Subject: Misspokements (Page 9)

So, that island that you own… is it near the beach?

(1971 – ) American actress

It’s more than magnificent, it’s mediocre.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Put it out of your mind; in no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Winning is better than the next worse thing.

American baseball pitcher

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Even Robinson Crusoe had company on Friday.

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

Coffee isn’t my cup of tea.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I would have brung you flowers too, but I read in a magazine that they suck up all the carbon monoxygen.

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

It’s difficult to remember when you haven’t played it before.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

I’ve never seen a game like this; every game this year has been like this.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

This vast display of cattleships and bruisers.

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

I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

He dribbles a lot and the opposition don’t like it – you can see it all over their faces.

English former football player & manager

The Mets just had their first .500 or better April since July of 1992.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When you lose your hands, you can’t play baseball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I think that was a moment of cool panic there.

English former football player & manager

The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Wouldn’t have to live in miscomfort.

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

There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, ‘You never know.’

professional baseball player

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

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