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Quote #11687

I wake up in the morning, it takes me a half hour to find my glasses, just so I can look for my teeth, to tell my wife to find my hair.

Richard Jeni

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In this self-deprecating joke, Jeni compresses the indignities of aging into a rapid chain of escalating inconveniences: glasses to find teeth, then delegating the search for hair. The humor comes from exaggeration and the logical “just so I can…” structure, which turns ordinary morning routines into a comic scavenger hunt. It also plays on the contrast between autonomy and dependence—each missing item makes him more reliant on his wife—while keeping the tone light through absurdity. As with much stand-up about getting older, the line invites the audience to laugh at shared anxieties about bodily decline, marriage dynamics, and the loss of control over one’s own daily life.

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