Foot in Mouth Blunders

[dragon wench]

What were they thinking?



Alan Minter - "Sure, there have been deaths in boxing, but none of them serious."

New Zealand Rugby Commentator- "Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him."

Ted Walsh- Horse Racing Commentator- "This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother."

Winston Bennett- "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."

Murray Walker- F1 Racing Commentator- "The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."

Greg Norman- "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my Father and Mother."

Terry Venables- "If history repeats itself, I should think we can
expect the same thing again."

Ron Atkinson- "I would not say that David Ginola is the best left
winger in the premiership, but there are none better."

Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977- "Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew."

Metro Radio- "Julian D!cks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven D!cks on the field "

David Acfield- "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seems to
hang in the air for even longer."

Stuart Hall- Radio 5 live- "What will you do when you leave football Jack? Will you stay in football?"

David Coleman at the Montreal Olympics- "And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class."

Pat Glenn- Weightlifting commentator- "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!"

US PGA Commentator- "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them.... Oh my god!!!!! What have I just said?!!!!"

True Story- A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too because they were all laughing so hard

[Minerva]

They are known in UK as Colemanballs, named after great sports commentater, David Coleman, by Private Eye.

From the latest edition:

Pat Nevin (BBC Radio 5 Live): "He [Henrik Larson, a footballer for Celtic] was on the six-yard line, just two yards away from the goal".

[Xandax]

Originally posted by dragon wench
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US PGA Commentator- "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them.... Oh my god!!!!! What have I just said?!!!!"
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Well - I've always loved Golf .... but this is takeing it a step to far

[Gwalchmai]

Originally posted by dragon wench
US PGA Commentator- "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them.... Oh my god!!!!! What have I just said?!!!!"

Actually, I had heard that this particular gaff occurred on the Tonight Show, when Johnny was interviewing Arnold Palmer's wife and she admited to the kissing. His response earned him a lawsuit from the Palmers.....

Another lawsuit I heard about against Johnny Carson involved Zsa Zsa Gabor, who had brought her feline companion on the show. She asked "Vould you like to pet my pu$$y?" and he said, "Sure. Move the cat."

Of course, this was all hearsay back when I was in Jr. High, and the jokes had to be explained to me!

[dragon wench]

Originally posted by Gwalchmai
Actually, I had heard that this particular gaff occurred on the Tonight Show, when Johnny was interviewing Arnold Palmer's wife and she admited to the kissing. His response earned him a lawsuit from the Palmers.....

Another lawsuit I heard about against Johnny Carson involved Zsa Zsa Gabor, who had brought her feline companion on the show. She asked "Vould you like to pet my pu$$y?" and he said, "Sure. Move the cat."

Of course, this was all hearsay back when I was in Jr. High, and the jokes had to be explained to me!

ROFL!!! I had wondered if any of these had actually happened

You know, regarding the lawsuits... Honestly, not to place too much blame on the ones filing, but honestly.. what do they expect making comments like that!

[fable]

I give you the king of foot-in-mouth blunders, and the one-time vice president of the United States, Dan Quayle:

"We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in `Red Storm Rising'." -Reported in (Newsweek, 9/88)

"A very positive message." - Quayle after listening to a sermon in which a Georgia minister condemned homosexuality as `satanic'. (Newsweek, 11/92)

"Target prices? How that works? I know quite a bit about farm policy. I come from Indiana, which is a farm state. Deficiency payments -- which are the key -- that is what gets money into the farmer's hands. We got loan, uh, rates, we got target, uh, prices, uh, I have worked very closely with my senior colleague, Richard Lugar, making sure that the farmers of Indiana are taken care of." - (Quayle on being asked to define the term `target prices'. Quayle's press secretary then cut short the press conference, after two minutes and 30 seconds.)

"You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be." (Trip to Samoa, 7/92)

"Our future competitiveness demands that true environmentalists and responsible leaders not allow the well-intentioned concerns of the American public to be manipulated and exploited as a means to re-establish unnecessary regulatory, economic and social controls."

[Scayde]

LMAO...These are great...I love stuff like this

Originally posted by fable
I give you the king of foot-in-mouth blunders, and the one-time vice president of the United States, Dan Quayle:

"Our future competitiveness demands that true environmentalists and responsible leaders not allow the well-intentioned concerns of the American public to be manipulated and exploited as a means to re-establish unnecessary regulatory, economic and social controls."

@fable: I agree, Quayle had a certain talent for speaking from between his toes, but this last statment was a true reflection of the concerns of the administration. Although clumsily worded, I dont think if would qualify as a blunder .

[fable]

Unfortunately, you're probably right. That administration was keen to remove environmental controls, turn more natural resources into private revenue, and convince the public they were doing it all for national health. Remember James Watt?

And while we're on the subject of the environment, let's hear some more civic-minded pronouncements of Dan Quayle:

"Our values are creating jobs in America." -Dan Quayle answering Chris Wallace's question: ``The Council on Competitiveness has made it easier for businesses to exceed pollution levels, it has delayed regulations on aircraft noise, it has weakened regulations to make apartment buildings more accessible to wheelchairs. Are those your values?'' (ABC's Prime Time Live, August 10, 1992)

"I have a very strong record on the Environment in the United States Senate." -Senator Dan Quayle during the VP debate, 10/5/88 (from NYT transcript, 10/6/88). On 10/7/88 the League of Conservation Voters reported that Dan Quayle's rating was 20 out of 100.

[Minerva]

The annual Foot in Mouth Award was announced. This year, it was won by everyone's favourite (after the President, of course), US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld!

Well, congraturations to him. I think it is a great achievement, as he has beaten stiff competition from likes of John Prescott, David Beckham, Arnold Schwarzenegger (hope I spelt alright), and his own boss (supposedly), Mr Dubya Bush.

See and Listen to his speech, and appreciate the beauty.

[Sojourner]

Ah yes, Rummy's infamous babbling like an idiot speech. LOL

[Lazarus]

Rumsfeld's comments make sense ... to me, anyway. And to at least one other person.

Now, "it depends on what the definition of 'is' is" - well, that's a whole different thing. Hm - maybe political leanings play into it a bit, eh?