Churchill Trivia

[jeffer]

Things aren't always, as they seem.
In-between political jobs Mr. Churchill was traveling the states on a lecturing circuit. Frustrated at the cab driver for not finding the address he was looking for Churchill got out of the cab saying I’ll find it on foot. Checking street signs he proceeded to cross the street. OUCH! He checked for traffic before stepping onto the street but we don’t drive on the same side of the road. A stay in the hospital followed.

 

[Danger Dave]

Dang, I was expecting a trivia contest!

Like, what was his wife's pet name for him?

or,

who was he describing when he said:
"[X] was not in complete harmony with the normal."

 

[Tamara]

My favorite Churchill comeback:

A reporter, during an interview, commented to Sir Winston that his successor, Clement Atlee, was "A very modest man".

To which Churchill responded "He has a lot to be modest about."

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[Cobra 4-6]

I'll see Tamara's comeback and raise her this one...

Churchill was seated next to a woman (Lady Astor?) at a formal dinner. During the course of the dinner, Churchill drank himself into a state of inebriation.

Finally, Lady Astor could stand no more of this drunk. She turned to Churchill and said:

"Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!"

Chuchill looked her over and replied:

"Madame, you are right; I am drunk. But, you, madam, are ugly and in the morning I shall be sober."

 

[Ledbetter]

"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not
fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even
be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to
perish than live as slaves."

-Sir Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm,1948

 

[Gorthaur]

The "in the morning I'll be sober" was said to Bessie Braddock, a member of parliament. The most famous thing he said to Lady Astor was:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."[/quote]
I got that from http://www.winstonchurchill.org

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[Gorthaur]

And, of course: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.[/quote]

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