Witty Ripostes and insults....

[churchfcrules]

face like a shotgun victim (just think fearghal sharkey)

[churchfcrules]

its all in the spelling!!!!!!

[taddy]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

Another i like is Winston Churchill to Lady Astor ( i think ) she said "Sir if you were my husband i would poison your tea " to which he replied " Madam if you were my wife i would drink it" . Top drawer or what?

Another one credited to the great man was to the speaker of the house of commons, Betty Boothroyd, (I think ), when she reportedly said to him, "you sir are drunk", to which he replied, "and you madam are ugly but I shall be sober in the morning".

[Studio25]

Originally Posted by taddy

Another one credited to the great man was to the speaker of the house of commons, Betty Boothroyd, (I think ), when she reportedly said to him, "you sir are drunk", to which he replied, "and you madam are ugly but I shall be sober in the morning".

Bessie Braddock, Liverpool MP (although sometimes attributed to Nancy Astor).

Betty Boothroyd became speaker 27 years after Churchill died, and is the only female Speaker of the House of Commons to date.

[walkinman221]

Face like a dropped pie.

[DtheP47]

As my old mate Wandering Walter used to say,
"She has a face like a bag of spanners"

I think he pinched the phrase from Les Dawson though.

[taddy]

Many thanks studio 25 for correcting me, Betty Boothroyd; Bessie Braddock,I did at least get the initials right.

[US Angel]

Love reading all these

[Margaret Pilkington]

A face like a dropped clock.

[keith higson]

In the early 50's whilst being trained as a "Booking Clerk" at Accrington Railways Station can recall a very obnoxious customer saying "And can I get back to York in a day" to which the clerk who was training me replied "You should be able to "Dick Turpin" did and there were no trains in those days".

[westendlass]

A face like a melted welly.

[davebtelford]

Lionel Bart wanted to know how his disastrous musical TWANG! was doing in America. Not wishing to waste money on a lengthy telegram he simply sent "?" - his agent replied "!".