lyon
8 years
Interviewer: [looking through file] Are you still disruptive at nap time? Me: Wow, they weren't kidding about that permanent record thing.
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7 years
In my day we didn't take naked pictures of ourselves with our phones. We used the office copier to photocopy our butts like God intended.
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6 years
Paramedic: What happened? Me: [lying in pool of blood] I told my girlfriend she was turning into her mother and she stabbed me. Paramedic: They all turn into their moth– *also gets stabbed*
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9 years
*approaches woman in club* Me: Would you like to dance? Her: Sure. Me: While you're dancing can I sit in your chair? I'm really tired.
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John Lyon
7 months
Pro tip: Asking God to smite your enemies will ensure you never get asked to lead the prayer before a family meal again.
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John Lyon
10 years
Why aren't there more Christmas songs about revenge?
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John Lyon
6 years
To the driver of the truck with the ENVYME vanity plate who took up two spaces and left me nowhere to park: Why would I envy someone with four freshly deflated tires?
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3 years
Me: I don’t want to dwell on that. My brain: OK, let’s put a pin in it and circle back later. Is 3 a.m. good for you?
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John Lyon
7 years
My walk of shame is walking past the people I just said goodbye to because I went in the wrong direction and had to go back.
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John Lyon
11 months
30-year-old: My knee hurts, but I don’t know why. Me: Aww, that’s cute. I remember when I thought pain had to have reasons.
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John Lyon
9 years
Thanks for telling me this is your "pet cat" because otherwise I might have thought it was your business associate cat.
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11 years
Movie idea: Family moves into haunted house; ghosts appear; family too busy staring at phones to notice; ghosts leave in disgust.
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John Lyon
4 years
All I’m saying is, the house doesn’t fill up with annoying fruit flies when I buy donuts.
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John Lyon
7 years
Call me a hoarder all you want, but there's over 700 hours of free AOL on these discs.
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John Lyon
6 years
Adding a leftover Taco Bell hot sauce packet to instant ramen really brings out the taste of this poverty.
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John Lyon
6 years
Welcome to adulthood. You watch television shows about people buying houses now.
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6 years
[caught sneaking spaghetti into a movie theater] It’s OK, I have a medical marinara card.
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John Lyon
10 years
There's nothing like the joy on a kid's face when he first sees the PlayStation box containing the socks I got him for Christmas.
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