tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post2196352512040696192..comments2024-02-25T09:46:28.218-05:00Comments on The Park Bench: News of the Day -- Monday, May 12Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-23232587245930905192008-05-12T20:19:00.000-05:002008-05-12T20:19:00.000-05:00No one told me Billy Connolly was going to be in X...No one told me Billy Connolly was going to be in X-Files! Now I'm totally on-board...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-65720505124048753502008-05-12T18:11:00.000-05:002008-05-12T18:11:00.000-05:00There's the one about Disraeli.Once at a social ga...There's the one about Disraeli.<BR/><BR/>Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, "I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease". Disraeli replied, "That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-28106743329916105232008-05-12T15:30:00.000-05:002008-05-12T15:30:00.000-05:00Ha, that's a great one. I wish I could manage thos...Ha, that's a great one. I wish I could manage those snappy comebacks. I always think of things anywhere from 15 minutes to 15 days after they cease mattering.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732174528471795168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-25401117116497811152008-05-12T15:12:00.000-05:002008-05-12T15:12:00.000-05:00My favorite is the one where he enters the men's r...My favorite is the one where he enters the men's room in the House of Commons, and Labour Party leader Clement Atlee is at a urinal. Even though they're the only two people there, Churchill deliberately goes all the way to the other end.<BR/><BR/>"Feeling standoffish today, Winston?" Atlee asks.<BR/><BR/>"Not at all," says Churchill. "It's just that when you socialists see something big, you want to nationalize it!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-37277199081736803062008-05-12T13:09:00.000-05:002008-05-12T13:09:00.000-05:00I heard that review too, I really like this one: L...I heard that review too, I really like this one: Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: "Winston if you were my husband I would put posion in your coffee."<BR/>Churchill to Lady Astor: "Nancy if I were your husband I'd drink it"<BR/><BR/>I swear most of the book must be Churchills chilling sense of doom and humor, which I love so much.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493465846013082792noreply@blogger.com