Today’s Winning Insult & other nonsense
When Opportunity Knocks…
The irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and Sir Winston Churchill had a very cold relationship that lasted many years. One day Shaw, realizing that he — being the older man — had to take the first step and so decided to make a kind gesture and sent Churchill a letter:
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.”
Churchill — never one to miss an opportunity — immediately sent a letter back to Shaw:
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second … if there is one.”
Ouch!
A member of the English Parliament shouted to the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”
“That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
Not very subtle!
”He has Van Gogh’s ear for music”—Billy Wilder
(Read the true story of Van Gogh’s severed ear!)
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