Subject: Misspokements (Page 9)

Dirty laundry is coming home to roost.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

I always enjoy animal acts.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president
Misspokements

I don’t think he’s gonna come Edith. He just ain’t got none of that, waddya call, family unconscious.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

I used to go missing a lot – Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Germany…

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player
Dating Misspokements

Why do you always insist on playing while I’m trying to conduct?

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
Entertainment Misspokements Music

It takes one to know one – and vice versa!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
Misspokements

These hemorrhoids are a real pain in the neck.

Misspokements

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

British Olympic decathlon champion
Misspokements Sports

That was a maximization of a minimization of hits.

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? … Is it ignorance or apathy?’

He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

American basketball coach & executive
Basketball Misspokements Sports

It’s a very good historical book about history.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Books Communication Misspokements Reading/Writing

They’ve picked their heads up off the ground and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

English former football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

If you’d offered me a 69 at the start this morning I’d have been all over you.

Scottish professional golfer
Golf Misspokements Sports

I don’t think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona.

English football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements

The Lord descend down a thundervolt.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

What happens to me next year will happen to me no matter what happens.

professional basketball player
Future Misspokements Sports

There were no scores below single figures.

Australian cricketer & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we’re going forward to tomorrow or whether we’re going to go past to the – to the back.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Future Misspokements Past Time

We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.

professional basketball player
Age Body Intelligence Misspokements Sports

When I played football, we were small, but we were slow. Our record was five and five; we lost five games at home and five on the road.

Texas businessman
Football Misspokements Sports