"Takes one to know one"

[sojourner]

Anybody ever really think this comeback to an insult through? Basically you are confirming that whatever a person called you is correct.

 

[T'Baio]

Since it's commonly used by grade schoolers, no, I don't think it's been "thought through."

You running around using that one?

 

[RoJoHen]

My general manager called me an asshole the other day. My response was, "Well, you're certainly the expert" and then I walked away.

 

[Chaos Descending]

I think "it takes one to know one" is the "suicide bomb" of verbal sparring.

Yes, it's a confirmation, but it's also a condemnation of hypocrisy.

 

[sojourner]

Since it's commonly used by grade schoolers, no, I don't think it's been "thought through."

You running around using that one?

Nope, just a random thought.

Though a good way to use this might be to say "You know that old saying 'takes one to know one'? well you just disproved it"


hmmm, that could still be taken the wrong way. Need to work on the phrasing.

 

[B.J.]

I used to use it back in middle school with this one person simply because he had nothing to come back with after that, and it frustrated him to no end.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Anybody ever really think this comeback to an insult through? Basically you are confirming that whatever a person called you is correct.

That's why I only ever used it when the person you say it to was talking about someone else (who was preferably not in the immediate vicinity).

 

[Spot's Meow]

Thank you for using the word comeback. In elementary school I remember going to the school librarian and asking if they had a book with funny comebacks in it and she had no clue what I was talking about. It really irritated me.

 

[1001001]

Better options include:

"I know you are, but what am I?"

"Your Honor, I cite the case of Rubber v Glue."

And of course, the greatest comeback of all time:

"YOU MIND YOUR OWN FUCK HOLE!!"

 

[JonathonWally]

Better options include:

"I know you are, but what am I?"

"Your Honor, I cite the case of Rubber v Glue."

And of course, the greatest comeback of all time:

"YOU MIND YOUR OWN FUCK HOLE!!"

You forgot "Punch them in the mouth"

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Better options include:

"I know you are, but what am I?"

"Your Honor, I cite the case of Rubber v Glue."

And of course, the greatest comeback of all time:

"YOU MIND YOUR OWN FUCK HOLE!!"

You forgot "Punch them in the mouth"

I was always a fan of "I refer you to the reply given in Arkell v. Pressdram."

 

[Amaris]

These are far better than my own naive little mind, when on the playground in 3rd grade I was called four eyes by a kid who also wore glasses. My response was "What? That doesn't make any sense at all."

It did not end well.

 

[DBR]

Thank you for using the word comeback. In elementary school I remember going to the school librarian and asking if they had a book with funny comebacks in it and she had no clue what I was talking about. It really irritated me.

When I was in grade four, whenever anyone--myself included--asked "can I go to the washroom" the teacher would say "I don't know, can you?" and she would keep saying that until we used the word may.

In hind sight I would have loved to have said "fuck you, bitch."

Just a random thought of the day.

 

[Amaris]

Thank you for using the word comeback. In elementary school I remember going to the school librarian and asking if they had a book with funny comebacks in it and she had no clue what I was talking about. It really irritated me.

When I was in grade four, whenever anyone--myself included--asked "can I go to the washroom" the teacher would say "I don't know, can you?" and she would keep saying that until we used the word may.

In hind sight I would have loved to have said "fuck you, bitch."

Just a random thought of the day.

I had that happen once. Most of the time I used the word "may", but that day I was feeling sick and used the word "can" instead, and so when my teacher said "I don't know, can you?" I replied, "Sure can. Be back in about 10 minutes", got up, grabbed the hall pass and off I went.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

When I was in grade four, whenever anyone--myself included--asked "can I go to the washroom" the teacher would say "I don't know, can you?" and she would keep saying that until we used the word may.

In hind sight I would have loved to have said "fuck you, bitch."

In these days she might have taken you up on that.

 

[John Picard]

In junior high, a friend got pissed at me because I solved a math problem he couldn't, so he called me a smart-ass. I told him that if I were a smart-ass then I guess that made him a dumb-ass For some reason, he got even more pissed