FAMOUS STUPID CLEVER QUOTE: “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” A legendary quote from the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984) This “quote” actually combines lines from actors Michael McKean, as David St. Hubbins, and Harry Shearer, as Derek Smalls: MCKEAN: “It’s such a fine line between stupid and...” SHEARER: “...and clever.” |
THE LADY GAGA VERSION: “Lady Gaga showed up to a costume party at Mr. Chow’s this Saturday wearing a see-through plastic frock with her nipples Xed out in duct tape and a bedazzled lobster on her head...Like the famous quote from Spinal Tap goes, ‘there’s a fine line between clever and stupid’ and with this outfit, she’s definitely crossed over into Stupid Town.” Fashion critique posted on The Zeitgeisty Report, Feb 28, 2010 |
SPORTS NON-SEQUITUR VERSION: “It’s a fine line between winning and losing.” Canadian hockey coach Sidney Crosby On Canada’s defeat of the U.S. hockey team at the Winter Olympics CBC/Radio-Canada, March 1, 2010 |
THE SEXY OLDER WOMAN VERSION: “I’ve always maintained that there is a very fine line between a daring, sexy older woman and mutton dressed as lamb.” Sexy older actress Joan Collins In her column on the UK Daily Mail website |
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