{"id":1303,"date":"2013-09-14T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2013-09-14T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:33:16","slug":"dave-barry-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Dave Barry quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-480\" alt=\"Quotation Marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Barry, Dave (1947 &#8211; ), US columnist &amp; humorist<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b><i>I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don&#8217;t even invite me.<br \/>\n<\/i><i><br \/>\nSkiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.<\/p>\n<p>You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i><i>Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it&#8217;s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry, Dave (1947 &#8211; ), US columnist &amp; humorist I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. 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