Subject: Misspokements (Page 19)

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

I ain't gonna be no escape-goat.

professional basketball player

Willie Davis is not as young as he used to be.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He’s looking for some meaningful penetration into the backline.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

The team has come along slow but fast.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I’m really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who’ve been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.

college football player

You have tasted a whole worm!

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words

I'll make the money by selling one of my livers… I can get by with one.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Best player ever? … I’d have to go with the immoral Babe Ruth.

professional baseball player

We’ll be back after this word from Manufacturer’s Hangover.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I want to be Robin to Bush’s Batman.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Not only is he ambidextrous, but he can throw with either hand.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

Once the Earth goes, the planet is going to be next!

(1971 – ) American actress

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.

Australian football player

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

(They) should know each other like a book; they’ve been ex-teammates for years now.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear –- that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

When you have women in that situation [the military] it just creates a whole new set of dynamics which are distracting to training these men to kill or be killed.

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

(1980 – ) popular singer

In two words, impossible.

(1879 – 1974) film producer