Your favourite argument and counter-argument

[Fruhstuck]

Mine, for example, is:

Person who's family emigrated "i am British, i was born in Britain"
My father "oh yeah, if a dog's born in a barn does it make it a horse?"

Not heard a decent come-back to that yet

Or:

My teacher was spouting that you can't trust the internet and that anyone can go and post their own stuff and that if you don't know the person how can you take what they say as being true and i responded: "do you know the guy that writes our text-books then sir"
To which he had no good response lol

That's, maybe, a more confrontational example than i'm actually asking for but what arguments have you had where you've completely floored someone with a single line response?
And what arguments have you had where afterwards you thought of a line that would have completely floored the other person's argument and what was that line?

Churchill came out with many, but i'm not after this being a quote thread; i want your personal examples or those of your friends and family =D

 

[Kastiel]

Right then.

I was arguing with a cousin (not a real arguement mind you, just for the fun of it) and he overheard me ask my mother (im 14) when we were leaving. He said "what, is your boyfriend waiting for you?" to which I replied "No, your girlfriend is." win.

 

[Darthracoon]

My favorite has got to be
"Your always disagreeing with me"
"no I'm not"
"You're doing it now"

That made my annoying mother shut up.

Or saying goodbye to someone on the phone with "I love you"
and someone said "Aww, was that your mommy?"
and i said "No, It was yours"
Complete and utter ownage, i think i shattered his soul with that.

 

[Vlane]

"It's my opinion"

 

[Fruhstuck]

Right then.

I was arguing with a cousin (not a real arguement mind you, just for the fun of it) and he overheard me ask my mother (im 14) when we were leaving. He said "what, is your boyfriend waiting for you?" to which I replied "No, your girlfriend is." win.

HaHa lol that's awesome, i'll be using that

 

[Velios]

"No U."
Gives me the lulz almost every time. So stupid...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.

 

[curlycrouton]

Mine, for example, is:

Person who's family emigrated "i am British, i was born in Britain"
My father "oh yeah, if a dog's born in a barn does it make it a horse?"

Not heard a decent come-back to that yet

That's simple, is a man a dog? No, so the comparison may not be drawn.

M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.

Do I detect a hint of Monty Python?

 

[Fruhstuck]

Mine, for example, is:

Person who's family emigrated "i am British, i was born in Britain"
My father "oh yeah, if a dog's born in a barn does it make it a horse?"

Not heard a decent come-back to that yet

That's simple, is a man dog? No, so the comparison may not be drawn.

Doesn't quite have the same sting does it?
Also: all comparison's are of 2 different things so yes, yes it may
Is the skeletal structure of a manatee that of an elephant? no but you can still compare them to illustrate why some things are as they are

 

[Saskwach]

"You're just presenting a strawman of my position." Works every time.
Another one that works almost as often (unless politicians say it, even if they're right, since we all assume the worst from them): "I was quoted out of context."

 

[curlycrouton]

Mine, for example, is:

Person who's family emigrated "i am British, i was born in Britain"
My father "oh yeah, if a dog's born in a barn does it make it a horse?"

Not heard a decent come-back to that yet

That's simple, is a man dog? No, so the comparison may not be drawn.

Doesn't quite have the same sting does it?
Also: all comparison's are of 2 different things so yes, yes it may
Is the skeletal structure of a manatee that of an elephant? no but you can still compare them to illustrate why some things are as they are

But the laws of citizenship do not apply to a dog, while they do to a man.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Which has the better controller? The Xbox 360 or the PS3? I take the side of the PS3, and my friend Nick takes the 360. We argue about it a lot.

 

[DuncanRR]

M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.

Do I detect a hint of Monty Python?

I'm not the only one! LOVE that sketch!

...Sorry OP, I got nothin'.

 

[FengharTheNord]

Me: "This cake is delicious and moist"
Person: "No it isn't"
Me: "Taste this cake"
Person: "This cake is delicious and moist"

Another one I'm fond of is the classic

Me: "ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD"
Person: "Hypnotoad isn't really that gr-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD"

But in all seriousness, I don't ever find myself in many arguments that are actually worthwhile usually when someone argues with me its because they are just trying to antagonize me or because they didn't understand what I was saying. I figure its because I'm a pretty agreeable person. Although I do like the occasional pwnage of people who are just being jackasses.

Anyone else find themselves in very few worthwhile arguments?

 

[Space Spoons]

Q: Why?
A: Why not?

 

[FengharTheNord]

Glados- The cake is a lie
Me- No it isn't
Glados- Yes it is
Me- I'm looking at the darn cake right now it isn't a lie

Oh man, I totally lost that argument with Glados :/

 

[zen5887]

My teacher was spouting that you can't trust the internet and that anyone can go and post their own stuff and that if you don't know the person how can you take what they say as being true and i responded: "do you know the guy that writes our text-books then sir"
To which he had no good response lol

Um..

It would be a lot easyer to bullshit somthing on the internet then it would in a textbook.. That is a horrible responce and your teacher is right.

 

[Dechef]

When calling X band, comedian etc. shit,
"Well you couldn't do it any better."
"True, but they're the ones calling themselves musicians, not me. So I'd like to see THEM do better!"

 

[FengharTheNord]

When calling X band, comedian etc. shit,
"Well you couldn't do it any better."
"True, but they're the ones calling themselves musicians, not me. So I'd like to see THEM do better!"

Nice, I think I'll use that if you don't mind.