Re: trans: ugliness and sobriety

Adding to the Churchillian archive:


>On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, David Peterson wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/2/01 12:37:59 PM, valoczy@VCN.BC.CA writes:
>>
>> << Ah, the greatest quote ever from Winston Churchill. I've had numerous
>> occasions on which I've said this... =) >>
>>
>> Do you know this one?
>>
>>     Winston Churchill, a little soused, is at a party at which a woman is
>> becoming rather offended by him.  She says:
>>     "Sir, if I were your wife, I'd poison your tea!"
>>     Churchy's reply: "Madam, if I were your husband, I'd drink it."
>>
>
>I didn't know that, but I love it!
Of (later Sir) Clement Atlee:  "An empty cab drove up [to the House of
Commons] and he got out."   Not sure when he said it, but his dislike of Mr
Atlee (Labour) was long-standing.  The fact that, after guiding England
through WW II and Saving Western Civilization, WSC had to hand over the
PM-ship to Atlee in 1945 probably had little to do with it.