Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill has seen off competition from Barack Obama and Liberace to top the poll for the best insults of all-time.
He won with the following response to MP Bessie Braddock, who had criticised him for being drunk - 'My dear, you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly.'
Churchill pops up again the list at number five with, 'Tell him I can only deal with one s**t at a time,' after being disturbed by the Lord Privy Seal whilst on the toilet.'
Here's the complete top ten:
1) Winston Churchill (when berated for being drunk by MP Bessie Braddock): 'My dear, you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly.
2) Barack Obama (After Sarah Palin's quip that the only difference between a pitbull and a soccer mom is lipstick): 'You can put lipstick on a pig...it's still a pig.'
3) Liberace (In response to a negative review from a critic): ' Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it...I laughed all the way to the bank.'
4) Noel Gallagher (speaking about Robbie Williams): 'You mean that fat dancer from Take That?'
5) Winston Churchill (After being disturbed while at the toilet by the Lord Privy Seal): 'Tell him I can only deal with one s**t at a time.'
6) Frank Sinatra (speaking about Robert Redford): 'Well at least he has found his true love - what a pity he can't marry himself.'
7) Elizabeth Taylor: 'Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.'
8) Groucho Marx: 'She got her good looks from her father, he's a plastic surgeon.'
9) Bette Midler (speaking about Princess Anne): 'She loves nature, in spite of what it did to her.'
10) Liam Gallagher (speaking about Victoria Beckham): 'She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.'
