Friday, 1 February 2013

1.2.13 January Quotes of the Month [Fifty]

Some are funny, some are daft, some are complete nonsense and some are howlers with regards to the grammar; these 'categories' are NOT mutually exclusive.  I have split them up into three different groups; general (1-22) then football related (23-29) and then those which more particularly highlight grammar issues (30-50) or are simply gobbledygook.



1    - "We are committed to poultry welfare."  [Spokesman for KFC]

2    - "Petra's tried a rash of remedies."  [Narrator on Embarrassing Bodies ref patient's nasty rash]

3    - "I nearly read it, but the word 'Pi' put me off."  [Jess, explaining why she hasn't read The Life of Pi]

4    - "Oops; no laughing at all."  [Harvey, after Aly dropped a jam jar]

5    - "Ooh, what's her name? . .  . the Italian Scottish bint from Texas."  [Aly, ref Sharleen Spiteri]

6    - "Bloody hell; I didn't realise she was foreign."  [Jess, after speaking to Lorrenza from Italy, to give her some directions, and struggling to make herself understood]

7    - "Are you a porn star?"  [Hotel butler, asking Katie Price a question]

8    - "We will give her a full refund on the condition she does not choose our restaurants or resorts for any future stays."  [Hotel spokesman, after Katie Price's honeymoon stay]

9    - "We've been inseparable except for when we broke up."  [on One born Every Minute]

10  - "You do everything to protect your family but how clean is your toilet?  [Toilet Duck advert, rather overdoing the parental responsibility aspect]

11  - "Hopefully we'll be here next week to show these characters she's got."  [Matt Evers, dance partner of Pamela Anderson on Dancing On Ice, talking about her character-driven dance abilities just before her 'characters'/boobs went on the loose]

12  - "I'm not graceful."  [Jess]

13  - "Nazi architect Albert Speer spent 20 years in Spandau Ballet."  [Radio 4 announcer, who meant Spandau Prison]

14  - "Because it's a duel, we both need to do it together."  [Luke Campbell, on Dancing On Ice, showing his astuteness]

15  - "You've done your bit; you've walked from there to there."  [Dale Winton, to a contestant who luckily joined in on his quiz with seconds before the end, and so qualified to answer just one question to win £33,000]

16  - "The Buck Inn . . For a BuckInn Good Night"  [Sign outside the 'Buck Inn', Whitby]

17  - "Life's too short to put up with an overactive bladder."  [TV advert]

18  - "You should do a Jenson Buttons."  [Aly, suggesting growing younger, and meaning to refer to Benjamin Button]

19  - "She's having her hair done - and her nails to boot!  Why not just say as well?"  [Jess]

20  - "We believe there is potentially a potential for . . . ."  [Radio 4, spokeswoman on woodlands]

21  - "Oona, you have a great face."  [Jason Gardiner lying to Oona King, on Dancing On Ice]

22  - "Excessive beer consumption cannot be recommended for good health."  [Professor Werner Kaminsky]

23  - "The question about his ability is never in question."  [Mark Lawrenson]

24  - "It will be very tricky to see how Wigan get back into this game."  [Commentator.  No, tricky for Wigan to get back into the game, but EASY for me to see!]

25  - "They're playing with two lads who aren't constitute out and out forwards."  [Who else but Alan Shearer!]

26  - "Sturridge is Kop's new bride and joy but it's Suarez handball that altars course of match."  [Sun Sport - utter shite all round]

27  - "If we do that, there'll be a lot more better atmosphere."  [Michael Appleton, Blackburn Manager]

28  - "Every agent seems to be trying to screw each other."  [Harry Redknapp]

29  - "It'll be hard to pick their way through this many numbers."  [Commentator, Liverpool v Sunderland]

30  - "The young couple was both murdered."  [Daily Mail]

31  - "Insulin deficiency can mean you hold onto fat."  [Embarrassing Bodies]

32  - "Edinburgh are the first European university to award Pele a degree."  [Four Four Two magazine]

33  - "As far as temperatures go, in a word, cold."  [No! weather is cold, temperatures are low!]

34  - "Love rat soap quiz - who cheated who?"  [MSN]

35  - "Our aim is the same - to give every family their sparkle back."  [Butlins advert]

36  - "One of you three are about to join in."  [Dale Winton]

37  - "I play different."  [Shane Warne.  Yes, you are different and speak a different language; it's differently!]

38  - "Northerners could get less benefits."  [MSN]

39  - "A little row of cottages are close to collapse."  [TV News]

40  - "Most happiest."  [Darcy Bussell - 'most happy' or 'happiest', please!]

41  - "Another bunch of ten chefs enter the kitchen."  [Masterchef]

42  - "The team investigate complaints."  [Rip Off Britain]

43  - "An animal lover discovers how much bacteria is lurking in her kitchen."  [The Food Inspectors]

44  - "The coalition are agreed."  [Radio 4]

45  - "In the global world . . ."  [Radio 4]

46  - "It was a bit of a phenomena."  [Thick band member from Essex on Radio 2]

47  - "We have been making efficiencies."  [But not making sense, it seems! Chelmsford Council spokesman on Radio 4]

48  - "Cover and leave to marinade."  [Schwartz Tikka packaging that should state 'marinate']

49  - "Eat healthier."  [Quorn advert.  Eat healthier food, yes, or be healthier, but eat healthily]

50  - "People have a lot of misconceptions about California but none if them are really true."  [TV advert.  I suspect that's why they're called misconceptions rather than conceptions!]

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