Dave Barry
Dave Barry
David McAlister "Dave" Barryis a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth3 July 1947
CityArmonk, NY
CountryUnited States of America
jobs humorous missing
If the security personnel do their job properly, they just might cause you to miss your plane, thereby possibly saving your life.
jobs reading writing
Your job is to give people a reason to keep reading.
hands medicine doctors
The scrub sink...is the place where doctors wash their hands after they operate so that they won't get flecks of your vital organs on their Lexus upholstery.
humorous air-travel entertainment
Airline food is not intended for human consumption. It's intended as a form of in-flight entertainment, wherein the object is to guess what it is, starting with broad categories such as "mineral" and "linoleum."
new-york humorous years
A hundred years ago, it could take you the better part of a year to get from New York to California; whereas today, because of equipment problems at O'Hare, you can't get there at all.
dream book humorous
This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream.
humorous ocean islands
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent storm-tossed seas for months at a time. My family and I arrived by modern commercial aviation, which was infinitely worse.
phones agency car
You should definitely have a travel agent. Why go through all the hassle of dealing with airlines, hotels, and rental-car agencies yourself, only to see the arrangements get all screwed up, when with just a single phone call you can have a trained professional screw them up for you?
jobs government hands
Of all the wonderful things government says, that's always been just about my favorite. As opposed to if you get to keep the money. Because what you'll do is go out and bury it in your yard, anything to prevent that money from creating jobs. They never stop saying it.We will say, "This is expected to create x number of jobs." On the other hand, we never say that the money we removed from another part of the economy will kill some jobs.
business computer macintosh
And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople get ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report.
interesting trails wells
The places where trails do not exist are not well marked.
long topics ends
I'm happy to start on one topic and end on another one entirely, as long as it's funny.
velcro substance mysterious
Aside from Velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe.
medicine doctors office
Is there a medical rule that requires doctors-office personnel to treat you as though you have the IQ of a Cheeto?