Just received these in an email and couldn’t resist putting them up here. These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words, including some gems from Churchill, Oscar Wilde and Benjamin Disraeli... [click to read more +/-]
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November 6, 2008
When insults had class...
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May 8, 2008
Things I do not get
Have you ever had the privilege of just sitting there and just scratching your head and going - I just do not get this! For example, BBC reported a story recently (LINK) and I still cannot fathom how a 45 year old grandpa on the ground blind a helicopter pilot flying in the sky, let alone what the old man is doing playing with laser pens!
I thought about this and looked for people who share the same scratch the head feelings every now and then... I thought I would be alone - but boy I was wrong.
I found a genius for whom 13 things did not make sense (LINK). But then he goes on and on about things like the placebo effect and the pioneer anomaly and things that definitely did not make sense to me. Then there is this guy who cannot get why one of his dinner guest is wearing a combover to hide his grey hairs (LINK). Silly I know, I too do not get it.
Then there is also voices of unreason to whom few facts of human society do not make sense (LINK). Well why do people laugh and get angry when someone farts? Anyone?
But this one takes the cake... or should I say banana? Hmm.. watch and let me know:
Now that surely does not make sense!
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An exchange between John Wilkes and the Earl of Sandwich (both English Parliamentarians of the 18th century):
–The Earl: “Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die at the gallows or of the pox.”
–Wilkes: “That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your women.” (thanks to Nick for the correction!)
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“He had delusions of adequacy.” - Walter Kerr
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“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” - Winston Churchill
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“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow
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“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
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“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” - Moses Hadas
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“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” - Mark Twain
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“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” - Oscar Wilde
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“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend…. if you have one.” - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
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“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” - Winston Churchill, in response.
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“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” - Stephen Bishop
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“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” - John Bright
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“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” -
Irvin S. Cobb
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“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” -
Samuel Johnson
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“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” - Paul Keating
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“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” - Charles, Count Talleyrand
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“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” - Forrest Tucker
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“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” - Mark Twain
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“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” - Mae West
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“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” - Oscar Wilde
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“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
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“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” - Billy Wilder
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“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” - Groucho Marx