WC: 'Is it true your father was a gate-leg table?' McCarthy: 'If he was, then your father was under it!' (from a radio show)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A witty insult compares fathers to furniture.
- In plain terms
- Both men insult each other using random objects.
- What can you take from it?
- Use absurdity to deflect insults.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle verbal attacks?
Another view
It relies on nonsensical comparisons.
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