Got this forwarded in an email and thought I'd share it here...Just trying to inject a little humour to a board that, of late, seems to have become a little "serious"!!
Put-downs can be a great leveller for those who sometimes take them selves far too seriously.
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On a recent humorous quiz TV show in the UK called QI (Quite Interesting) there was a beautiful exchange between panellist Alan Davies (no relation!) and host Stephen Fry after Davies had answered a particularly difficult question correctly:-
Fry: Well done Alan!
Davies: You see! I'm not as stupid as you think I am!
Fry: My dear Alan, you couldn't possibly be!
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There's also the oft reported exchange between Churchill and a lady MP ( I think it may have been Bessie Braddock) after a heated debate in Parliament
Braddock: You Sir, are drunk!
Churchill: And you Madam are ugly - but I shall be sober in the morning!
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Along the same lines as the Churchill put-down comes this from F E Smith, Earl of Birkenhead:-
Judge: You are an extremely offensive young man.
Smith: As a matter of fact, we both are, and the only difference between us is that I am trying to be, and you can't help it!
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And a little dig at Universities from Abbott Lawrence Lowell:-
Universities are full of knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates
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A little about books:
From the moment I picked up your book until the moment I put it down I could not stop laughing. Someday I hope to read it!
Groucho Marx to author Leo Rosten
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One of those big, fat paperbacks, intended to while away a monsoon or two, which, if thrown with a good overarm action, will bring a water buffalo to its knees.
Nancy Banks-Smith commenting on 'The Far Pavilions'
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Once you've put one of his books down, you simply can't pick it up again!
Mark Twain speaking about Henry James
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