Gentleman Snarker/Quotes

"Hobson: Thrilling to meet you, Gloria.

Gloria: Hi.

Hobson: Yes... You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, Gloria. I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness."

- Arthur

"One of the many signs of our(cultural) decline these days has been that verbal insults are almost invariably sexual or scatalogical, provoking a blizzard of asteriks whenever A wishes to put a smackdown on B. Once upon a time it was not so. Once the ability to come up with a clever insult that could be remembered was thought an important, if not a necessary, component of being a gentleman.

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