I'm a bit confused about this, though I suppose some of the quotes pulled out by other media covering this story are a slightly amusing. Liam Gallagher has been rated among the ten wittiest British people ever. Yeah, witty, not shitty.
Among the lines which presumably persuaded the 3000 comedy fans surveyed by new TV channel Dave that Gallagher deserved to be named the tenth wittiest Brit in history are his remark on his band's struggles to make it in the US: "Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on. They don't get it", and his observation on the news Victoria Beckham was writing a book: "She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book".
Much of the rest of the top ten were more predictable choices for witty Brits...
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Spike Milligan
3. Stephen Fry
4. Jeremy Clarkson
5. Sir Winston Churchill
6. Paul Merton
7. Noel Coward
8. William Shakespeare
9. Brian Clough
10. Liam Gallagher