Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

I don’t drink, I’m a totalitarian.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

Remember, attraction is a three-way street. Or is it a one-way tunnel?

(1971 – ) American actress

Mike Caldwell, the Padres’ right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Anybody in their right mind who doesn’t ask you needs his head examined.

Irish broadcaster

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I’m telling you that Porsche was literally right up my arse in the fast lane of the motorway.

He is accelerating all the time; the last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before that in 62.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

My potential speaks for itself.

professional tennis player

And there’s Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold.

professional football player, coach & executive

… standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

You have tasted a whole worm!

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

Hats off to drug abusers everywhere.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It’s waddya call… wash your hands.

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

I couldn't settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.

Welsh football player

Some quiet guys are inwardly outgoing.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

We haven't had the rub of the dice.

English football player & manager

A sad ending, albeit a happy one, here at Montreal for today’s Grand Prix.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’ll give you a definite maybe.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I make no apologies for their absence… I’m sorry they’re not here.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

There won't be a dry house in the place.

English football player & announcer

Between here and Florida, ya got your original 48 states.

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