These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor : She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it." A member of Parliament to Disraeli : "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli , "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill "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 ). "Thank you fo r s ending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice lette r s aying I approved of it." - Mark Twain "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde "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 response. "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts -- for support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
Yeah, the English language can be used for some great put downs. and thanks to Google Translate, it is kind of coming back. A friend of mine sent a few text messages to a Polish builder who failed to tun up to do some work, he wasnt sure if Google would censor swear words so he made up insulting phrases instead
hoi kitkit i dont need english test i think life in the UK test yes iam sure ay ambot sa imo nga mal-am ka:wow::shock:..hindi ka man kasabot sa akong nga sinulthen dri abeh hahahah
hoi kitkit i dont need english test i think life in the UK test yes iam sure ay ambot sa imo nga mal-am ka:wow::shock:..hindi ka man kasabot sa akong nga sinulthen dri abeh hahahah
For fine literary insults this might be fun:- http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/shakespeare-insults-dictionary.htm
