Part-time Snob Mugs

'I don't actually want to learn so much that I become a wine buff - just a wine snob!'

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

'This wine is dreadful - try some.'

"Everybody comfortable? Got what they want? Know their place?"

"'City Slickers' was O.K., but, let's face it, it was no 'Claire's Knee.'"

'I may not know much about art. But, I don't know what I like either.'

"I believe this is one of Rembrandt's earliest selfies."

'He's a very superior dog. Even his fleas have pedigrees!'

'I'll do half of it.'

"If I were writing fulltime, I'd have three unpublished novels by now."

" will enver read that book, and I"m eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"I've seen this film ten times and it's still awful."

'Listen my man, I am not being condescending, I am just trying to use words I think you may be able to understand. . .'

'The review said drinking this wine is like drinking a Rembrandt. All I taste is the frame.'

"I'm enrolled in a total immersion wine class."

"Hi! I haven't had a crap in months. Bon appetit!"

Fiction book sales.

"The city life isn't for everyone, so my second house is in the Hamptons."

I remember your lousy tip. Enjoy MY trickle-down theory.'

'Great Books' 'Good Books' 'Trash'

'Wow! That's probably the best Kyrgyzstani neo-realist horror-comedy crossover I've seen so far this year.'

The rivalry between the Hamptons and Cape Code spills over.

"Regift the bicycle, Charles, but put this in my Panama pile."

Ah! Bejezus...for the love of Mike...This wine is corked

"I'm afraid it's still rather young."

"You serve an inferior wine, Ted, but you have a nice view of Peconic Bay."

'Black dots indicate actual creative involvement.'

More Vacuous Reality TV S**e

"Don't you just hate Love Island?"

'I like to keep up-to-date with the movies I'll be hating next year.'

Snob Vision

"What's a good board for someone who gets out in the water once a year but talks about surfing incessantly?"

"I have to go. I'm getting a better call."