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- From: pendleyiv@urvax.urich.edu (Vann Pendley)
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- Subject: Re: British Parliament quote
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.121643.15333@gossip.urich.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 12:14:16 GMT
- References: <STATMAN.92Dec26194605@skate.stat.ufl.edu> <1992Dec27.103106.9555@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <TED.92Dec27105400@lole.nmsu.edu>,<1992Dec27.203807.11458@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec27.203807.11458@sol.cs.wmich.edu>, Dale@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Dale Gee) writes:
- >In article <TED.92Dec27105400@lole.nmsu.edu> ted@nmsu.edu writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>or the famous exchange between lady astor (i think) and churchill:
- >>
- >>la: If you were my husband, i would feed you poison.
- >>
- >>wc: If you were my wife, madam, i would take it!
- >>
- >
- >
- >
- >Another exchange between Sir Winston and I belive it was Lady Astor.
- >
- >"Winston your quite drunk! Madame your quite ugly. In the morning I will be
- >sober where as you will still be ugly"
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- I think that you have misquoted. This is a variation of what was
- actually said.
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- "Mr. Churchill, you are fat."
- "I may be fat but you are ugly, and I can diet"
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- This is not an exact quote but it is the proper subject.
-