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1 " We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how "
― Dave Barry , Big Trouble
2 " maybe somebody finally shot the dog. "
3 " Kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?"This translates roughly to: "How the hell did these people win the Cold War? "
4 " What would happen is that every idiot in this town who owns a gun, which is basically every idiot in this town, would grab his gun, jump into his car, or somebody else's car, and lay rubber for I-95. Inside of ten minutes the city is gridlocked, and what happens next makes IwoJima look like a maypole dance. This whole town turns into the end of a Stephen King novel. "
5 " I love Special Executive Order 768 dash 4 "
6 " Arthur, compelled by masculine instinct, leaned over and frowned at the contents of the case, exactly the way countless males have frowned at household appliances, plumbing, car engines, and all manner of other mechanical objects that they did not begin to understand. After a few seconds, as if he had seen something that satisfied his hard-nosed masculine skepticism, he straightened up and said, “OK. "
7 " disappearing faster than weekend houseguests in an Agatha Christie story. "
8 " ...Look at this thing,” he said. “He’s the size of that fucking dog.”“She,” said Henry, continuing to watch the Herk family through the window.“She?” asked Leonard. “She what?”“The mosquito,” said Henry. “It’s a she.”Leonard looked closely at the blot on his wrist, then back at Henry. “How the fuck can you tell that?” he asked.“This show on the Discovery Channel,” explained Henry. “They said only the female mosquito sucks your blood.”Leonard looked at the blot again. He said, “Bitch. "