What is your favorite Berra-ism?

11/12/09 | vanity

[GSWarrior]

This thread may go nowhere, but it could be fun. What are your favorite Berra-isms, malapropisms or otherwise ludicrous quotes.

Here are three:
You could have knocked me over with a fender. (Not sure who said this.)

We've all passed a lot of water under the bridge. (I made this one up myself, I think)

Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen. (attributed to former Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman.)

Anyone like to share?

[Doogle]

I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.

[Ransomed]

Bob Uecker on the best way to catch a knuckleball: “wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up”

Freegards

[chimera]

Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. (Yogi)

He doesn't know his ass from shinola. (Nixon)

It won't pass mustard. (me)

[JD91]

"From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I shall not put."

- Winston Churchill

[newfreep]

My favorite 3 are:

"I want the pic-a-nic basket, Boo-Boo!"
"I'm smarter than the average bear!"
"Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!"

ooops, wrong bear-a......

[mountainlion]

Berry came to courtesy of

“Hope and Change”

[thulldud]

I thin' you meant to say Baba-Looey, not Boo-Boo.

And NO, I am NOT a Hanna-Barbera fan; I hated those things.

[Ax]

“Elevate those guns a bit lower.”

[Don Corleone]

There was a radio series on long ago called “Easy Aces”. The wife, Jane, was a ditz who came up with remarks like that on a regular basis. Program was written by Goodman Ace a comedy writer for some of the best shows of the era.

[GSWarrior]

That’s a good one!

[longhorn too]

If my cartoon memory has not failed me Baba Looey was with Quick Draw Mcgraw!

[ctdonath2]

A co-worker was just commenting on how tired he is of hearing that one.

[thulldud]

If my cartoon memory has not failed me Baba Looey was with Quick Draw Mcgraw!

And Quick Draw was the one who had the tagline, "I'll do the 'thinnin' around here!"

[longhorn too]

Ah Yogi Bear, Quck Draw McGraw, Huckle Berry Hound, those were the days!

[Paladin2]

It ain't over 'til it's over.

So true.

[Texas resident]

They give you cash, which is just as good as money.

Aflac commercial

[tickmeister]

“You can lead a horse to water but it’s a damn lot of trouble”

[Skooz]

No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.

[beebuster2000]

baba-booey-boo-boo shmow-bo

arent you the picky one

[dormouse]

The AFLAC commercial:

“They used a stunt duck, you know!!!..........