The classics never go out of style. :up:

Micro nit to pick

He went by the name Henny Youngman even though his legal name was Henry. Henry Youngman was a Major League Baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys

My wife like to talk dirty to me during sex.

Last night she called me from a hotel room.

<rimshot and bow to Mr. Dangerfield>

Rgr that....TBH I've never heard of him :doh:

:lol:

Henny Youngman became legendary because of one line. But first a little setup. The phrase "Take this..." commonly means to set an example. "Dogs are funny. Take mine, for instance..."

Comics in that day were fond of using the line "Women are funny. Take my wife: just the other day she was saying..." well, you get the rest, and the setup probably wasn't necessary - the saying is famous.

But can you imagine what it must have been like the very first time Henny Youngman said "Take my wife...PLEASE!"

It depends on how good looking she, was I suppose. :lol:

According to Wikipedia, which may or may not be accurate: "Henny explained the origin of his classic line "Take my wife, please" as a misinterpretation: in the mid-1930s he took his wife to a show and asked the usher to escort his wife to a seat. But his request was taken as a joke, and Youngman used the line countless times ever after."

Whether this is true or not, it is a funny story.

"Another such victory would utterly undo us" (Not sure how it went exactly)

- Guess?, it's too easy

Did anyone else hear that loud bang ?

--The Mayor of Hiroshima

Pyrrhus of Epirus and is the basis for the term Pyrrhic Victory.

The exact phrase is difficult to verify as the story of Pyrrhus was described by a Roman historian named Dionysius. After Dionysius's death a Greek historian named Plutarch wrote about what Dionysius wrote about Pyrrhus.

Since Dionysius was not alive during Pyrrhus's life and since Plutarch was not alive when Dionysius was alive, what we have is the ancient version of "hey I read it on the internet".

What may have eventually been recorded as "one more such victory would utterly undo me", may have been originally said as "Did you see those big Roman Mother-f**kers, they kicked our asses!"

Such is a common problem with recording ancient history. :know:

Did anyone else feel a bump?

Captain Edward Smith,
Commanding RMS Titanic.

Does anyone smell barbecue?

- Max Pruss

Ok you had me on that one. Had to look it up.

+1 for obscure trivia. :up:

Perhaps a better quote for Captian Pruss would be

"No! I said Bud light"

(if anyone remembers those commercials)

Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.
- Roger Stone

I never knew who said this line until I looked it up...
The first two statements are the words I live by everyday... :lol: :arrgh!:

I can see your point, but I still think you're full of sh*t.

I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

How about never? Is never good for you?

-- Jimbuna

"Respect my authoritah!"
- :roll:

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
- Hunter S. Thompson