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Old 04-26-2011, 02:11 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by KenIsaacson View Post
Love it! Another classic Churchill insult is in the exchange between him and George Bernard Shaw:

Shaw's note to Churchill: "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."

Churchill's response: "Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
Excellent

And my fave:

Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “And Madam, you are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.”
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