According to Nicholas Rescher in his writings, "Cosmos and Logos: Studies in Greek Philosophy," in responding to the Sophist assertion that the Earth is a stationary body because it is a sphere and therefore the forces acting upon it must be equal in all directions, Aristotle purportedly said the assertion “was as ridiculous as saying that a man, being just as hungry as thirsty, and placed in between food and drink, must necessarily remain where he is and starve to death.”
To my knowledge, this could be the earliest instance of sarcasm and the foundation for other famous assertions, such as “Nice move, Baryshnikov!” or “Way to go, Einstein!”