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Highest form of wit (pg. 2)
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| LuNaSeA |
Winston Churchill is a great example of my favorite form of wit, i think it's absolutely genius and i don't even know what u call it.. it's not really humble, but resembles the form of humility...it's very subtle and yet the impact is huge...
here's some great ones:
Lady Astor: Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
Winston Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
"I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived". on Stanley Baldwin
"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
(true!)
"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Serene_being
It's common knowledge that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, |
Is it common knowlege? Since when? Where is your scientific facts to back up this statement? You can not just say something like that & not back it up with proof. I demand proof you fool! Proof Proof Proof. Give it to me! Hard! You hairy monkey. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by LuNaSeA
Winston Churchill is a great example of my favorite form of wit, i think it's absolutely genius and i don't even know what u call it.. it's not really humble, but resembles the form of humility...it's very subtle and yet the impact is huge...
here's some great ones:
Lady Astor: Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
Winston Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
"I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived". on Stanley Baldwin
"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
(true!)
"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
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I'd put that in the dead-pan catagory.... very dry and matter of fact. It's all about delivery. |
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| Serene_being |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
I'd put that in the dead-pan catagory.... very dry and matter of fact. It's all about delivery. |
Very true, timing and delivery are important |
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| Serene_being |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xenocreator_PG_
Is it common knowlege? Since when? Where is your scientific facts to back up this statement? You can not just say something like that & not back it up with proof. I demand proof you fool! Proof Proof Proof. Give it to me! Hard! You hairy monkey. |
Proof proof proof
so much proof i can smell it taking a |
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| tribu |
summarizartion
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University of Las Vegas-Nevada regent : You should use your head for something besides a hat rack |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Serene_being
Proof proof proof
so much proof i can smell it taking a |
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:o That is no proof!
Sarcasm is a complex form of humour that works in different ways depending on the situation. It is true that sacastic remarks can cause discomfort to people or make people sad, though this does not make it the "lowest form of wit". Sacasm can be extremely clever. The main problem with sarcasm is that there is too much room for misinterpretation. |
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| kr00t0n |
I concur.
Poor sarcasm is a very poor form of wit.
Good sarcasm is the best.
I mean the kinda sarcasm the the victim doesn't even pick up on, but everyone else does, god I love that kinda sarcasm :D |
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| Serene_being |
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:o That is no proof!
Sarcasm is a complex form of humour that works in different ways depending on the situation. It is true that sacastic remarks can cause discomfort to people or make people sad, though this does not make it the "lowest form of wit". Sacasm can be extremely clever. The main problem with sarcasm is that there is too much room for misinterpretation. |
In case you didnt notice i did not say that sarcasm was the lowest form of wit in gramatically correct terms or by dictionary definition, i said it was the lowest form of wit by common knowledge, your point isnt valid. |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by Serene_being
In case you didnt notice i did not say that sarcasm was the lowest form of wit in gramatically correct terms or by dictionary definition, i said it was the lowest form of wit by common knowledge, your point isnt valid. |
but it isn't by common knowledge, it merely is by a saying that has been around for many years
how can toilet humour be above sarcasm? really |
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| Arbiter |
| Sarcasm, obviously. |
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