The fine line between stupid and clever...

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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