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Well that put a dampener on things.
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Don’t Pike him, Tell
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To quote a post from an old university friend.
These sayings/insults are incredible gems from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words! I hope you delight in them as much as I have.
- "He had delusions of adequacy. ” Walter Kerr
- "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)
- “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
- "Thank you for sending 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 letter saying 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
- "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 I’m afraid this wasn’t it.” - Groucho Marx
- The exchange between Winston 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.”
- “He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.” - Abraham Lincoln
- “There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.” – Jack E. Leonard
- “They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” – Thomas Brackett Reed
- “He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.” – James Reston (about Richard Nixon) —Robert L Truesdel
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Very good Camphuw.
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It’s said that as they grow older a man can start to look distinguished, whereas an older woman just looks extinguished.
Which is why it’s important for us to grow old disgracefully.
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The first of the Stoics.
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You just broke the silence 
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But did it add information?
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That should be written into law.
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And the release of methane will cause run away global warming.
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