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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

We Have Yet to Grasp That Round Really Is Funny

“Evelle: [about the balloons he just bought] These blow up into funny shapes and all? Grocer: Well no... unless round is funny.”

On a sphere
If you drill down far enough
Eventually you will find yourself
Drilling up to the surface
 
So, while we may never get to the bottom of things
There’s no such thing as a bottomless pit
 
In other words
God never makes rounding errors

Autres oeuvres par Chris Gaither...
Here Be Dragons

The most common rookie mistake is thinking that because you know what you were saved from that you also know what you were saved for
The Tolerable Lightness of Nothingness

Instead of a scythe the mirthful reaper carried balloo… and we just floated away
A Consonant Question

Consider the vowel: In Marxism, the last shall remain… as the second A in materialism always becomes the second E in mat… And in capitalism, of course
“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?”

My wife– All 5 feet of her– Busted me out of prison So that I could get back To a life of time
I Used to Want All the Money in the World; Soon I’ll Have All the Time in the World

In regular old capitalism we used to say time is money In the attention economy we say
I Am Protected

What looks like the wreckage of my life is just my crumple zone doing its job
Filtered Cigarettes Are Safe

When I filter my selfie it becomes a safie
The Only Constant Is Fear of Change

If we’re all afraid of change and if the more things change the more they stay the same then we’re all afraid that nothing will ever really chan…
God Takes the Fun Out of Trust Fund and Puts It Into Trust Fall

What would my life be like If I stopped worrying And trusted God completely? Instead of preparing for the worst And hoping for the best
You Already Know This by Heart

Your ego has you fooled To stop playing the fool Start identifying with your soul And as soon as you do You’ll begin to see the ego
Glad

I try to imagine what it was like for my wife when two lines meant positive and the closest I get is when
Little Did They Know, My Heart Was in My Throat

I never knew who they thought I really was until I finally staked my claim
Postponing the Inevitable

In the act of creating new life men presage their relationship with death
Women Love a Man Who Can Make Them Laugh

I put out a comedy album Side A was called Wins Side B was called Losses Only one side was funny
In the Status Sphere

Wonder Woman’s invisible jet was like a stratospheric glass cei… preventing her from flying like Superman



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