One-Liners

[likethebeer]

I didn't realize that Billy Connolly came up with the line I think of when I think of what the meaning of "intellectual" is: "My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9594011/30-great-one-liners.html?frame=2363267

And I like this one: Jimmy Carr (15 September 1972): "I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought the obvious one was 'Shout For Help.'"

Comments

[immemor.livejournal.com]

I love the Bob Newhart one about country music. Mae West was always good for a one liner, too. “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it.”

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Give 'em an inch and they'll want Cleveland.

Cleveland

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Slate recommends that the next silicon valley be in Cleveland (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_next_silicon_valley/2013/12/move_silicon_valley_america_needs_a_tech_hub_in_a_place_where_it_s_welcome.html).

I don't know what that means about giving someone an inch.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

I think Mae West was using Cleveland as a variant on the cleavage theme. We may never actually know.

The Cleveland renaissance is puzzling to me. Why not Milwaukee? I'll try to remember to read the Slate article.

[immemor.livejournal.com]

If they promise to take Cleveland someplace warm, they can have as many inches as they want.

It would be a good location for a medical tech company. Landing Google seems farfetched. But if Google wanted to move here we’d pretty bend over backward to make Google happy.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Woody Allen (1 December 1935-):
'Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.'

Woody Allen

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Yes, except I can't escape the sense that, as he gets older, he keeps getting creepier (it's that step-daughter).

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Actually that borderline incest helped create a lot of the misery, loneliness, and suffering in Mia Farrow's life. Woody must have been reading Nabakov.