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Originally Posted by talentedbutslow
Looking at some of the threads on here about politicians.I migrated before the Thatcher era but was forcibly informed about it by my parents who lived through it.Sounded like a horror story....ah well....water under the bridge.
My fav politician was Winston Churchill....who always had a quick put down ready on his lips...esp for women.....ie
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.” Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”
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Another one, and I'm doing this from memory ... on an anti-google kick again
: Churchill was attending a banquet in the US and he asked a lady sitting next to him to pass the platter of turkey "breast". The lady politely pointed out that in America they referred to it as "white meat" not the more sexually suggestive "breast".
Next day, the lady received a beautiful red rose from Winston. The note accompanying the flower said, something like: Madam, you would do me a great honor if you wore this flower on your white meat.
I know it's a wander, but in the same vein Margot Asquith, on a visit to the US, met Jean Harlow. Ms. Harlow mispronounced "Margot", sounding the silent "t". Margot said something like: "No, the "t" is silent, like the "t" in Harlow.
