Insults Galore

Have you ever been in an argument with somebody and got the worse of it because you lacked the proper put down?

Me too.

So when I saw a book called 2000 Insults for all Occasions at the bi-annual Oakville library book sale (where they sell books for something like 10 cents a pound) I snapped it up.

According to the blurb on the back of the book it's jam-packed with "on-the-spot ammunition that will annihilate your antagonist with the squelch of the party!"

Oh boy, I can't wait for some wise guy to take me on because now I can sting him with zingers like these:

• You got a fat chance to get me sore -- and a head to match!
• While you don't get yourself X-rayed to see what people see in you.
• I don't know what makes you tick, but I hope it's a time bomb.
• I can't think what I will do without you, but it's worth a try.
• Don't you ever get tired of having yourself around?

Hmm, not sure this stuff will actually "annihilate" anybody.

Upon closer examination, I see this book was published in 1965; maybe people were easier to insult back then.