Subject: Misspokements (Page 8)

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

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

I thought that "Roman candles" just meant that they were imported. You know, from Romany.

(1971 – ) American actress

I’ve been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak; the good part is that they don’t make posters of those guys.

professional basketball player

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

British cricket journalist

What does it feel like being rammed up the backside by Barrichello?

English football player, manager & sports commentator

People in Preston ward are invited to a meeting at 7.15 pm tonight in St. Mary's Church Hall… to meet councillors and beat police officers.

Mayor of New York

He can be lethal death.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Isn’t there any other part of the matzah you can eat?

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

You have hissed all my mystery lectures.

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

I’m not an athlete; I’m a professional baseball player.

professional baseball player

Space is almost infinite; as a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

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

(We) should be allowed to wear shorts; God almighty, (LPGA) women are allowed to wear ‘em, and we’ve got better legs than they do.

professional golfer

It shows ‘us vs. them,’ and I’m on the ‘us’ side.

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

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

football broadcaster

The Queen's Park Oval -– as its name suggests, absolutely round!

cricket commentator

You never ask why you’ve been fired because if you do, they’re liable to tell you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The shoulder surgery was a success; the lobotomy failed.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

The two of us all alone and, well, we was imminent together.

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

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Moses Kiptanui, the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago…

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer