They say it best when they say nothing at all

PRINCE PHILIP — who is undisputed Lord of the Gaffe — calls it “Dontopedalogy — the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it.”

Whether it’s intentional and subsequently regretted, or just something picked up by a rogue microphone, we’ve all done it. Some have survived, others, like our first example, have perished on the rocks of their own verbosity…

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