Two more I’ve heard over the years:
‘You should carry around a potted plant to replace the oxygen you’re wasting’
And:
‘Your head is really just a place to store your teeth isn’t it?
Two more I’ve heard over the years:
‘You should carry around a potted plant to replace the oxygen you’re wasting’
And:
‘Your head is really just a place to store your teeth isn’t it?
The Monty Python French taunters classic is a scathing insult and noone gets it. Break down the line:
"Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of elderberries"
Firstly, they are calling your mother a fast-breeding rodent, ergo, your mother is a whore, that one is simple. Second, why would your father smell of elderberries? What was it used for at the time? Wine, but better wine would be made from grapes from France or southern England, implying your father was was not just a drunk, but a cheap drunk.
Its one of the most insulting lines ever uttered on film and it has so many layers, which is why that movie is hillarious.
I fart in your general direction.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
Isn't the elderberries thing actually just about the smell? Based on what I read, elderberry flowers begin to develop a strong musky and/or cheesy aroma, so it would be akin to saying that your father doesn't wash himself.
I'm sure the Python loved it when their jokes were explained in excruciatingly boring detail
Cheap drunk? Do you have any idea how much it costed to ship goods back then overland? To ship wine no less, which is bulky in the vast quantities our ancestors drank it.
People made alcohol with what they had, every household made their own usually, they didn't buy it. That's why the north drank beer and ale, and the south wine. That's why so many apple trees were planted in the north as well, the only other northern fruit (idk about elderberries,) that has enough sugar to ferment to an appreciable degree, (it's less than grapes, I think 5% hard cider is about average, or at least mine was that.
Furthermore, I bet I like the taste and smell of elderberries, they don't grow here that I'm aware. So I don't agree it's a good insult, but thank for describing it, because I always thought that was an odd one.
Swallows could have carried the elderberries
They were shouting it at king arthur (the taunters clearly knew who he was, he was introduced as such), I think his parents could afford the costs to get what ever shipments they wanted, be them from France... Or [shudders for comedic effect] Scottland.
You are correct in that people used what they had, and that is entierly the joke. Wine made from elderberries was much more common up north where imports were not something people had... Unless they were of nobility.
This is both historically inaccurate and you typed out "costed" like it was a real word.
"Anyone ever tell you that you've done a great job lately?"
"No" (This one requires a no answer)
"Think about that, then."
I've always been partial to:
"You're at the top of the bell curve!"
Because it sounds like a compliment, gets taken as an insult, but really you're just calling them average.
It's a whole different level of demoralizing when they finally figure it out.
It depends which top you mean. Top as in left-right or up-down, can get interpreted differently
I feep like bell curves are pretty consistent left to right, top being the apex. Maybe some fields do it differently.
A few I've acquired over the years.
The classic:
Others:
You are the type of person who makes the teenage cashier at Chipotle explain why guac costs extra.
You're the human equivalent of a bag of salad that goes bad the day you buy it, worthless after I already spent my cash.
Talking to you is like using a public restroom, sometimes necessary, never pleasant and leaves me feeling a little gross after.
Every conversation with you has the emotional texture of a Terms and Conditions pop-up.
Being around you feels like watching someone try parallel park for four minutes.
and the best I have ever hear with my own ears, which is not mundane, but is excellent when yelling at the top of your lungs so all the neighbors can hear: "You are a supercilious cunt"
Was it classic before this? That was my first exposure to the phrase.

#3 is a real scalding, hospital admission level burn. I like #5 too because funny.
supercilious cunt
Damn. I used that exact phrase in an email to my ex-wife like 15 years ago. It's a good'n.
You know what, I literally just had the word supercilious pop into my head randomly like 5 minutes ago, then I realized I didn't know what it meant. I looked it up, went "huh" and opened Lemmy. The first post I opened was this one and I come across this comment
"[W]hat you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
"If all the village idiots, in all of the villages, left their villages, and formed their own village, of idiots. In that village, you would be the village idiot." - Colin Lane
"Don't be so humble. You're not that great." - Maria Bamford's dad.
"People say you're a real wit, but I think they're only half right." - me
i like curses more like: "i hope you stub your toes", "have a warm pillow", "may the consequences of your actions be harsh" or "may your phone screen be always too bright or dim"
For two people who look/are dressed similarly: "you look like the before and after photos for a product that doesn't work."
Not sure if this qualifies but I always liked the countryness of "so stupid they couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel".
I was playing TF2 the other day and someone senta message in chat that was just a link to a state unemployement benefits page lmao.
I love TF2 but haven't played it for a while. Is it still holding up? I heard there are a lot of bots now :/
Valve finally got off of their ass last year and fixed a ton of crap and pretty much banned all of them. Haven't seen any since.
They also open sourced the SDK so most of the updates include a ton of community bug fixes
I saw this on here recently:
"Working with you is like losing two good men"
Implying the person sucks at their job so bad, they are the equivalent of losing two people who are good at the job.
At least, that's how I took it
My absolute favorite...
You're not pretty enough to be that dumb
One I remember reading a while ago "your boyfriend looks like he drops common loot when he dies"
I fail to see the insult here. Is the goal to insult the boyfriend, or their significant other? If it's to insult the SO, it's doesn't really mean much. You are judging them based on their association with someone else. A more apt insult would be "you could only attract people who drop common loot"
If the goal is to insult the boy friend why not just address them directly and say "you look like you drop common loot when you die"?
Two I like from history:
A lady called Winston Churchill drunk. Churchill replied: "Madam, I may be drunk, but you are ugly. I shall be sober in the morning."
Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, when asked about the migration of NZers to Australia replied "Well, it raises the IQ of both countries."
I shall be sober in the morning.
Highly doubt lmao
"Who's this clown?"
I'm fond of it for two reasons: calls them a clown and implies that they aren't even a memorable one.
ITT: A bunch of exotic insults that make people look like redditors
"A face for radio" is a classic
"This is why people talk about you"
You're not loved, they just tolerate you.
"The young gentleman is an excellent ration powered space heater."
Heard this back in basic for a young officer cadet who was absolutely useless aside from the fact that they were capable of heating up a ten person tent via their normal body heat.
You look the way I feel.
Heard a new one related to men dating women way too young for them: "Those old men walkin' around with embryos"
From a goodwill cashier
The comments have devolved into the less mundane and just regular insults, so I'll throw this one in here:
You're as thick as a brick sandwich
Until hearing you talk, I never thought lobotomies could make people smarter
‘Daft bint’
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you
Bob Dylan, Positively 4th Street
To a performer: “Every time you perform is better than the next.”
To anyone: “I find you argumentative and easily offended.”
Best part of an insult is heading off the retort.
my brother like spanish but did not know enough swear words so he would say things like fume mi huevos.
I hope your chooks turn into emus, and kick your dunny down.
"I feel like those shoes belong to someone with a better bowking average."
"You're not as dumb as you look," was always one of the most subtle yet broad insults.
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