"Surely you must be joking, son."
"No, Mom, I'm not...and don't call me Shirley."
I use the "Shirley" line about once a week with my wife. After 12 years of marriage, she is still not amused.
"Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"
"We've got to get these people to a hospital right away!"
"A hospital? What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients. But that's not important right now..."
remember the scene in one of the Naked Gun 2 1/2 when
Frank Drebin was the guest at a White House dinner
hosted by George H.W. Bush, with Barbara, Sununu, etc.--
(lookalike actors)
and it degenerates into a Three Stooges-inspired mess
where the First Lady is pushed over, attacked by a lobster, etc. (and the Prez doesn't even seem to notice)
and in the same movie, if I remember right, Frank is
seen dining in a restaurant with pictures of Famous
Disaters on the wall. We see:
--The Titanic
--The Hindenburg
--1988 Democratic Nominee Michael Dukakis
:)