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  3. From: wgatherg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William Gathergood)
  4. Subject: Re: British Parliament quote
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan2.061708.16278@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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  8. Organization: The Ohio State University
  9. References: <1992Dec27.103106.9555@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <TED.92Dec27105400@lole.n
  10. Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:17:08 GMT
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  14. In article <1993Jan2.003932.15215@wl.com> offordj@wl.com (Jim Offord) writes:
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  16. >Or the even better Lady Astor and Winston Churchill exchange(I
  17. >paraphrase because I don't know the exact wording)
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  19. >Lady Astor to W.C.:You sir are drunk.
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  21. >W.C. to Lady Astor: And you are ugly. Tomorrow I will be sober, but
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  23. I understand that Lady Astor had a come-back attempt immediately after this.
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  25. Lady Astor:   "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in that drink."
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  27. Churchill :   "Madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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  29. wgatherg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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