12:43PM, Mar 16, 2009
King of the withering put-down, Sir Alan Sugar's cutting comments are the stuff of legend.
From scathing insults to pointed puns, here are our top ten boardroom barbs of all time.
1. To Michael Sophocles on whether he's a good Jewish boy (series four):
"If you are unsure, we can always pull your trousers down and check."
2. To Nicholas De Lacey Brown on being fired (series four):
"You were devastated when you got a B in your GCSE French. You'll be even more devastated now. You've got a big 'F'. You're fired!"
3. To Syed Ahmed in the boardroom (series two):
"That's what fascinates me about you, not wishing to expand your ego. You have moments of brilliance, but not too many of them, and you have a lot of nonsense and b******s."
4. To series two candidate Mani Sandher:
"As times have changed, you seem to have gone from anchor to w****r."
5. On Claire Young's boardroom tactics (series four):
"Claire will get her 500 ram of bull***t out, stick them in her AK47 and deafen us all."
6. On Sayed Ahmed's failure in the restaurant task (series two):
"I've heard you managed the Titanic restaurant. Well, this is another disaster."
7. To Lucinda Ledgerwood on talking herself into being fired (series four):
"Shut up will you? I'll give you a shovel in a minute to dig a bigger hole for yourself."
8. During a 'discussion' with Paul Torrisi in series one:
Paul: "I am a Roman catholic and as God is my witness, I shook her hand outside."
Sir Alan: "Yeah? Well, I'm Jewish and I couldn't care less."
9. To Ansell Henry on a fellow candidate (series two):
"So Ansell, what do you think of Gretel?"
10. To Sara Dhada on her sales pitch in the wedding task (series four):
"If it's anything like what you're doing now I would have got hold of your head and pushed it in the bloody cake."
