Backhanded Compliments

[treekisser]

Growing up, we were constantly reminded to be polite and to say nice things about people. If you were like me, it did not take very long to recognize that such advice was not always easy to put into practice. More often than not, we meet people who defy compliments and the best we can do is say nothing at all. More imaginative souls practice the art of the "backhanded compliment", the creative art of delivering an insult dressed as a compliment.
One that I remember from many years ago was a compliment to a blind date: "For a fat person, you really don't sweat very much!"

Speaking of blind dates, I once had one tell me at the end of the evening. "I think you look very handsome in the dark." (P.S. I married her.)

OK, give me your best shots.