WIST Quotations

Barry, Dave -- “Decaf Poopacino,” Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down! (2000)

Dave — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:39:42 +0000

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.

Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
“Decaf Poopacino,” Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down! (2000)
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~Other -- Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin, Act 3, sc. 2 (1858)

Dave — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 04:25:48 +0000

ASA: Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal — you sockdologizing old man-trap.

(Other Authors and Sources)
Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin, Act 3, sc. 2 (1858)

The biggest laugh line in the play, so chosen by John Wilkes Booth to use as a cover for his shooting Abraham Lincoln on 14 Apr 1865.

Sockdologizing.