100 Great Movie Insults and Insulting Twilight and The Last Airbender
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Posted by: The Wanderer at July 3, 2010 12:50 PM
I've recently discovered a nest of Twilight fans at my workplace. All women, ranging in age from mid-20s to the 40s, and when I criticize the books or the films they practically start hissing and baring teeth a la Dracula's wives.
One of my teener nieces has read the books, and I can only describe what's going on as a plague of mediocrity that is only growing.
The 100 best Insults were good, but there could have been more Marx Brothers. Groucho was a master at the slashing cut, without a single off-color word.
My favorite Python put-down, though, comes from The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, with some embellishment: "You flat-headed, cloth-eared, swivel-eyed, flatulent, bow-legged, knock-kneed, fornicating little git."
I start that insult string at a whisper and end at a full-throated yell. Sort of like a chanted pagan curse.