Subject: Misspokements (Page 41)

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

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

Can I sew you to another sheet?

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

Reporter: Will you be rooting for the American League or National League in the All Star Game?

Dole: Probably.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate

I was readin’ an article about the animal population – there’s millions of pets explodin’.

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

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.

English cricketer

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

If you give a person a fish, they’ll fish for a day; but if you train a person to fish, they’ll fish for a lifetime.

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

When our boys come home from France, we will have the hags flungout.

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

I’m due at the ballet. They’re doin’ Swoon Lake.

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

And there’s the man in the green flag!

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

All of ‘em, any of ‘em that have been in front of me over all these years.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

The scene is dull; tell him to put more life into his dying.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

We don’t want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

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

He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator

That was a maximization of a minimization of hits.

professional baseball player

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

I thought that "Roman candles" just meant that they were imported. You know, from Romany.

(1971 – ) American actress

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