Wednesday 22 December 2010

Top 5: Best put-downs

Originally published 8/11/10 in The Mancunion

5) Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
"Ho, ho, ho! Well, if it isn't fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou!" Elaborate, Shakespearean insults are always the best, (‘yarbels’ anyone?).

4) Kim Pine (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)
“Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it.” Simple and to the point, Kim doesn’t mince her words in this year’s breakthrough adaptation of the hit graphic novel.



3) Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones)
"If staying here means working within ten yards of you, frankly I’d rather have a job wiping Saddam Hussein’s arse." Bridget tells her womanising boss Daniel Cleaver where to go, in a brilliantly topical and witty fashion.



2) Brick Tamland (Anchorman)
“Where'd you get your clothes from? From the, huh, toilet store?” Poor Brick, he tries so hard, I think he deserves points for effort.




1) Princess Leia (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
"Why you stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking, nerf-herder." This gem managed to ruffle even the unflappable Han Solo; I reckon it has more effect on those who actually know what a ‘nerf-herder’ is though.

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