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Sto caricando le informazioni... Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults (2004)di Robert Schnakenberg
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() It's got some pretty good quotes and some pretty mediocre ones. Some people I had thought merited respect spat out some pretty baseless ad hominem attacks. John Adams called a lot of people names for no good reason and even Thomas Jefferson said some pretty nasty and unqualified things. Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine got a lot of hate I thought was unjustified. The problem is that none of the quotes are explained. No context is given, just the speaker and the subject of their venom. It leaves you completely unable to figure out when and to what degree the slurs were justified. Some Quotes: Baseless or confusing "A private meeting with Hoover is like sitting in a bath of ink." Henry Stimson "A chameleon on plaid." ~Herbert Hoover on FDR "The country does not deserve a visitation of that potbellied, mutton-headed cucumber." ~Horace Greeley on Lewis Cass "If you vote for Al Smith, you're voting against Christ, and you'll all be damned." ~Mordecai Ham (Baptist Minister) "Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit." ~Alice Roosevelt Longworth on Douglas MacArthur Humorous "The only man, woman or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors." ~ E. E. Cumming on Warren G. Harding "I am not fit for this office and never should have been here." ~Warren G. Harding "Distinguishable from the furniture only when he moved." ~George Creel on Wilson Administration Official "His argument is as thin as the...soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death." ~Abraham Lincoln on Stephen A. Douglas "One could not even dignify him with the name of stuffed shirt. He was simply a hole in the air." ~George Orwell on Stanley Baldwin "Belgium is just a country invented by the British to annoy the French." ~Charles de Gaulle "The English are not an inventive people; they don't eat enough pie." ~Thomas Edison This was a nifty little book with some stuff I'd never read about before, so I did learn something from it (always a plus with a non-fiction book, IMO). My main complaint is that it is simply far too short and went too fast. It's a nice little read, though. I'd advise against buying it till it goes into the super bargain bin, or just check it out from a library, though. Save your book budget for something a bit more substantial and satisfying. 3+, mostly because of the size rather than the content. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults is a hilarious collection of insulting historical quotations in the vein ofThe Portable Curmudgeon that will have history buffs and readers of humor books in stitches. Full of lively quips, jabs, jaunts and put downs by and about notable figures, it covers all epochs of mostly Western history. Schnakenberg has collected more than 600 historical insults into this first collection of its kind. Included: "A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse." - Alexander the Great "Belgium is just a country invented by the British to annoy the French." - Charles de Gaulle "What can you do with a man who looks like a female llama surprised when bathing?" - Winston Churchill on Charles de Gaulle "Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time." - Lyndon B. Johnson "Avoid all needle drugs - -the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon." - Abbie Hoffman Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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