Subject: Misspokements (Page 48)

A well-boiled icicle

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

Today Chicago, tomorrow's Saturday.

(1971 – ) American actress

He treats me like the dirt under my feet.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

President Carter speaks loudly and carries a fly spotter… a fly swasher… it’s been a long day.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

I paid too much for it, but it’s worth it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

 This job is better than I could get if I used my college degree, which, at this point, I can't remember what it was in.

professional football player

You’re germinatin’ all over me!

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

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

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Tell them to stand closer apart.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

It’s time for the human race to enter the solar system.

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

Tell them to stand closer apart.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

The tiger, he come up with the tigeress. The lion, he come up with the lionette. The zebra, he come up with the zeberelle.

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

The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Do you think that suppository is gonna be safe from me there, Edith?

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

I’m the football coach around here and don’t you remember it.

football coach

It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Pedroza – the crown on his head hanging by a thread.

British sports commentator

It is now possible they can get the impossible score they first thought possible.

British cricket journalist

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)

Until they split off into all them other denumerations.

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

They shouldn’t throw at me; I’m the father of five or six kids.

professional baseball player