I'm often accused of saying some pretty rotten things about my mother-in-law. But quite honestly, she's only got one major fault - it's called breathing. Les Dawson More Quotes by Les Dawson More Quotes From Les Dawson I was sat at the bottom of the garden a week ago, smoking a reflective cheroot, thinking about this and that - mostly that, and I just happened to glance at the night sky and I marvelled at the millions of stars glistening like pieces of quicksilver thrown carelessly onto black velvet. In awe I watched the waxen moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an amber chariot towards the void of infinite space wherein the tethered bolts of Jupiter and Mars hang forever in their orbital majesty; and as I looked at all this, I thought, 'I must put a roof on this lavatory. Les Dawson stars moon night My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects. Les Dawson sex-relationships sexy funny The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and I said, 'Mother, don't just stand there in the rain. Go home.' Les Dawson mother rain home There is a remote tribe that worships the number zero. Is nothing sacred? Les Dawson sacred zero numbers I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.' Les Dawson humorous mother funny I went to the doctor last week. I said: 'Can I have some sleeping pills for the wife?' He said: 'Why?' I said: 'She's woke up. Les Dawson doctors wife sleep Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.' Les Dawson angel mother beer Last year my wife ran off with the fellow next door and I must admit, I still miss him. Les Dawson wife doors years My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked. Les Dawson law mother wish The wife's Mother said, ‘When you're dead, I'll dance in your grave.’ I said: ‘Good, I'm being buried at sea’. Les Dawson wife mother sea I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind. He gave me a kite. Les Dawson doctors witty wind I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. Les Dawson sex-maniac law mother My mother-in-law's so fat that when she passes her handbag from hand to hand she throws it. Les Dawson law mother hands My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're having a change. We're going to let her in. Les Dawson christmas mother running I took the wife's family out for tea biscuits. They weren't too happy about having to give blood though. Les Dawson wife giving blood My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him. Les Dawson dictionary salt lad I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said: 'Keep her moving sir; we're stock-taking.' Les Dawson law mother moving A square egg in a dish of lentils won't make a marrow bend with the wind, nor will it make rhubarb grow up the milkmaid's leg. Les Dawson growing-up squares wind In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet. Les Dawson space moon heaven Funny thing how you first meet the woman that you marry. I first met the wife in a tunnel of love. She was digging it. Les Dawson funny-things wife tunnels