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- From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
- Subject: Re: The First Letter Of Each Line: Andrew J Solberg
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.103819.3052@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- References: <1992Aug14.182759.82983@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 10:38:19 GMT
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- >>Andrew Solberg |"If I were your wife I'd poison your tea!"
- >>Undying University Mooch| Anon. Outraged British Woman
- >>andsol@owlnet.rice.edu |"And if I were your husband I'd drink it!"
- >>Phone:713-529-8627 | Winston Churchill
- >
- >The quote in your sig file is the product of time-altered mythology. The
- >original quote, which I got from reliable sources, was as follows: Lady Astor
- >at a formal dinner party said "If I were your wife I'd poison your tea", to
- >which Mr. Churchill replied "Fuck you, bitch".
- >
- >Somehow, it was altered to it's current folkloric form.
- >: MIKE ALAIMO : ************************
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- Mr. Churchill was very drunk at a party. The hostess, outraged, exclaimed:
- "Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!"
- He replied: "And you, madam, are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober."
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