Lady Astor to Churchill: "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison."
Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it."
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Bessie Braddock to Churchill: "Winston, you're drunk!"
Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober."
What about, " Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat ... on rejoining the Conservatives twenty years after leaving them for the Liberals. c1924
ReplyDeleteThe man had integrity even if he changed sides. He was berating himeslf for it and had no need in my opinion