Subject: Misspokements (Page 24)

I remember your name perfectly, but I just can’t think of your face.

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

Not a good night for Zola Budd. She died on the last lap and finished fourth.

Misspokements Sports

Include me out.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Misspokements Speech

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

What ya do in the privates of your own room is your own privates.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I can tell you it’s a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

When I played football, we were small, but we were slow. Our record was five and five; we lost five games at home and five on the road.

Texas businessman
Football Misspokements Sports

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Never make predictions… especially about the future.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Future Misspokements Time

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Problems Sports

…a movie about nuns, starring Ingrid Bernstein.

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

These ball boys are marvellous; you don’t even notice them; there’s a left-handed one over there that I noticed earlier.

Tennis commentator
Misspokements Sports

I’ve lost my signifying glass [and later] Oh, well, it doesn’t magnify.

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

Haven't we beat that with a dead stick?

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

There is someone warming up in the Giants’ bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Frank, you deserve a knighthood, or maybe even Lord of the Rings.

Irish television & radio presenter
Boxing Misspokements Sports

You don’t like to see hookers going down on players like that.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

My fellow astronauts…

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Misspokements Speech

When you lose your hands, you can’t play baseball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
America Misspokements Places