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...male virility) or fondling the back of the ear (alluding to pederasty). It is even illegal to stare suggestively at a pretty girl, though every self-respecting Italian male does it. On the other hand, there is one splendid defense: not intentionally getting caught in the act. A silent insult made behind a victim's back may be ruled unintentional, even if it is seen reflected in a mirror or a window...
Five members of a Jewish country club sit in the clubhouse nursery querulously debating how to get rid of 18 unseen prostitutes who have infiltrated the tennis courts. It becomes apparent that the members are either vulgar or epicene, and need a supercilious, tuxedo-skinned British barman to insult and be insulted by. The two sons present would like the two fathers present to drop dead. When the girls express their contempt by simultaneously breaking wind and then pelt the place with tennis balls, plaster spills, roof beams totter, and it becomes clear that Kopit is one of the cosmic...
...last week the Friars were ranked No. 4-and even that seemed like an insult. With all five starters scoring in double figures, they spotted Duquesne a 12-point lead in the first half, roared back to win their 18th straight game 83 to 75-thereby remaining the only unbeaten major college team...
When the Ecuadorians demanded how come, the French Foreign Office firmly explained that there was no intention to insult Ecuador, but there could only be one Grand-Croix given per country. If one country got four, the others with only one might feel slighted...
...father died seven months before that date. His mother, destitute, left her baby with one of his uncles and went back to England. At the age of six, Swift was sent away to school. He felt he had been treated like dirt, and to compensate the insult he indulged in delusions of grandeur. One day he spent his last penny to buy an old horse from the knacker, then jumped on its back to ride "high and mighty through Kilkenny." At that instant, the horse fell dead...