Insult of the Day.

Posted by: tonym on 01 November 2009

Don't let your mind wander.

It's far too small to be let out on its own.
Posted on: 03 November 2009 by Chief Chirpa
The biscuit line is Zimbabwean number eleven Eddo Brandes' instant reply to Glenn McGrath, having missed several deliveries in succession from the Aussie.

McGrath: 'Why are you so fat?'
Brandes: 'Because every time I f... your wife she gives me a biscuit.'

Another classic sledge is Ian Healy's comment on a particularly hot and humid evening at the SCG. An exhausted Arjuna Ranatunga asked for a runner as he had 'sprained' something. Clear as a bell, the Channel 9 pitchside microphone picked up Healy's reply:

'You don't get a runner for being an overweight, unfit, fat c...'
Posted on: 03 November 2009 by fatcat
Musical insults by Mose Allison

Plus some fine piano playing
Posted on: 04 November 2009 by JamieL_v2
Thanks Chief Chirpa, I must have heard Shane Warne relate the story.

Arjuna Ranatunga may not have been a sprinter, but boy could he hit a ball a long way. Ian Healy had a point though.

Another favourite. Margot Asquith to Jean Harlow correcting Harlow's mispronunciation of her first name — "No, no; the 't' is silent, as in 'Harlow'.".

I also found this, patchy, but with a few gems, especially one by one of my favourite authors Hunter S Thompson:
Famous insults.
Posted on: 04 November 2009 by Bob McC
Tommy Docherty of Ray Wilkins
"He can trap a ball further than I can kick it."
Posted on: 04 November 2009 by Mike Dudley
A classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTifRi3qDkU