Quote by Steven Wright

My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare theneighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to getout of my yard or I'll throw it at them.

My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare

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This quote appears to be a humorous exaggeration about owning a house made of balsa wood, a very lightweight and easily breakable material. The speaker uses this unlikely scenario to suggest that they utilize the fragility of their house to intimidate or scare the neighborhood children by jokingly threatening to throw it at them. The intention behind the quote seems to be to evoke amusement through absurdity.

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