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Re: Classic put downs JSTUART #8596001 02/18/14 Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Originally Posted by JSTUART Originally Posted by 5sdad I have always liked "He is a self-made man and worships his creator". A previous employer made a point of telling everyone he met that he was a self-made man, we his employees agreed and told everyone that mentioned it that it was true "as you can tell by the workmanship". Lee Marvin had a good line in one his Westerns. When the Ralph Bellamy character called him "You bastard!" he responded "An accident of birth � but you, sir, are a self-made man." "Good enough" isn't. Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.

Re: Classic put downs Ken Howell #8596032 02/18/14 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,309 Missouri tack Campfire Regular tack Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,309 Missouri Great lines.

Re: Classic put downs Ken Howell #8596038 02/18/14 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,518 Western Kentucky lastround Campfire Tracker lastround Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,518 Western Kentucky Originally Posted by Ken Howell Originally Posted by JSTUART Originally Posted by 5sdad I have always liked "He is a self-made man and worships his creator". A previous employer made a point of telling everyone he met that he was a self-made man, we his employees agreed and told everyone that mentioned it that it was true "as you can tell by the workmanship". Lee Marvin had a good line in one his Westerns. When the Ralph Bellamy character called him "You bastard!" he responded "An accident of birth � but you, sir, are a self-made man." In "The Professionals" . If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice. Doug

Re: Classic put downs dvdegeorge #8596050 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 12,192 Northern Colorado Tracks Campfire Outfitter Tracks Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 12,192 Northern Colorado Originally Posted by dvdegeorge Phuuck you and the horse you rode in on This one doesn't belong on a list of clever put downs. Needs work.

Re: Classic put downs Tracks #8596068 02/18/14 Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Originally Posted by Tracks Originally Posted by dvdegeorge Phuuck you and the horse you rode in on This one doesn't belong on a list of clever put downs. Needs work. Y'gotta realize that in some quarters, crude equals "wit." "Good enough" isn't. Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.

Re: Classic put downs Tracks #8596078 02/18/14 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,651 Sweden jpb Campfire Outfitter jpb Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,651 Sweden Originally Posted by Tracks Originally Posted by dvdegeorge Phuuck you and the horse you rode in on This one doesn't belong on a list of clever put downs. Needs work. Subtlety is often under rated. As a slight improvement, I humbly submit: John

Re: Classic put downs Tracks #8596109 02/18/14 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! I can think of one old one, source unknown "Two fries short of a Happy Meal" Mine: "dumb as a board" One I'll also claim, said to a colleague who was making a ridiculous argument, "Bob, I never saw anyone work so hard at being mediocre" "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Classic put downs 1minute #8596175 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,589 WA State the other WA W7ACT Campfire Outfitter W7ACT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,589 WA State the other WA Quote "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.." - Mae West. No, no it should read: "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the after birth.." - Mae West. Used that describing and ex neighbor to his face!!!! de 73's Archie - W7ACT

Re: Classic put downs tex_n_cal #8596182 02/18/14 Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 One of my writers got a thoroughly asinine question from a reader. I still chuckle at the way that he began his answer � "I had to read your letter three times to be sure that you're serious." "Good enough" isn't. Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.

Re: Classic put downs dvdegeorge #8596202 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,589 WA State the other WA W7ACT Campfire Outfitter W7ACT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,589 WA State the other WA Originally Posted by dvdegeorge Phuuck you and the White Horse you rode across the Rio Grandee on! There I Fixed it for you, used that one to tell a self apposed wet back who thought he had authority over me on a job I was doing. de 73's Archie - W7ACT

Re: Classic put downs JSTUART #8596221 02/18/14 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6,165 Rancho Altacucawanda, CA S smarquez Campfire Tracker smarquez Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 6,165 Rancho Altacucawanda, CA "Nice talking to you, come back when you can't stay so long." Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger. Stupid always finds a way.

Re: Classic put downs smarquez #8596280 02/18/14 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 368 L Light12 Campfire Member Light12 Campfire Member L Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 368 He gave up reading because it chapped his lips.

Re: Classic put downs Tracks #8596493 02/18/14 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,640 Eaton Rapids, Mi JoeMama Campfire Regular JoeMama Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,640 Eaton Rapids, Mi Originally Posted by Tracks Originally Posted by dvdegeorge Phuuck you and the horse you rode in on This one doesn't belong on a list of clever put downs. Needs work. Fya-thyrio...sound like cussing in Greek. I am a conservative with a lowercase "c".

Re: Classic put downs JoeMama #8596549 02/18/14 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,301 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,301 Likes: 9 Oregon We all know the first 1/2 of this one, but I added the last- "Opinions are like buttholes, everybody has one, but they don't all pass the smell test" _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Classic put downs Fireball2 #8596611 02/18/14 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Always liked this one...

Re: Classic put downs Deerwhacker444 #8596621 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 1 Idaho D drover Campfire Tracker drover Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,379 Likes: 1 Idaho Putdown that you need to be a high-power silhouette shooter to get. "he's a few grains short of a ram load" If you don't get it that's okay, you are probably not a high-power silhouette shooter. drover 223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers. 24hourcampfire.com - The site where there is a problem for every solution.

Re: Classic put downs Deerwhacker444 #8596644 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,387 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,387 Likes: 1 Idaho, USA "can I help you out?" "Yes, please!" "Okay,which way did you come in?" "He sets low expectations for himself and fails to meet them." Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

Re: Classic put downs Jim in Idaho #8596667 02/18/14 Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,005 Likes: 1 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,005 Likes: 1 "You're like public school on weekends, no class"

Re: Classic put downs Jericho #8596756 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 955 East Central Missouri B BoltactionMan Campfire Regular BoltactionMan Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 955 East Central Missouri The best part of you ran down your mothers leg. KC You can easily vote your way in to Socialism; but you'll have to shoot your way out.

Re: Classic put downs drover #8596768 02/18/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,487 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,487 Alaska Originally Posted by drover Putdown that you need to be a high-power silhouette shooter to get. "he's a few grains short of a ram load" If you don't get it that's okay, you are probably not a high-power silhouette shooter. drover Not a sil shooter, but I got it, but had never heard it before. Might have to retain that for future use on my highpower accomplices... few grains short of a 1000 yard load... We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....