Andy Roomerisms

I love Andy Rooney's writing and his segments on TV, here's some Andy Rooneyisms:

Rooney on Monica: can you believe it? Monica turned 28 this week. It seems like only yesterday that she was crawling round the White House on her hands and knees.

Rooney on vegetarians: vegetarian - that"s an old Indian word meaning "lousy hunter."

Rooney on prisoners: did you know that it costs $40,000 a year to house each prisoner? Jeez, for forty thousand bucks a piece I"ll take a few prisoners into my house. I live in Los Angeles. I already have bars on the windows. I don"t think we should give free room and board to criminals. I think they should have to run twelve hours a day on a treadmill and generate electricity. And, if they don"t want to run, they can rest in the chair that"s hooked up to the generator.

Rooney on fabric softeners: my wife uses fabric softener. I never knew what that stuff was for. Then I noticed women coming up to me, sniffing, then saying under their breath, "Married!" and walking away. Fabric softeners are how our wives mark their territory. We can take off the ring. But, it"s hard to get that April Fresh scent out of your clothes.

Rooney on morning differences: men and women are different in the morning. We men wake up aroused in the morning. We can"t help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, "How can he want me the way I look in the morning?" It"s because we can"t see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.

Rooney on "cripes:" my wife"s from the Midwest. Very nice people there. Very wholesome. They use words like ""Cripes," ""For Cripes sake." Who would that be; Jesus Cripes? The son of "Gosh" of the church of "Holy Moly"?" I"m not making fun of it. You think I wanna burn in "Heck?"

Rooney on Grandma: my grandmother has a bumper sticker on her car that says, "Sexy Senior Citizen." You don"t want to think of your grand-mother that way, do you? Out entering wet shawl contests. Makes you wonder where she got that dollar she gave you for your birthday.

RIP - November 4, 2011