FOR ADULTS ONLY (Suite)
Is it Christmas for the reindeers too ??
Spoiler:
- It's this s.. of a b... who killed my wife !
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Last edited by moonfleet; 20-12-11 at 10:12 PM.
not really for laughs but I wasn't sure where else to post this.........
Two Russians have an unbelievably narrow escape..........
Ugo Tognazzi in LA GRANDE BOUFFE, imitating Marlon Brando's performance in THE GODFATHER
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The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Insults From Years Gone By
These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
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 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).
"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
"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
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx
Especially the bit at about 4:00
"He pulled a knife on me!"
Steve
Vocabulary Word for the Day: LIQUIDITY
Definition: Liquidity is when you look at your retirement funds and wet your pants.
I can't remember who said these ones:
1] "Look at those gulls!" - "How do you know they're not boys?"
2] "When they circumcised YOU, they threw the wrong bit away!"
I also remember reading some book reviews in the 1990s. One was on a scholarly book about masochism, of all things. The reviewer was full of praise: "This is a good book. Read it! If you don't like it: read it AGAIN!"![]()
Longest Nerve In The Body
Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus?
It's called the Anal Optic Nerve, and is responsible for giving people a shitty outlook on life.
If you don't believe it, pull a hair from your arse and see if it doesn't bring a tear to your eyes.
It takes all sorts....
Man wins right to wear pasta strainer on driver licence - Yahoo!7
Peter Sellers as Laurence Olivier as Richard III as Lennon & McCartney. From the 1965 TV special Music of Lennon and McCartney, made by those brilliant people at Granada TV. Also released as a single, with Help! on the b-side.