Abraham Lincoln vs. a foreign diplomat
Reverend Edward Everett Hale vs. The U.S. Senate
Pericles vs. Alcibiades
Lewis Morris vs. Oscar Wilde
Noel Coward vs. Edna Ferber
Winston Churchill vs. Bessie Braddock
Henry Clay vs. Thomas Reed
Dorothy Parker vs. a drunk man
Calvin Coolidge vs. some lady at a White House dinner
Ilka Chase vs. an unknown actress
Miriam Hopkins vs. an unknown singer
Winston Churchill vs. a member of Parliament
Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas
(After Douglas called him “two-faced” during a debate)
Gandhi vs. a reporter
Calvin Coolidge vs. an audience member
Winston Churchill vs. Lady Astor
That there Winston feller was purdy sharp. I’d vote for him if he run for President.
Ah, good ol’ times! Those were real man… not today’s *****.
its mysoginistic to appreciate real men. Only femi-men are allowed these days.
The same spirit is still alive today!
Trenchant barb: “You’re a ****.”
Witty rejoinder: “Stop. This is a safe space.” [everyone snaps fingers]
Okay. Maybe not so much.