When Winston Churchill was accused of being drunk by socialist MP Bessie Braddock he knew exactly what to say.
And the former Prime Minister, who was famed for his wit, has topped a poll of more than 2,000 Britons to find history’s funniest insult.
As well as the scathing Mr Churchill, the Daily Express reported that other household names including Barack Obama, Groucho Marx, Noel Gallagher and Elizabeth Taylor also made the top ten of the poll, which was commissioned to mark the Blu-ray release of the LIberace biopic Behind The Candelabra.
And Liberace himself was also known to give a good put-down when the time was right.
The flamboyant star, who is played by Michael Douglas in the film, is also included in the poll with his classic one liner to a critic who gave him a bad review.
He said: ‘Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it…I laughed all the way to the bank.’
The subject of many of the celebrities’ ire is often other celebrities.
1) Winston Churchill (when berated for being drunk by MP Bessie Braddock): ‘My dear, you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly.
2) Barack Obama (After Sarah Palin’s quip that the only difference between a pitbull and a soccer mom is lipstick): ‘You can put lipstick on a pig…it’s still a pig.’
3) Liberace (In response to a negative review from a critic): ‘ Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it…I laughed all the way to the bank.’
4) Noel Gallagher (speaking about Robbie Williams): ‘You mean that fat dancer from Take That?’
5) Winston Churchill (After being disturbed while at the toilet by the Lord Privy Seal): ‘Tell him I can only deal with one s**t at a time.’
6) Frank Sinatra (speaking about Robert Redford): ‘Well at least he has found his true love — what a pity he can’t marry himself.’
7) Elizabeth Taylor: ‘Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.’
8) Groucho Marx: ‘She got her good looks from her father, he’s a plastic surgeon.’
9) Bette Midler (speaking about Princess Anne): ‘She loves nature, in spite of what it did to her.’
10) Liam Gallagher (speaking about Victoria Beckham): ‘She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.’
Source: Daily Mail
