# Quotable Foghorn Leghorn! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2002, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120 "2002-12-07T11:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/1 "2002-12-07T11:26:33Z")
While not my favorite Warner Bros. cartoon character, I have to admit that Foghorn Leghorn gets some of the best lines! “That boy’s about as sharp as a sackful of wet mice.” “Fortunately, I always keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency.” “On second thought, I better not look. I just might be in there.” Anybody else got any favorite Leghornisms? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/2 "2002-12-07T13:16:59Z")
“That, AH SAY, That boy’s got the attention span of an overripe grapefruit” and my all-time favorite: “Sody Pop.” (Foghorn grabs test-tube filled with volitile chemicals) “Watch it feee-izzz” (he puts his thumb over the top and shakes. An earth-shattering Ka-Boom follows, as night follows day) Fenris ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/3 "2002-12-07T13:33:17Z")
“I-I-I know what you’re gonna say son. When two halves is gone there’s nuthin’ left - and you’re right. It’s a little ol’ worm who wasn’t there. Two nuthins is nuthin’. That’s mathematics son. You can argue with me but you can’t argue with figures. Two half nuthins is a whole nuthin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/4 "2002-12-07T13:52:27Z")
Hear Foghorn Leghorn [here](http://www.earthstation1.com/Foghorn_Leghorn.html). And the human original, the fictional Senator Cleghorn, [here](http://www.earthstation1.com/radio.html). ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/5 "2002-12-07T15:48:21Z")
“Ah keep a-pitchin 'em and you keep a-missing 'em.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/6 "2002-12-07T15:58:37Z")
I use “Yaw built too low! Tha’ good ones go right over yaw head!” all the time when I’m a woosher or wooshee. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/7 "2002-12-07T16:29:32Z")
“subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal…” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/8 "2002-12-07T16:41:58Z")
That boy’s about as sharp as a bowling ball. ---
**Author:** ![laserkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@laserkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laserkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/9 "2002-12-07T16:53:21Z")
That’s, Ah say, that’s a joke, son! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/10 "2002-12-07T16:57:39Z")
“You gotta keep your eye on the ball, son. Eye. Ball. Eyeball. Almost had a joke, there, almost, that is.” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/11 "2002-12-07T17:02:14Z")
There’s something a little “ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww” about a kid that don’t play baseball. Go away kid, you’re bothering me. “Pipe-full-o-fun kit number 7?” (not a great quote, but the episode cracks me up.) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/12 "2002-12-07T17:04:24Z")
This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse at a burlesque show! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/13 "2002-12-07T18:54:04Z")
Not him personally but “Ah say, ah say, ONE o’ these things has justgotta be a horse!” ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/14 "2002-12-07T21:36:19Z")
Clunk enough people and we’ll have a whole nation of lumpheads. Look sister, is any of this filtering through that little blue bonnet of yours? She reminds me of Paul Revere’s ride - a little light in the belfry. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/15 "2002-12-08T00:57:20Z")
Well boll, AH say, boll my weevel! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/16 "2002-12-08T07:28:45Z")
“Pay attention to me when I’m talking to you, son.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/17 "2002-12-08T07:35:13Z")
He’s about as sharp as a mashed potato sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/18 "2002-12-08T14:17:40Z")
Boy’s so dumb he thinks the Mexican Border pays rent. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/19 "2002-12-08T20:47:16Z")
Didn’t he say “You’ve got to be a magician nowadays to hold a kid’s attention for more than five minutes”? It’s been so long since I watched any of those cartoons I can’t quite remember. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120/20 "2002-12-09T03:42:23Z")
While playing “hide-n-go seek” with Egbert, the percocious chick, Egbert uses a slate and chalk to mathematically find Foghorn Leghorn. And, even though Foghorn was hiding elsewhere, Foghorn says: “I better not look…I just might be in there!” - Jinx [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotable-foghorn-leghorn/141120.md?page=2)