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Two Thousand Insults for All Occasions Paperback - 1965

by Louis Safian

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"Classified by subject--from "'Big Heads' through 'Nudists' to 'Squelches'--this tongue-in-cheek reference romp is guaranteed to put the right retort in the right head at the right time".--Dr. Frederick Shroyer, "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner". **Lightning Print On Demand Title

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  • Title Two Thousand Insults for All Occasions
  • Author Louis Safian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Castle Books, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.s.a.
  • Date 1965, 1998
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HU166
  • ISBN 9780806500393 / 0806500395
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 5.95 x 0.58 in (23.34 x 15.11 x 1.47 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 817.008

First line

Repartee has been defined as saying what you think after becoming a departee; saying as quick as a flash what you didn't say until next morning.

From the rear cover

"Classified by subject-- from 'Big Heads' through 'Nudists' to 'Squelches'-- this tongue-in-cheeck reference romp is guaranteed to put the right retort in the right head at the right time." --(Dr. Frederick Shroyer, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner)

"When I am not rolling on the floor I am asking myself where Safian found all those insults to compile." --(Wes Lawrence, Cleveland Plain Dealer)

"Ought to come in handy, sooner or later, for anybody." --(Chicago Daily News)

"Too many bright sayings occur to us the day after they've needed. With this book you'll be fortified with a whole arsenal of remarks, ranging from mild to caustic, depending upon the need, to use in disposing of bores or squelching the quarrelsome and pompous." --(Sioux Falls Argus-Leader)

"Here is an amazing anthology of insults and near-insults that should delight the heart of any sales manager who'd like to communicate with his salesman more forcefully-- or add zest to his speeches." --(The Sales Executive)

"The most intriguing book of the year." --(Art Goodwin, WHEN-TV)

"My girls have trouble remembering one jot of their homework. I'll bet they can recite that book from cover to cover." --(Jim Bishop, King Features Syndicate)

"Just what the doctor ordered. Memorize enough of these and you can be the wit of the party." (John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate)

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