Wednesday Funnies
WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS – from TweetyPie
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- “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
-Winston Churchill - “A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”
- Winston Churchill - “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 - “Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.”
- Winston Churchill, in reply - “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.”
- Clarence Darrow - “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) - “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner) - “Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”
- Moses Hadas - “He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.”
- Abraham Lincoln - “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
- Mark Twain - “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”
- Oscar Wilde - “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”
- Groucho Marx
Once again, pics aren’t showing up in IE. *sigh*
August 9th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
I LOVE Mark Twain:)
August 9th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
I love a classy insult!
August 10th, 2006 at 8:59 am
You’re just taunting us wih the imaginary pics:)
August 10th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Thanks for the giggles GN!
August 10th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Those are definitely classy..thanks for sharing!
August 10th, 2006 at 11:50 am
SK – I wish I were just teasing! This is so freaking frustrating – I don’t know what’s causing it…
M*A & Bridget – They don’t make put-downs like these anymore.
jim b – Anytime!
August 10th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
GN, those are so cool! Now it seems like they just get personal without any intelligence.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Thanks, GN! I needed a laugh today!
August 10th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
This is one of my favorite themes. You are really left wondering if there are as many figures today, as there were then, who can wield such clever brevity.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:31 am
I love this stuff! Only wish I could remember these lines but I am usually taken off guard by the hate that spews out of some people’s mouths. I just end up walking away shaking my head. Keep up the good work!
August 11th, 2006 at 8:13 am
Insol – Nobody comes closer to this kind of rapier wit than you these days. You’re the master!