Subject: Misspokements (Page 16)

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

That sure did take the steam out of his sails.

I think it's that lack of width with his height.

English football player & analyst

You guys lineup, alphabetically by height.

football coach

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

… New Jersey?

(1973 – ) American actress

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Interviewer: Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?

Chris Eubank: On what?

British boxing champion

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Then I was skinnier, I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better… other than that, everything is the same.

professional golfer

Jay Bell is 0-for-6 in this series with 10 homers and 52 RBIs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The vertizontal hold on the TV.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

E before O except before E-I-E-I-O.

(1971 – ) American actress

Here’s Hodge on the breakaway! He’s all by himself. He shoots. And Hodge missed the goal! He’ll be thinking about that one for a while! Just look at the expression on Hodge’s stick!

Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs.

English former football player & manager

The hookeries and massageries – the whole world is turning into a regular Sodom and Glaucamorra.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Gracie : Breakfast will be ready in six minutes.
George Edwards: Six minutes?
Gracie: Yeah, I just put on two three minute eggs.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

I can't tell who's leading… it's either Oxford or Cambridge.

British news commentator

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator