Dave Barry
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David "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize
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-winning American
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 author
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 and columnist
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, who wrote a nationally syndicated
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 humor column for The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
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 from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody
Parody
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, as well as comedic novels.
Barry was born in Armonk
Armonk, New York
Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,330....

, New York
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, where his father—also named David Barry—was a Presbyterian
Presbyterianism
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 minister. He was educated at Wampus Elementary School and Harold C. Crittenden Junior High School (both in Armonk), and Pleasantville High School
Pleasantville High School (New York)
Pleasantville High School is part of the 34th District in the Village of Pleasantville within the Town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York.-Notable alumni:*Dave Barry, Author and Columnist*Kyle Lowder, Actor*Otis Hill, Basketball Player...

 where he was elected "Class Clown" in 1965.
Quotations

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

Column, The Miami Herald, 21 January 1996

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

"The Funny Side of 'Beowulf'", The Miami Herald, November 2, 1997.

But this should serve as a reminder to brides of the importance of discouraging reception guests from discharging their firearms unless they have a good reason, such as the band vocalist attempting to perform "I Will Always Love You" in the official Whitney Houston Diarrhea of the Vowels version ("And IIIIIIeeeeeIIIIIIIII, will alwaaaaays love yoooooeeeeeeeooooooouuuuueeeeeeeeeoooooo" BANG)

The Miami Herald, 2 April 2004

The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.

 
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