Comments on: when insults had class

By: vera davidson

vera davidson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:55:41 +0000

Sorry – “Up your nose with a rubber hose” was said by Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter. The Fonz did not say it.
Not only was it NOT funny, but it was wrong.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:31:10 +0000

One of my favorites:

“I’m seated in the smallest room in the house. Your letter is before me. Soon it will be behind me.” — Voltaire

I’ll throw in a great bumper sticker, no extra charge:

“If you don’t like my driving, get off the sidewalk.”

By: The Big Raven

The Big Raven — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:29:02 +0000

“Up your nose with a rubber hose”Fonzee

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:33:27 +0000

One of my favorites; Mark Twain on Cecil Rhodes:

“I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.” – Following the Equator

http://www.twainquotes.com/Rhodes.html

By: neuroklinik

neuroklinik — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:59:53 +0000

Are any of these apocryphal? Were they said on the spot, or did the clever wit to whom each is attributed have significant time to come up with a real “zinger”?

I find that wit of this caliber rarely comes when most needed. Hence the feeling of coming up with a wicked and perfect retort hours or even days later… when it’s perfectly useless.

“Repartee is what you wish you’d said.” – Heywood Broun

By: John Petrie

John Petrie — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:11:59 +0000

Dr. Johnson had another couple of my favorites:

“Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good.”

“Sir, I have found you an explanation, but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.”