Comments on: Snappiest comeback ever

By: Alexander Kjerulf

Alexander Kjerulf — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:51:50 +0000

Thanks Scott – that one goes on the “man, I wish I could think that fast” list.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:13:07 +0000

I’ll have to paraphrase the most famous, and I believe best, one I know:

Winston Churchill was being hounded at a social function by a female socialite who was not very attractive nor approving of his conduct of the moment:

“Mr Churchill, you are drunk.”

“Yes, my lady, I am…but you are ugly. In the morning, I shall no longer be drunk.”

By: Alexander

Alexander — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:33:47 +0000

Though the very snappiest comeback ever may well be this one:

Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, “I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease”. Disraeli replied, “That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.”