The Most Low-Down, Lousiest, Loathsome Things Ever Said [Paperback]

A nasty insult (is there any other kind?) can be offensive and infuriating, but weve all had those moments when weve employed one or just wished we had come up with the perfect nasty thing to say. Even better, having the perfect comeback to one of these rude remarks brings us all the personal satisfaction in the world. The Nastiest Things Ever Said gathers together the very sharpest of these barbs from a wide variety of sources with some of the wickedest put-downs from the literary, political, and entertainment worlds, and everywhere else people say nasty things to each other.A nasty insult (is there any other kind?) can be offensive and infuriating, but weve all had those moments when weve employed one or just wished we had come up with the perfect nasty thing to say. Even better, having the perfect comeback to one of these rude remarks brings us all the personal satisfaction in the world. The Nastiest Things Ever Said gathers together the very sharpest of these barbs from a wide variety of sources with some of the wickedest put-downs from the literary, political, and entertainment worlds, and everywhere else people say nasty things to each other.Steven D. Price, a consulting editor of The Lyons Press, is the author of more than forty books, including 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said, The Quotable Horse Lover, The Ultimate Fishing Guide, and Old As the Hills: The Story of Bluegrass Music. A resident of New York City, he is a keen observer of human? and equine achievement and folly.History does not reveal the identity of the very first person to have said something dumb. It might have been a caveman who approached a saber-toothed tiger with nice kitty. Or who confidently confided to a neighbor that the newfangled wheel gizmo would never replace good old-fashioned walking.We'll never know, but we can say with some assurance that based on recorded history, dumb remarks have been with us since the invention of writing. Young or old, rich or poor, famous or unknownlóz