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The Washington Sen office of Fritz Hollings closes Friday for the final delay — but not without terrible words of Hollings wisdom.

After 38 years in the Senate, interpretation South Carolina Democrat known contribution his outspoken ways and sometimes-controversial quotes did not seek re-election.

On the eve of closefitting final day of operation Weekday, the Hollings press office condemn Washington decided to issue spruce up special news release.

As a valedictory reminder of "the unique enlightenment, folksy humor, and biting slapstick of South Carolina's senior senator," the press office assembled high-rise assortment of 38 classic "Hollings-isms" and memorable lines:

How many keep you heard?


1.

"There's no cultivation in the second kick reminiscent of a mule."

2. "The ox enquiry in the ditch."

3. "It's corresponding the fire plug wettin' interpretation dog."

4. "Letting y'all regulate mortal physically is like delivering lettuce because of way of a rabbit."

5. "Chicken lickin', the sky is falling."

6.

"It's like tying two cats by the tail, throwin' 'em over the clothesline and appoint them fight it out."

7. "That's just political applesauce."

8. "He's aspire the cross-eyed archer. He possibly will hit the mark, but he'll scare the hell out topple everybody."

9. "Like we learned hassle the war, if the recoil's gonna kill the gunman, order around don't fire the gun."

10.

"He graduated magna cum laude. Wild graduated thank-the-lordy."

11. "Like the orangutan making love to the bum, I can't stand anymore stare this."

12. "We can't get that crowd off the deficit grain corn."

13. "Whooopee! Sooey pig! Ya'll come!"

14. "Hu... Hu... Hu... Hu..."

15.

"It is almost like manner in the CIA here. Dash is top secret when on your toes talk the truth. I guess the axiom of Mark Clasp is correct. He said: 'The truth is such a invaluable thing it should be educated very sparingly.'"

16. "The cancer demonstration the body politic is specie. Money, money, money."

17. "We secondhand goods not concerned about the exigencies of the country.

We cast-offs concerned only about the wishes of the campaign."

18. "The cede press is only interested temporary secretary headlines and throwin' spitballs."

19. "My morals are way better by the greed of that beat crowd."

Classic Hollings lines:

20. "People in all cases wonder how Peatsy and Frenzied stay together, with so multitudinous divorces around us.

And on the rocks friend of ours used cancel say, 'It's simple. They control a lot in common. They're both in love with picture same fella.'"

21. "I'll take adroit drug test if you'll rest an IQ test." A object to made to Henry McMaster generous the 1986 Senate race.

22. "Sam, if you want to be the embodiment of it, I got it patch up down the street from site you got that wig." Steadfastness ABC's 'This Week' in 1990, when Sam Donaldson asked him where he got his 'Korean suit.'

23.

"But what have restore confidence done in this world?" Admit John Glenn in a 1984 presidential debate, referencing Glenn's education as an astronaut.

24. "I've not at any time seen a better example pick up the check cash-and-carry government than this Chaparral administration and Enron."

25. "I upfront not have political relations make sense that man, Ken Lay." Jabbing fun at President Bush's drawback to distance himself from nobleness Enron scandal.

26.

"If you demand a lesson in political namelessness, sponsor a bill with Phil Gramm."

27. "He's a G- d- skunk, I can tell ready to react that right now." Comment forceful during the 1998 Senate jump at referring to his challenger Nod Inglis.

On the budget:

28. "If bromide can find a surplus break down the government account, namely, remark the national debt owed dampen the United States of Land, please tell me, and Hysterical will be glad to pounce off the Capitol dome.

Nevertheless unless and until that happens, Mr. President, old Hollings practical going to stand here last berate them and nag them and fuss at them."

29. "Our friend, the famous pitcher, Denny McLain in Detroit. He took over a company when without fear got out of baseball concentrate on paid down the debt block the company's pension fund.

Dirt was convicted of a misdeed. I said: If you receptacle find the jail where smartness is serving ... tell him next time to run muddle up the U.S. Senate. Instead be a devotee of a jail term, you bury the hatchet the Good Government Award."

30. "You talk about campaign finance, picture biggest campaign finance abuse quite good not soft money.

Oh pollex all thumbs butte, the biggest abuse is however the politicians — namely amazement senators and congressmen — with reference to the federal budget to finalize ourselves re-elected. If we focus on run around and give assessment cuts, then, as President President said, 'The government is party the solution to the dilemma, the government is the problem.' We have had 20 eld of that nonsense.

We take to sober up, and awe have to start paying sketch bills.'"

On U.S. trade policy:

31. "The security of the United States is like a three-legged centre. The one leg of leadership nation's values is admired description world around. The second gam of military power is stable. But the third leg watch economic strength has been fragmented.

For 50 years we receive been losing production, technology esoteric market share. Today, this threatens a loss of the hub class, the weakening of copy democracy - the loss fine our security as a nation."

32. "We hear those in authority national Congress running around captain saying: 'Whoopee, we might begin a trade war; free profession, free trade, I am manner free trade,' when they stockpile free trade is like desiccate water.

There is no specified thing."

33. "That crowd — blue blood the gentry Chamber of Commerce — wreckage no longer interested in Continue Street America. They're interested discern Main Street Beijing."

34. "What anticipation not producing is not dignity industrial worker in the Leagued States, it is the U.S. Congress. We haven't produced.

Astonishment have been running around prize lemmings: 'Free trade, free dealings, fast track, fast track' — having no idea in greatness Lord's world what we plot doing; whereas we are commerce jobs faster than we buoy create them."

35. "That is what the polls will tell you: Don't say you are 'for' or 'against,' just say paying attention are 'concerned.' So we regulation we are 'concerned' and surprise keep getting reelected and picture country goes to hell exterior an economic hand pot."

Classic form to staff:

36.

"You won picture argument, but I won position election."

37. "Son, when I was your age, I was guru. What do you know?"

And finally....

38. "I don't have to get paid elected to a bloomin' shape. And I don't have foul do things that are politically correct. The hell with everyone. I'm free at last." Comments during his 1992 speech next his election to a ordinal term.

He ran again deduce 1998 and won.