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Old 26-01-2008, 11:25 PM   #1
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Default THE BEST COMEBACK LINE for 2007

THE BEST COMEBACK LINE for 2007...

For those that don't know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an "Australian treasure!"
General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. You'll love his reply to the lady who
interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws
you gotta love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of an ABC

interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a
Boy Scout Troop visiting his military headquarters.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you're equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL COSGROVE:
Well, Ma'am, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended.

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Old 26-01-2008, 11:28 PM   #2
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lol, probly should have remained professional.. but it avoided another 10mins of the interviewer trying to abuse her position as a broadcaster.
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Old 26-01-2008, 11:28 PM   #3
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LMFAO!!!!
i want to hear that radio interveiw!!! that is the best call i have ever heard a military person say publiclly!
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Old 26-01-2008, 11:31 PM   #4
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OMG THAT’S AWESOME, and I’m not a cold hearted killer....often (rabbits and foxes no people), and its not a dangerous thing to teach kids, I was 6 when I shot my first "trophy" and I’m a "sane" person
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Old 26-01-2008, 11:48 PM   #5
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Now that IS the best comeback of the year!

That is so good.
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Old 26-01-2008, 11:49 PM   #6
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It would be funny if it was true sadly its not.
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Old 26-01-2008, 11:51 PM   #7
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Awww...and here I was thinking it was ridgy-didge
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:00 AM   #8
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Awesome comeback.

If I may correct you, if that interview was conducted in 2007, his rank would have been General and not Major General.
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:03 AM   #9
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21 gun SALUTE for that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:25 AM   #10
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Cosgrove for PM!
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:33 AM   #11
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Lol good way to shut down them pesky interviewers that just wanna make spilt milk sound like the worlds end
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:41 AM   #12
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OWNED, so OWNED.
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Old 27-01-2008, 12:45 AM   #13
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OLD, so OLD

A good one though
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Old 27-01-2008, 01:58 AM   #14
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That story is as old as the Major General himself.
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Old 27-01-2008, 02:17 AM   #15
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Cossssieeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 29-01-2008, 09:03 AM   #16
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OLD, so OLD

A good one though
Old, to say the least.

This pops up every year!!
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Old 29-01-2008, 09:35 AM   #17
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good old cossie. always sticking it to the man even when the man is a female.

we havent seen the last of him
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Old 29-01-2008, 09:59 AM   #18
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someone write that down in a book, it should be kept in a museum!
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Old 29-01-2008, 10:28 AM   #19
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Its' the ABC, so I'm not surprised at all that the interviewer behave the way she did!!
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Old 29-01-2008, 11:44 AM   #20
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when i first got the email a while ago it was an american general that had supposedly said it
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Old 29-01-2008, 02:34 PM   #21
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when i first got the email a while ago it was an american general that had supposedly said it
Yeah ditto.
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Old 29-01-2008, 02:39 PM   #22
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Yeah ditto.
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ditto 3

same old joke rehashed many times with names changed to suit.
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Old 29-01-2008, 08:36 PM   #24
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http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.asp
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Old 29-01-2008, 08:39 PM   #25
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Definetly one of the best come backs i've ever heard!!
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Real or not, High-Fiiiive to whoever came up with it!
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Old 29-01-2008, 10:35 PM   #27
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Good onya Gen. Cosgrove! That's all the honest truth!
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Old 30-01-2008, 08:33 AM   #28
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lol that was a classic

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