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What does it mean?
Groucho Marx insults someone's intelligence.
In plain terms
He compares their brain to a child's.
What can you take from it?
Insults often reveal more about the speaker.

Where it applies

  • arguments
  • roasting
  • criticism

Putting it to work

  • verbal sparring
  • humorous insults
  • conflict

Questions to consider

  • How to respond to insults?
  • Why insult others?

Another view

It promotes negativity.

More from Groucho Marx

  1. Well I thought my razor was dull until I heard his speech.

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  2. Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse.

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  3. I married your mother because I wanted children. Imagine my disappointment when you arrived.

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