Wednesday 1 February 2012

1.2.12 January Quotes of the Month

1st Place - "My father is not a monster, he's a brilliant seafarer"  [Daughter of Captain Francesco Schettino, who was in charge of the Costa Concordia]

2nd Place - "People who steal stretches and yawns are absolute fucking criminals"  [Liam, after Jess robbed him of an indulgence by prodding him]

3rd Place - "They're not hypocritical, they're just thick"  [Ken Morley, remarking on his fellow competitors on Celebrity Five Go To Lanzarote]

4th Place - "Jess's hiccups are the verbal equivalent of throwing a boomerang"  [TMWSC, after 'experiencing' a series of sonic booms which turned out to be hiccups]

5th Place - "I've met people I'd never meet before"  [Illiterate twat of a woman on Come Dine With Me]

6th Place - "She's always doing something that doesn't involve doing anything"  [TMWSC, remarking on the useless shop worker at the Co-op]

7th Place - "I think somebody's just arsed it"  [Dave, a work colleague, giving his technical opinion on how a massive invoicing error occurred]

8th Place - "You could fell a camel with that"  [TMWSC, commenting on the potency of a third party's fart, trying to go one better than Liam's comment suggesting it could 'stop a marine']

9th Place - "If you look back historically . . . . "  [Martin Keown on Match of the Day; thanks, Martin - are you sure you didn't want to add "over your shoulder" to make extra sure?]

10th Place - "The timescales with poo are completely different from the timescales with needing a wee"  [TMWSC, in conversation in a car, on the matter of being caught short]

11th Place - "The music industry is great . . . . you get introduced to so much people"  [Wretch32]

12th Place - "She looks like a wardrobe with no clothes in it"  [TMWSC, after seeing a picture in the paper of Demi Moore with a long hollow face]

13th Place - "One of the things that hold me in good steed is . . . ."  [Jason, at work, choosing the wrong word]

14th Place - "It's important to win football matches"  [Kenny Dalglish, stating the obvious in an interview after a match (which Liverpool won)]

15th Place - "This unwelcome guest seems to have handcuffed themself to the post"  [Commentator on Match of the Day, getting in a grammatical pickle]

16th Place - "People have a lot of misconceptions about California, but none of them are really true"  [Channel 4 advert; yes, luv, that's why they're called MISconceptions]

17th Place - "When he was a star of that stellar Middlesbrough youth team"  [Commentator, a bit 'star-struck']

18th Place - "The only person they have to compete with is themselves"  [Useless and grammatically flawed comment from Robin Cousins on Dancing On Ice]

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