Thread: Quip Of The Day

A spilled drink flows in the direction of the most expensive object.
~Richard

Originally Posted by Phrank

Never bring a knife to a gun fight, and in this case, MP Bessie Braddock said to Winston Churchill:

"Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustingly drunk."

And Winston retorts:

"Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow
I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly."

Ouch!!!!

He was full of sharp retorts...

Lady Astor - "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
Winston Chuchill - "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Horace Mann, 1796 - 1859, Education reformist
~Richard

Family wisdom.

"It's easy having principles until you need to use them."
- my dad
Aaron Nathan age 85

"I dug most of the holes I ever fell in."
- me
Dan Nathan age 50

"You always get caught."
- my son, for "Live & Learn and Pass It On"
David Nathan age 11

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
Frank Zappa

..and speaking of Zappa..

Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny. --Frank Zappa



rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Family wisdom.

"It's easy having principles until you need to use them."
- my dad
Aaron Nathan age 85

"I dug most of the holes I ever fell in."
- me
Dan Nathan age 50

"You always get caught."
- my son, for "Live & Learn and Pass It On"
David Nathan age 11

MisterMoo, as originator of this thread I declare your entry the best damn example of how each generation sees themselves. That conversation typifies each age shown. I felt that at 11, I felt that at 50, and being a contemporary of Aaron Nathan, you go guy, right on!.

Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space.

The Quip of the Day thread is supported, in part, by user contributions and by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Inanities.



rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by Tack

The Quip of the Day thread is supported, in part, by user contributions and by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Inanities. rs,
Tack

Now ya did it Tack, I didn't want anyone to know the funding source. Now everyone is going to try and get funding for their personal inanities. This could lead to the collapse of civilization as we know it.