A TIME article reflecting my appreciation for good insults.  Woo, I forgot about the Churchill classic:

If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee. – Lady Astor

And if I were your husband I would drink it. – Churchill

And a good observation from the article:

"If the N word has become devalued by overuse, so has the currency of moral indignation."

A good insult make you think it over and then hopefully appreciate it with a good chuckle and respond in kind while remaining civil.  Unfortunately, today's insults are just repeats of common foul words or what we see on TV.

Art of insult delivery has gone down hill too.  Today, people think a loud torrent of verbal abuse like the one we often see Eminem or the loose half of two stars in buddy cop movies frequently do is what a good insult is.  Even the intellects think slipping sly messages between the line makes good insults.