The Matter-Of-Fact Insult
“Mr. Longdale here will keep you company.”
“Why me??”
“Because I don’t like you, Mr. Longdale.”
The Prideful-Turned-Meek Overconfidence Insult
“Quadrotriticale is not wheat, Captain. Of course, I wouldn’t expect you or Mister Spock to know about such things, but quadrotriticale is a rather-“
“Quadrotriticale is a high-yield grain, a four-lobed hybrid of wheat and rye. A perennial, also, if I’m not mistaken. Its root grain, triticale, can trace its ancestry all the way back to twentieth century Canada-“