Winston Churchill named master of funniest insults

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London, Oct. 14 (ANI): Winston Churchill beat the likes of US President Barack Obama, Frank Sinatra and Liberace to bag the title of the king of the witty put-down, a new survey has revealed. The late wartime Prime Minister secured the top spot with the comment he passed on Lady Astor, first female MP and renowned wit, saying that he may be drunk, miss, but in the morning he will be sober and she will still be ugly, the Mirror reported. Also featured on the list was 'Tell him I can only deal with one s**t at a time,' which was Churchill's angry reply to Lord Privy Seal's call while was taking care of his business in the toilet. Obama stood second on the list with "You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig", the line he delivered to Sarah Palin after she joked that the only difference between a pitbull and a 'soccer mom' was lipstick. Liberace's comment to a critic, "Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it I laughed all the way to the bank," concluded the top three. The UK survey was conducted on 2,000 people to find history's funniest insults to mark the release of "Behind the Candelabra" based on Liberace's life. (ANI)