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In reply to the discussion: Elegant and funny insults.... [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)16. IIRC Churchill also referred to Atlee as "a sheep in
sheep's clothing." Churchill was one of history's great wits.
Another classic, perhaps apocryphal:
"Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!!"
"And you, madam, are ugly. Tomorrow I shall be sober and you shall still be ugly."
A great George S. Kaufman line: Reviewing a play, Kaufman, a legendary wit and writer of several Marx Brothers movies, observed of a young Italian tenor "Guido Nazzo is nazzo guido." The young man's career was badly damaged, and a couple of years later Kaufman felt so guilty he hired the singer for one of his shows.
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There's also that legendary one about sleeping with somebody for a certain amount of money
RZM
May 2012
#1
"Steel Magnolias" writer stole that line from Alice and its one of the funniest in the entire movie
Rowdyboy
May 2012
#15
On her deathbed, her final words were "Codeine....bourbon..." ....She was quite a woman
Rowdyboy
May 2012
#38