Buff-Buster
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- Aug 3, 2011
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- Hempstead, Texas
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- Houston Safari Club, Gulf Coast SCI, SCI International. Rowland Ward, NRA, RMEF, North American Hunting Club - Life Member, Texas Trophy Hunters
- Hunted
- Mozambique, South Africa, (Kwa-Zulu Natal, Free State & East Cape), Zimbabwe (Charisa & West Nicholson), U.S.(Texas, New Mexico, LA, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wyoming & Montana), Canada (Alberta & Saskatchewan) & Argentina (Cordoba)
Insults are from an era before the English language became boiled down to 4-letter words :
WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli,
"whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy."
-Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow.
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
-Moses Hadas.
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain.
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
-Oscar Wilde.
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."
-George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one."
- Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop.
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-John Bright.
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb.
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
-Samuel Johnson.
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
-Paul Keating.
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand.
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
-Forrest Tucker.
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-Mark Twain.
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.."
-Mae West.
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather
than illumination."
-Andrew Lang (1844-1912).
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-Billy Wilder.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.But this wasn't it."
– Groucho Marx.
WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli,
"whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy."
-Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow.
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
-Moses Hadas.
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain.
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
-Oscar Wilde.
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."
-George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one."
- Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop.
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-John Bright.
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb.
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
-Samuel Johnson.
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
-Paul Keating.
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand.
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
-Forrest Tucker.
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-Mark Twain.
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.."
-Mae West.
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather
than illumination."
-Andrew Lang (1844-1912).
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-Billy Wilder.
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.But this wasn't it."
– Groucho Marx.
