Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2013

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Nov 24 19:10:01 UTC 2013


At 11/24/2013 09:28 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Nov 24, 2013, at 4:32 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... not sure how "obvious" it is when you hear it the first time. No
> > allusion to oral sex in that quote whatsoever... need context.
>
>Agreed I'd go with his "Probably in one of my drunken stupors"
>excuse for his smoking crack.

And some seeing his girth may think that it simply refers to having
enough to overeat at home.  I vote for the "eat" quote still, but
with the added context that Alice pointed to.  (Is there a category
for "R-rated quotes of the year"?)

Joel


>LH
> >
> > On 11/23/2013 9:02 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >> At 11/23/2013 08:42 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> >>> On 11/23/13 8:21 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >>>> At 11/23/2013 07:11 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> >>>>> And surely we include any number of Rob Ford quotes from the past
> >>>>> couple of weeks? "I've got more than enough to eat at home'" is
> >>>>> probably the most notorious.
> >>>> That needs some expansion -- at for those of us who haven't been
> >>>> following Rob every day.
> >>> The quotable Rob Ford:
> >>>
> >>>
> <http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/20/crack-smoking-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-in-his-own-words-4194487/>
> >> Oh, the obvious.  Especially relished because of  his obesity, I
> >> imagine.  (He seems to outdo Gov. Christie.)
> >>
> >> But I think it will need to be more fully stated (sated?) when chosen
> >> -- and include the p-word.
> >>
> >> Joel
> >>
> >>
> >>> And "I've got more than enough to eat at home" was on TV, live (and
> >>> without asterisks!):
> >>>
> >>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4siKr6qY8w>
> >>>
> >>> The above links to the CBC coverage. There was also a clip making the
> >>> rounds, that I can't find now, showing a CTV anchor struggling to
> >>> maintain her composure as this impromptu news conference was airing live.
> >>>
> >>> Alice
> >
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