Subject: Insults (Page 17)

Sharp as a sack full of wet mice.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

So thoroughly corrupt, every time he smiles an angel gets gonorrhea!

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

What do you eat for dinner … furniture?

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

I don’t think he could direct his nephew to the bathroom.

(1937 – ) American film & television actress, director, screenwriter & producer

Like rotten mackerel by moonlight, he shines and stinks.

(1773 – 1833) British politician

Listening to a speech by Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's; everything in its place and nothing above sixpence.

(1897 – 1960) Welsh labor leader & politician

That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he's a dirty little beast.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

Donald Rumsfeld… love him or hate him, you've gotta admit: a lot of people hate him.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

When I can’t sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Winston has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches.

(1872 – 1930) British statesman, politician & lawyer

He tried to choke me! You saw it. He called me a baboon, thinks I’m his wife.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

As you know President Bush is on a tour of Europe; he says he's hoping to see the whole country.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

(1863 – 1945) British politician & statesman

If you said 'irony' to Clay, he'd look down at his shirt and think it needed pressing.

(1957 – ) American actor, comedian, writer & director

Betty White is so old that on her first game show ever, the grand prize was fire.

Lisa Lampanelli (1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

The Russians have a weapon that can wipe out two hundred eighty thousand Americans… that puts them exactly ten years behind Howard Cosell.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Baroness Summerskill: Mr Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?
Cooper: Well, madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

English boxing champion

Joan Rivers’s face hasn’t just had a lift, it’s taken the elevator all the way to the top floor without stopping.

(1939 – ) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet & memoirist

His tattoos are like shit that you wrote on the cover of your notebook.

(1968 – ) American stand-up comedian