The honorable member is living proof that a pig's bladder on a stick can be elected to Parliament.

•••••••••••••••••••••∼ Tony Banks, British politican, (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

"He's like a shiver waiting for a spine."

••••••••••••••••••••∼ Paul Keating, former Australian prime minister, (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

Top poetic imagery for the list.  Good job!
Gobsmacked

1. (Brit, slang) astounded; astonished.

gobsmacked

gobsmacked (comparative more gobsmacked, superlative most gobsmacked). ( chiefly ( Read more... )

The House has noticed the prime minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

••••••••••••••••••••∼ Vincent Cable, British politican (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

He occasionally stumbled over the truth but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.

•••••••••••••••••••∼ Winston Churchill,  former British prime minister (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

I don't want to be rude, but really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk.

•••••••••••••••••••••∼ Nigel Farage, British politican, (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

(Wonder if he has met Trump?  In the class-conscious British social milieu, that last is a far worse insult than what most ( Read more... )

She probably thinks Sinai is the plural of sinus.

•••••••••••••••••••••∼ Jonathan Aitken, British member of Parliament (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

The right honorable and learned gentleman has twice crossed the floor of this House, each time leaving behind a trail of slime.
••••••••••••••••••••∼ David Lloyd George, former British prime minister, (The Reader's Digest, July/August, 2016, p. 33)

5-Minute Memoir

Wordplay

by Lisa TE Sonne

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My parents encouraged me to use my imagination in writing, but not in grammar and spelling. • Until I learned to be more of a conformist for the sake of clarity, I was known to write across the top of my papers a quote by Thomas Jefferson:  “I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word only ( Read more... )

Oops - an internet search shows it under "spurious quotations", giving a stupendous listing of sources checked without discovering it...

As usual, I get too soon old and too late smart. (attributed in my tax preparer's office as an old Norwegian saying.)

As a notoriously poor natural speller, here's my new(ly found) favorite quote:

"You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word."
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••~ Thomas Jefferson