If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say it at ll. Also, if you have nothing to say, don't say it at all. So why do people say the wrong things at the exact wrong time?
Stating the Obvious
You reckon, back in the roman years (ahh, no supermodel Paris Hilton types around) that the gladiators of the Collusiem would wait right until their fight started to say, "I think I'm going to die!"? Or maybe when Vesuvius erupted, the slaves were all saying:
Slave 1: Look, that volcanos erupted
Slave 2: Holy crap, that could kill us! Whadda we do now?
Slave 1: Well, I'm no Plato
Slave 2: No, but you make a good Spoono
Slave 1: If we don't want to die
Slave 2: Yes?
Slave 1: Then we should not contact the lava
Slave 2: You reckon it has e-mail?
Slave 1: So, conclusively
Slave 2: Wow, 4 syllables
Slave 1: I reckon we should run
Slave 2: Really?
Slave 1: Yeah, let's tell everyone else
Slave 1+2: EVERYONE, RU..AAARGHHHH!!!!
Well I don't think so, but it would have been a lot more entertaining
Awkward Quips
So, you have lost the World Cup, when the opposing striker, who scored the winning goal, runs up to you and says "Does that mean we win?" This is where people with lots of sarcasm win places on Blackadder. So really, that's all I can say about that
Without insulting the Clintons, I can't dig any deeper. I don't know anyone that would. So I leave you with this remark I paticularly like:
Some people would do anything for their country. But me, I would happily mud wrestle my own mother for a novelty lamp, a collection of garden gnomes and a stack of French porn------Blackadder