Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.
Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.
The wife's Mother said, ‘When you're dead, I'll dance in your grave.’ I said: ‘Good, I'm being buried at sea’.
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, 'I'm going to mop the floor with your face.' I said, 'You'll be sorry.' He said, 'Oh, yeah? Why?' I said, 'Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well.'
As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire.
A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
You have a ready wit. Tell me when it's ready.
