"Last weekend I ran a half marathon!”
"Really?"
"Well no, not really, but it sounds so much better than saying 'I quit halfway through a full marathon.'”
A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers.
The first one shouted, ''Nobody move!''
When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
First Student: "Great Scott! I've forgotten who wrote 'Ivanhoe'?"
Second Student: "I'll tell you if you tell me who the dickens wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities'?"
I sometimes just make my coffee with Red Bull instead of water...
Ironically when I do, I get halfway to work before I realize I left my car at home.