“A man who looks as though he’s been raised by wolves”.
Val Sears in the Ottawa Sun February 24, 1999 (about Peter Gzowski, who he liked)
“Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.”
One of “Still More Samuel Goldwynners” in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 9 #1 (September 2005)
“like a walking torture chamber...”
Jack Kerouac On the Road (describing a police officer with all kinds of leather gear, shiny weapons etc.)
“You’re so thin you’d have to stand twice in the same place to make a shadow!”
“Shorty” in Louis L’Amour The Trail to Seven Pines
“Why is it called tourist season if we can’t shoot at them?”
“More Unanswerables” in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 7 #4 (1-2/04)
“The Grate One”
Terry O’Neill in British Columbia Report July 30, 2001 [not referring to Wayne Gretzky, just adapting his nickname to insult any annoying person]
“IF YOUR MIND GOES BLANK, DON’T FORGET TO TURN OFF THE SOUND!”
“Sign Language: Seen on church billboards from coast to coast” submitted by Monica Popp, Edmonton in Reader’s Digest Canadian Edition May 2005
“A very large low-watt bulb”
A friend at a conference describing an overbearing attendee I had characterized as a “dreadnought”.