Snobbery Jester Gifts

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

'I ace 'wheeling' but I flunked 'dealing'' - Boy on leaving Business Administration.

Two priests share a laugh outside a confessional booth

"It was a holiday I'll never forget...I saw life in the raw!"

"Philosophy Department. Why may I direct your call?"

'As Chuck's definition of terroir dragged past the 20-minute mark, Suzy concluded, the longer the explanation, the less likely you know what the word means.'

'We're out of earshot now, so you can drop the phoney, Oxbridge accent.'

Man with wine glass face looks unhappy.

I'm getting an ample full taste... I'm getting whimsical... I'm getting 'red'

"I know you've been waiting a long time, but the Pearls were here before you."

'It's first flush Darjeeling darling!'

Champagne at the hunt

The simultaneous development of dining and pomposity.

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

"Hints of migrant workers on the nose."

Fishing Contest

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

"It's a postmodern mosaic, almost lyrical in its undercurrent." "My five-year-old will be happy to hear that."

Monks play conkers with crucifix

'New money or old money?'

"C'mon dude, these are not your people."

"It's all good – but some of it is better."

Difference between regular and French onion soup? "When I serve the French onion soup, I sneer."

'My teacher says if I made bad grades, I'm spending too much time in front of the TV. I say if I made good grades, I'm spending too much time at school.'

'Someday one of us will look back on this and laugh.'

'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."

"I tried to rob a bank and failed! I tried to steal an old ladies bag and failed! So why not use as my defense, the old saying, 'You can't blame a person for trying'?"

'That's quite a bit you're inheriting. I suppose you realize this will force you to start learning about wine.'