[leghk]

Commentators, politicians, celebrities, Royals etc are all well-known for making gaffes when speaking in public. Any really funny ones to share?

My favourite was -

"The bowler's Holding, the batsmen's Willey."

Sadly, this turns out to be a myth and I am looking for a new favourite.

[Claire ex-ax]

Ok, so it's not a gaffe, but I hope it makes you smile.

"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
George Best

[Claire ex-ax]

"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip."
John Motson

"Watch her spread her legs and show her class."
Jimmy McGee commenting on the last 300m of a long distance final (Olympics).

"This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother."
Ted Walsh commenting on a horse race

"Ah! isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
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[leghk]

Thanks Claire - love the horse racing one.

[Claire ex-ax]

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
Mariah Carey

[DanielandHayley]

" Seaman's come out..all over the place.." from a FA cup game between the mighty Man Utd and Arsenal a few years back...incidently, Giggs proceeded to round him before firing over the bar with the goal gaping!

[sylvesterjay]

Jessica Simpson is the best and most frequent...

Jessica Simpson quotes

Want some buffalo wings?
I don't eat buffalo!

[Claire ex-ax]

Britain has Murray Walker, but New Zealand has its own Murray - the hilarious Murray Mexted!!

"You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that."

"He's looking for some meaningful penetration in the backline."

"Spencer's running across field calling out come inside me, come inside me."

"Everybody knows that I have been pumping Martin Leslie for a couple of seasons now."

[Claire ex-ax]

Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax

"Ah! isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
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Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977

[xxxlionxxx]

Prince Philip :

During a visit to China, Philip met with a group of British students:
“If you stay here much longer, you’ll all get slitty-eyed.”

While talking to Lord Taylor of Warwick who is a black British politician:
“And what exotic part of the world do you come from?”
Lord Taylor: “I’m from Birmingham (England)."

On the problem of travelling the world in comfort:
“If you travel as much as we do you appreciate how much more comfortable aircraft have become. Unless you travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.”