The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil.
Chic MurrayMy father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.
Chic MurrayMy mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.
Chic MurrayI got up this morning. I like to get up in the morning; it gives me the rest of the day to myself. I crossed the landing and went down stairs. Mind you, if there had been no stairs, I wouldn't even have attempted it.
Chic MurrayI was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming at the mouth, so I explained that I was on my way to the vet to have it put down. He asked if it was mad, to which I replied that it wasn't exactly pleased about it.
Chic MurrayMy sister wanted a cat for a pet... I wanted a dog, so they bought a cat and taught it to bark.
Chic MurrayI won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to.
Chic MurrayA luxury meal was prairie sandwiches - two slices of bread with wide-open spaces between them.
Chic MurrayThis friend of mine had a terrible upbringing. When his mother lifted him up to feed him, his father rented the pram out. Then, when they came into money later, his mother hired a woman to push the pram - and he's been pushed for money ever since.
Chic MurrayI dreamt I was forced to eat 25lb of marshmallows. When I woke up, my pillow was missing.
Chic MurrayMy wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice, then the mud fell off.
Chic MurrayThere's a new slimming course just out where they remove all your bones. Not only do you weigh less, but you also look so much more relaxed.
Chic MurrayI went to the butchers to buy a leg of lamb. "Is it Scotch?", I asked. "Why?" the butcher said in reply. "Are you going to talk to it or eat it?". "In that case, have you got any wild duck?". "No", he responded, "but I've got one I could aggravate for you."
Chic MurrayMy father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course.
Chic MurrayI took my father on a coach trip last summer.We were halfway there when the driver lost control of the coach, it flew down a hill around a bend and crashed through a brick wall. I wasn't hurt but luckily my father had the presence of mind to kick my head in.
Chic MurrayI admit to spending a fortune on women, booze and gambling... the rest I spend foolishly.
Chic MurraySo there I was lying in the gutter. A man stopped and asked '"What's the matter? Did you fall over?" So I said "No. I've a bar of toffee in my back pocket and I was just trying to break it."
Chic MurrayI was out walking the other evening. This fellow accosted me, and asked if that was the moon up there in the sky. I replied that I had no idea, as I was a stranger there myself.
Chic MurrayI rang the bell of this small bed-and breakfast place, whereupon a lady appeared at an outside window. "What do you want?", she asked. "I want to stay here", I replied. "Well, stay there then", she said and closed the window.
Chic MurrayWe were so poor; the ultimate luxury in our house at the time was ashtrays without advertisements.
Chic MurrayIt was a pretty posh place. They were so used to fur coats that two bears strolled in and ordered lunch and nobody even noticed.
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