Deep Thoughts During These Quiet Days/ by Jack Handey

And a bit of plagiarism on my part

Violet DeTorres
4 min readApr 8, 2020
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Inspired by Jack Herlocker

I suspect most readers on Medium won’t know who Jack Handey is. Here is a synopsis of this wonderful fellow…

Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey”, a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his “Fuzzy Memories” and “My Big Thick Novel” shorts, and for his deadpan delivery.[1] Although many people assume otherwise,[2][3] Handey is a real person, not a pen name or character. (source)

What I do miss is the introduction to Handey’s work was done by the lovable Phil Hartman.

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I hear most people wondering when will we get back to “normal”. I honestly don’t know what that is. Normal for me can sometimes be summed up in a Jack Handey quote, which will be…

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Violet DeTorres
Violet DeTorres

Written by Violet DeTorres

The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House // " When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" --Maya Angelou

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