Subject: Misspokements (Page 19)

Mardon me padam, this pie is occupewed.

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words

I’m traveling to all 51 states to see who can stop #85.

professional football player (#85)

Eating humble crow

And he’s got the icepack on his groin there, so it’s possibly not the old shoulder injury.

English rugby player & commentator

Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?

professional baseball player

I think the family was from Hungaria.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I couldn’t care less about all those fiction stories about what happened in the year 1500 or 1600. Half of them aren’t even true.

professional golfer

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

We know where they are; they’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense

Our goal is to score 27 points. If we can get two touchdowns and three field goals, we’ve got our 27 points.

(1937 – ) American football coach

The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I can't understand the notoriety of people.

English football player & manager

I’ve gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

I have reiterated over again what I have said before.

(1910 – 1991) American mayor (New York City)

The question looming over Magri, is not will he keep the title, but can he?

British sports commentator

If England lose now, they will be leaving the field with their heads between their legs!

English cricketer

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren’t; I don’t know if it’s the way you say it, or how you look.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

And later on, it’s the Syracuse Orangemen against the Indiana Hoosiers from Hawaii.

I’m undisputed. There's no disputing that.

British and Canadian boxing champion