Stupid question+great response=priceless

stupid question, BEST response ever!!!

For those that don't know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an Australian

General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently.

Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children.

Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you have to love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.

In a portion of an ABC radio interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military Headquarters.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you're equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL COSGROVE:
Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?

The radio-cast went silent for 46 seconds and when it returned, this interview was over.

I love a sharp response, especially to the stupid.

Reminds me of one of my favorites: Sir Winston Churchill

George Bernard Shaw was well known for having a biting sense of humor -- but Sir Winston Churchill had a sharp reply ...
George Bernard Shaw sent Sir Winston Churchill two tickets to his opening night of his new play. “Bring a friend if you have one,” Shaw wrote.
Churchill replied, “I can’t attend that night, but perhaps some other night, if there are any others after the opening performance.”

That is hilarious....

:thumbup: Bart

I have met Major General Peter Cosgrove.
He is a very nice, and extremely knowledgeable man.

For him to say that to a female reporter, she must have really p*ssed him off.

PK

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ.

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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you ****ting me?

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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: getting laid

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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.

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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.

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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.

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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.

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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?

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And the best for last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

That's an awesome interview. It was extremely annoying that she just kept harping on the issue.

First of all. It's scouts. One of the major points if not the foremost one is teaching survival and outdoors living technique. Well, that's pretty difficult when not armed. Not saying it's not doable, just that you'd be a much skinnier person if you managed to do it without.

She also doesn't help herself with the uppity tone she took with him. As though somehow she was his superior and was schooling him in a sarcastic way. She barked up the wrong tree that time.

Better to understand how, when, and why you should use it than to send someone out there all willy nilly playing with the trigger at random. Very similar to mouths, opinions and body parts.

Ugh.

I HAVE to save this post in my favorites! How do I do that? I have not laughed this hard in two years!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winston Churchill had been drinking heavily at a party when he bumped into Bessie Braddock, a Socialist Member of Parliament.

“Mr. Churchill, you are drunk,” ...Braddock said harshly.

Churchill paused and said,..

“And Bessie, you are ugly. You are very ugly...However I’ll be sober in the morning.”


Game , set & match!


jo

I love quick wit, sarcasm, and anything else I love! ;)

Good answers are always good, but proper timing makes'em great!

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I HAVE to save this post in my favorites! How do I do that? I have not laughed this hard in two years!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Don't know about 'favorites'. You can always find it tho using the search function on 'prostitute'. There aren't that many threads in this forum that use that word. This one & the one with Zeus's life story come up tho:)

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Originally Posted by tom4bren

Don't know about 'favorites'. You can always find it tho using the search function on 'prostitute'. There aren't that many threads in this forum that use that word. This one & the one with Zeus's life story come up tho:)

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If you search "favorites" this thread comes up at the top of the list...:laughing:

The court quotes are so funny I've stolen them for my bike forum. Thanks for the laugh.

Col

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Originally Posted by PK

I have met Major General Peter Cosgrove.
He is a very nice, and extremely knowledgeable man.

For him to say that to a female reporter, she must have really p*ssed him off.

PK

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If you ever meet him again, be sure to ask him if the quote is true or if this is a paparazzi hoax.

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Originally Posted by JoFotoz

Winston Churchill had been drinking heavily at a party when he bumped into Bessie Braddock, a Socialist Member of Parliament.

“Mr. Churchill, you are drunk,” ...Braddock said harshly.

Churchill paused and said,..

“And Bessie, you are ugly. You are very ugly...However I’ll be sober in the morning.”


Game , set & match!


jo

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There is also the story of Bessie saying to him "Sir Winston if you were my husband I'd give you poison"

Churchill replied;
" Lady Braddock, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."

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Originally Posted by handeeman

There is also the story of Bessie saying to him "Sir Winston if you were my husband I'd give you poison"

Churchill replied;
" Lady Braddock, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."

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Soooooooo many things that could be said ... but shouldn't.