A person calling a business asks to speak to speak with the other person’s superior. The response was “I have no superiors and damn few equals.”
Sangahyando:
A favourite of mine, from the Regency era in England: involving the celebrated dandy, arbiter of fashion, and wit, Beau Brummell; and the Prince Regent, later King George IV. The Prince Regent was a “difficult” character, prone to making enemies and falling out with people; he and Brummell were friends at one time, but things went sour between them. Hence, competition at a ball in 1813, attended by Brummell and the corpulent Prince Regent, as to which could out-snark the other. The Prince arrived in company with his pal Lord Alvanley; he greeted various folk, but Brummell he “cut dead”, looking right through him and not acknowledging him. Prompting Brummell to say, “Alvanley, who’s your fat friend?”
Of course, Brummel was promptly cut out of polite society and had to flee to France to escape his debts, so George got the last laugh.
Mean_Mr.Mustard:
I heard this on the radio about a sports trade. I don’t remember who the player was who said it:
Reporter: “The Lions traded Ndamukong Suh”.
Detroit Lion: “That’s a good trade. Who’d we get?”
mmm
The Lions never traded Suh, so that one can’t possibly be true.
Xema
December 14, 2016, 9:42pm
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It’s said that at an event hosted by Margot Asquith, the actress Jean Harlow several times mispronounced her hostess’ first name, as “Margott”. The Countess at last responded: “No, my dear, the ‘t’ is silent - as in Harlow.”