Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The 37 Greatest Comebacks In All Of Human History

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1. Dorothy Parker vs. a Drunk:

Drunk man: "I can't bear fools."

Parker: "Apparently your mother could."


2. Calvin Coolidge vs. Some Random Lady at a White House Dinner:

Woman: "Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you."

Coolidge: "You lose."


3. Winston Churchill vs. Lady Astor:

Lady Astor: "If I was your wife, sir, I would poison your coffee."

Churchill: "If I was your husband, I would drink it.



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4. Judge Rockwood Hoar vs. Mr. Wendell Phillips:

Judge Rockwood Hoar, after being asking if he would attend Mr. Wendell Phillip's funeral, replied: "No, I am not invited, but I approve of it nevertheless."


5. P.G. Wodehouse on Dating:

Wodehouse: "She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say 'when.'"


6. Irving Stone vs. William Jennings Bryan:

Stone: "His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into somebody's lap."


7. Truman Capote vs. Jack Kerouac:

Capote: "That's not writing, that's typing."


8. Abraham Lincoln vs. the Haters:

Lincoln, after being called two-faced: "I leave it to my audience. If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?"



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