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Amorous Badger says: I once saw a former manager of mine being asked to 'sit down and let your mouth have a chance to speak' by his senior. What's the best heckle/putdown/riposte you've ever seen? (Hint: Recycled 'Your mum' jokes does not make an answer)

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Exchange overheard in organic grocery in Chorlton, Manchester (Guardian-reader central)
Kid: "Why should I tidy my room when the world's a mess?"

Hippy parent: "Because the people who run the world pay other people the minimum wage to tidy their rooms for them."
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Sun 27 Nov 2011, 11:31, 3 replies)
Unless the guardianista was encouraging her offspring to join the ranks of the lizard elite,
I'm not sure this makes any sense.
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I think she was trying to shame the kid into tidying his room in future, by comparing herself with a low-paid worker

(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 15:58, closed)
Yup, that'd work.
Kids are terribly concerned by the plight of the low paid.
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