Subject: Misspokements (Page 26)

I would have become a Hare Krishna but I didn’t want to become a vegetarian… and that is honestly the reason why – because I’m Italian, I love meatballs!

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

I would have brung you flowers too, but I read in a magazine that they suck up all the carbon monoxygen.

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

I have made good judgements in the past; I have made good judgements in the future.

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

I’m rich; what am I supposed to do, hide it?

professional baseball player

It was strange. The only English words I saw were Sony and Mitsubishi.

American baseball player

I found a delivery in my flaw.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player

I’ve now been in 57 states… I think one left to go.

(1961 – ) 44th U.S. president

Then there was that dark horse with the golden arm, Mudassar Nazar.

British sports commentator

Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I am B-U-Z-Y, busy!

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

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

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

You’ll soon be had as a matterof course.

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

Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Not to put her up on a limestone, but my sister is really terrific.

Koozeeny

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

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

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

Tom.

basketball coach

On one hand, I'm indecisive; but on the other, I'm not.

Niloleum

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

The crowd noise has gone up several octaves since the beginning of the game!