Praised With Faint Damns

[shereads]

Just read an article about a California radio personality who's been called "the most prominent broadcast spokesman for the Arab-American community."

He replies, "That's flattering, but it's a bit like being the tallest skyscraper in Stanford."

Which reminded me of a favorite line from M.A.S.H. (TV version):

"That's as impressive as being the finest prima ballerina in all of Galveston."




Post your own back-handed compliments, and we could turn this into one of the most respected threads on this topic in the entire history of internet pornography!

 

[Xelebes]

Wow, this gold is as pure as water from Regina!

 

[neonlyte]

I was tempted to re-hash Donna Tartt but:

'Nice legs? Yes, like a Chippendale desk.'

 

[Lord Naraku]

"Pure as the driven snow."

 

[Guest]

back-handed compliments

Is it like slapping a woman's ass as you ride her, going, 'HEE-HAAH'?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Post your own back-handed compliments, and we could turn this into one of the most respected threads on this topic in the entire history of internet pornography!

After my entry, I rather doubt that:

"For an old fat girl, you sure don't sweat much."

Rumple Foreskin

 

[BlackShanglan]

"You are a villain!"

"And you, sir, are a senator!"

(Thanks Will)

Shanglan

 

[scheherazade_79]

I once had some feedback that read:

"We both think you are a filthy slut and would appreciate if you didn't post any more of your trash on this site."

It made my day! I printed it out and keep it in my purse for when I'm feeling down.

 

[pop_54]

My favourite is an exchange between Churchill and lady Astor in house of commons.

She: "Sir you are drunk"

He: "Madam, you are an unattractive hag, but I can be sober tomorrow".

 

[OldScotlandYard]

"We both think you are a filthy slut and would appreciate if you didn't post any more of your trash on this site."

Filth slut, you're nicked!

 

[pop_54]

I once had some feedback that read:

"We both think you are a filthy slut and would appreciate if you didn't post any more of your trash on this site."

It made my day! I printed it out and keep it in my purse for when I'm feeling down.

Ere careful what you're saying sche', I hear the 'old bill' are about the place looking for points.

 

[scheherazade_79]

What kind of points? Or am I just being really naive here?

 

[TheEarl]

My favourite is an exchange between Churchill and lady Astor in house of commons.

She: "Sir you are drunk"

He: "Madam, you are an unattractive hag, but I can be sober tomorrow".

A favourite Churchill riposte of mine was:

Lady Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee.
Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it.


In England, you can say something is easy to achieve by saying it's like getting into the Dutch Mountain Rescue team, or the Swiss Navy.

The Earl

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

In England, you can say something is easy to achieve by saying it's like getting into the Dutch Mountain Rescue team, or the Swiss Navy.

The Earl

What about, the French Gracious Humility Society?

Rumple Forekin

 

[impressive]

Is that a picture of YOU? Damn, you used to be really pretty!

 

[Just-Legal]

You had amazing tits before you had kids

 

[Guest]

Sent to me, can't recall the source. - Perdita

"At a London dinner party, a particularly self-regarding guest was relating his experience at a party he had attended recently. 'They simply ignored me, until they found out who I was', he related. There was an uncomfortable pause, and then the brilliantly waspish English critic Kenneth Tynan asked, 'And who were you?' "

 

[BlackShanglan]

Can't recall the event, but the nuts and bolts were ...

An annoying guest at a party at which the British Ambassador was present made an annoying fuss after discovering that the strict formal rules of precedence accorded her a seat nearer to Himself. As she settled in amidst irritated displaced fellow guests, she said fawningly, "I suppose it must be a terrible bother to you, people getting these sorts of things wrong all of the time." He replied calmly, "No, Madam. It is my experience that those who matter do not care about such things, and that those who care very seldom matter."

Shanglan

 

[pop_54]

What kind of points? Or am I just being really naive here?

English humour and slang with regard to the post above mine back there dear, too complex to explain here

 

[pop_54]

Something or someone considered useless or stupid can be described with the words.

"As much use as tits on a Boar pig"

or

"As much use as a chicken with teeth"

or

"As much use as a milk chocolate fire screen"

 

[lucky-E-leven]

My favourite is an exchange between Churchill and lady Astor in house of commons.

She: "Sir you are drunk"

He: "Madam, you are an unattractive hag, but I can be sober tomorrow".

Excellent!

 

[PennLady]

One of my favorite dual-meaning phrases is: I can't begin to tell you how much I liked/enjoyed/etc....

 

[soflabbwlvr]

"He's world famous in Poland" - Ann Bancroft, To Be, Or Not To Be (1983)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

"A legend in his own mind."

"As useful as a clockwork orange."

 

[NoJo]

Groucho to Margaret Dumont:

You're just about the most attractive woman I've seen in a long time and that's not saying much for you.

Ahh, I can see it now, just you, and the moon.. you wear a necktie so I'll know you.

Ever since I've known you I've swept you off my feet.

G: Did your husband leave you any money?
D: Why, he left me his entire fortune!
G: Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!