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"well you can't argue with that!" quotes

  
 
rizla mission
10:24 / 05.04.03
Hopefully we can get the hang of this without actually having to define the boundaries of the "well you can't argue with that!" quote.

To begin;

"A grandfather clock is of no interest. A vampire woman getting out of this clock at midnight - that's me."
- Jean Rollin
 
 
Mourne Kransky
10:52 / 05.04.03
Can't ascribe this one:

A friend will help you move
A true friend will help you move a body
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
12:29 / 05.04.03
I think Tony Soprano said that, actually.




(I'm just keeeeeding)
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
14:28 / 05.04.03
From the pages of the wonderful "Modern Drunkard" magazine (and in a similar vein to Xoc's)

A good drinking buddy will bail you out of prison.
A great one will be sat next to you in the cell, saying "man, that rocked!"
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
18:27 / 05.04.03
"build a man a fire keep him warm for the night, Set a man on fire keep him warm for the rest of his life"
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
05:07 / 06.04.03
"If you've done it once, there can be no further 'accidental' instances where you get your cock trapped in your zipper."
 
 
rizla mission
09:23 / 06.04.03
"He's thrown a kettle over a pub. What have you done?"
-anon.
 
 
Ganesh
10:41 / 06.04.03
My favourite Russian proverb:

"Love is not a potato; you cannot throw it out the window."
 
 
The Apple-Picker
12:55 / 06.04.03
I dont have no trouble with you fuckin me,
But i have a little problem with you not fuckin me.

The ODB
 
 
Cat Chant
17:08 / 07.04.03
It's sort of a "you can't argue with that quote" because you just can't work out where to begin...

"The mutant penguins stood and stared in silent wonder at the naked men."

From Men of Antarctica
 
 
Jack Fear
17:30 / 07.04.03
"You can't have everything... where would you put it?"

—Steven Wright.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
18:13 / 07.04.03
This is a sentence from my Dutch grammar:

'Men vindt weinig groen mos op het strand'

- 'One finds little green moss on the beach'

No kidding...
 
 
jackamo
00:34 / 08.04.03
"whoever owns a frying pan owns death"
- william seward burroughs.
 
 
Saint Keggers
00:55 / 08.04.03
You dont find little green moss on the beach you find little green moss on the ground. The dutch sure are a funny lot.

From the Tick cartoon:

Interviewer: Well can you destroy the world?
The Tick: Egad! I hope not. That's where I keep all my stuff.

Classic, brilliant and true.
 
 
A
02:49 / 08.04.03
William S. Burroughs- king of the cheap divorce.
 
 
Dances with Gophers
10:53 / 08.04.03
Can't remember who said this,

Change is inevitable....except from a vending machine!
 
 
Sax
11:50 / 08.04.03
"Tine is an illusion. Lunch-time doubly so." - Zaphod Beeblebrox.

"The only thing you're in that I've been in is that fucking bath!" - The incomparable Withnail, proving that a mealy-mouthed "we're in the same boat" is not the last word in any argument.
 
 
Shrug
10:05 / 09.04.03
"Better than a poke in the ear with a wet banana I suppose", always gives me a funny visual.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
10:15 / 09.04.03
MattersArising- my mum always used to say "better than a slap round the face with a wet fish".

I still love the inemstimable Buckaroo Banzai's "Wherever you go... there you are".
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
10:16 / 09.04.03
Although his "emstimable" twin still spells better than an drunk me.
 
 
rizla mission
20:52 / 09.04.03
"Pool it, pool it, pool it, pool it, pool it and pool it some more!"

- i don't remember the exact details, but those are the recorded last words of a Victorian civil engineer who died whilst overseeing the construction of an aquaduct.
 
 
Papess
11:03 / 03.12.05
My son: "Cthulhu eats 'em raw"


What can I say? I raised him right.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
00:26 / 04.12.05
"Madam, there are times when a woman's arsehole does not fit a man's needs."

--some DeSade book that I never finished. Can't argue with it. I needed a phillip's head screwdriver the other day, and a woman's arsehole didn't help at all.
 
 
Brigade du jour
00:37 / 04.12.05
MattersArising- my mum always used to say "better than a slap round the face with a wet fish".

My mum's version is "better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." She used to read a lot of Shaun Hutson, I think.
 
 
Shrug
00:46 / 04.12.05
“Never laugh at live dragons.”

The Hobbit.
 
 
Shrug
00:56 / 04.12.05
(well unless they do something really funny)
 
 
All Acting Regiment
01:00 / 04.12.05
 
 
Shrug
01:18 / 04.12.05
^ Case in point *chuckles at dragon*

Plus this old Irish one has always struck me as pretty inarguable.
"A kind word never broke anyone's mouth."
 
 
Jack Fear
10:54 / 04.12.05
"Cold meat lights no fire."
German proverb, much beloved of the French surrealists.
 
 
wembley can change in 28 days
15:02 / 04.12.05
I've always been partial to: "Jos ei viina, terva ja sauna auta, niin tauti on kuolemaksi."

"If liquor, tar, and sauna don't cure it, it's fatal."

I've heard salt thrown in there as well sometimes, so I guess there's a bit of space for argument in this proverb...
 
 
astrojax69
19:12 / 04.12.05
"i like to go up to information booths and ask where the next nearest information booth is." - elliot goblet


[btw legba - that cartoon is brilliant! ]
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
19:54 / 04.12.05
"Put your faith in a loud guitar"- KISS.
 
 
alas
20:24 / 04.12.05
I've heard salt thrown in there as well sometimes, so I guess there's a bit of space for argument in this proverb...

I always take my proverbs with a grain of salt...
 
  
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