Turner tops on telling one liners

ONE of the Margin's favourite quotes of 1996 turned up in a couple of end of year reviews

ONE of the Margin's favourite quotes of 1996 turned up in a couple of end of year reviews. Mr Ted Turner, the boss of CNN, was asked by his son if he still had a job after the merger with Time Warner. "Son, you're toast," he replied.

Another gem was the Scottish football fans' "there's only one team in Tallinn" after the Estonians decided not to turn up.

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