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Wit

10 Dec 2002 by

Come on… Be witty. Say something witty. Be the wittiest.

61 comments so far (Post a Comment)

12 Dec 2002 | jedrek said...

this is one of those things where nobody wants to go first.

12 Dec 2002 | carl said...

I think we have a winner.

12 Dec 2002 | Oscar Wilde said...

When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.

12 Dec 2002 | Dorothy Parker said...

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.

12 Dec 2002 | Chris said...

There was supposed to be a be before the second "witty"

12 Dec 2002 | indi said...

This is a trick isn't it? It's like when the sergeant asks for volunteers and everyone takes a step back except you because you're too damn busy wondering which idiot is going to volunteer...

12 Dec 2002 | ant said...

I'm a horse of a man, I can shite walking

12 Dec 2002 | paul said...

doh!

12 Dec 2002 | homer said...

Look, I know I'm not witty like that critic guy, but does he know _all_ the words to the Oscar Mayer song?

12 Dec 2002 | Homer said...

"Dad, what's a muppet?"
"Well, it's not quite a mop... and it's not quite a puppet... but ohhh maaannn...... to answer your question, I don't know."

12 Dec 2002 | Chris said...

The plan to pan for gold didn't pan out so now I'm stuck making pancakes.

12 Dec 2002 | blipblip said...

'is not...'
'is too...'

12 Dec 2002 | Mart said...

is it alright if I bring a midget?

12 Dec 2002 | alisha said...

lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

(its not the wittiest, its just good solid advice :-))

12 Dec 2002 | Hans said...

I have a dutch accent...isn't that veird?

12 Dec 2002 | ph8 said...

I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.

12 Dec 2002 | Don Schenck said...

The women at work all treat me like I'm some sex object. Just last week one called me a dildo.

12 Dec 2002 | barry said...

if it's going to be that kinda party....

12 Dec 2002 | sam said...

I'm gonna go somewhere someday, like the bar.

12 Dec 2002 | bk said...

If it's going to be that kinda party...

I'm gonna stick my dick in tha mashed potatoes!

12 Dec 2002 | dmr said...

Careful, the gravy is still very hot.

12 Dec 2002 | bk said...

If it's going to be that kinda party...

I'm gonna stick my dick in tha mashed potatoes!

12 Dec 2002 | skink said...

poop stinks

12 Dec 2002 | fajalar said...

Verbosity is an atrocity.

I prefer terseness in my verses.

12 Dec 2002 | veuth said...

Artists are to insanity what Siegfried and Roy are to lions.

12 Dec 2002 | chester said...

What's going on in here? Is this for real? Hey, that robot just took my sandwich! Is this for real?

12 Dec 2002 | cheese-eating heretical witch said...

this shite isn't witty! for witty go to:
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/dennis_mahoney/

now, HE'S witty.

12 Dec 2002 | Ralph said...

My can't breath smells like cat food.

12 Dec 2002 | D. Wittiest said...

Is somebody looking for me?

12 Dec 2002 | Anonymous said...

Ever seen a boyscout sleep?

Its in tents.

12 Dec 2002 | jengel said...

It's not easy seeing the big picture when you're inside the frame.

12 Dec 2002 | BobO said...

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes.
That way, when you do criticize him, you're a mile away.
And you've got his shoes.

12 Dec 2002 | ~bc said...

Nothing witty about this: 37signals.com/svn comes up, but 37svn.com does not.

12 Dec 2002 | omit said...

Knock, knock Who's there?

Yule.

Yule who?

Yule never know.

12 Dec 2002 | JF said...

37signals.com/svn comes up, but 37svn.com does not

Tell me about it. Still waiting for Network Solutions / Verisign to return my plea for help.

12 Dec 2002 | r said...

"Regime change begins at home."

12 Dec 2002 | Scott said...

Obcenity is the crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker.

12 Dec 2002 | Heywood said...

"Quotation is an acceptable substitute for wit." - Oscar Wilde

12 Dec 2002 | Shane said...

You teach your kids some fashion sense and they fashion some of their own

12 Dec 2002 | Anonymous said...

37signals.com/svn comes up, but 37svn.com does not

Tell me about it. Still waiting for Network Solutions / Verisign to return my plea for help.

Good friggen luck. Seriously.

12 Dec 2002 | boob said...

"I think I am, therfore, I am, I think... George Carlin

12 Dec 2002 | boob2 said...

67.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot... Steve Wright

12 Dec 2002 | Oscar Wilde said...

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics." -- Benjamin Disraeli

12 Dec 2002 | Ralph Waldo Emerson said...

"Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit."

12 Dec 2002 | Toby said...

Time flies like the wind.
Fruit flies like bananas.
--Marx

12 Dec 2002 | Will S. said...

Brevity is the soul of wit.

12 Dec 2002 | Ozzy said...

See ya, Tamara!

13 Dec 2002 | F. J. Mako III said...

We are defined by what we do repeatedly, therefore excellence is a habit, not an act. -Aristotle

14 Dec 2002 | Dave said...

Said Jesus to Moses, come forth. But he tripped, and came fifth.

14 Dec 2002 | kAmaU said...

if you could think for yourself then what would you buy.

15 Dec 2002 | Steve said...

Wit cannot be summoned on command. It is by nature a response to something, an observation or a reaction to another stimulus. (And that's the best I could come up with for sucking all the life and wit out of "wit.")

16 Dec 2002 | Jeffnelson said...

Accidents don't happen. Idiots with cars make accidents.

16 Dec 2002 | dgm said...

Common sense is not so common.

17 Dec 2002 | Cruxman said...

also wit

21 Dec 2002 | David said...

My favourite oxymoron: Excessive female nudity.

Hmm, I think Heywood takes the prize as it stands so far...

29 Dec 2002 | Shakespeare Costello said...

"Polymath a code cracker?"

07 Nov 2003 | sex said...

sex

07 Nov 2003 | free bingo game said...

nice site

13 Jan 2004 | long distance said...

I will look into this matter and let you know. I think you may be right.

13 Jan 2004 | tapety said...

Mein Hobby ist es Gästebücher zu besuchen. Das ist immer ganz interessant und widerspiegelt so, was die Leute im Internet wirklich denken. War auch interessant bei Dir ! Bis zum nächsten Mal. All The Best OfNew Year. Sorry for my english i'am from Germany.

13 Jan 2004 | gry java said...

Mein Hobby ist es Gästebücher zu besuchen. Das ist immer ganz interessant und widerspiegelt so, was die Leute im Internet wirklich denken. War auch interessant bei Dir ! Bis zum nächsten Mal. All The Best OfNew Year. Sorry for my english i'am from Germany.

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