On 12 Sep 2002 at 20:14, Hermit wrote:
>
> As we have already seen (e.g. "Churchill? No. Just stupid Americans.",
> Hermit, 2002-08-28
> (http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadi
> d=26285) ), American knowledge and research both seem shaky. Never
> more so than in the hands of Joe McPees. Certainly on this occasion
> his statement that this repartee occurred at a tea party, and that it
> was between Sir Winston and Queen Mary is faulty. The repartee
> actually occurred in Parliament between Lady Astor and Churchill. And
> repartee was the only tea served.
>
> Reminiscent of "Here's your arsenic dear. And your weed-killer
> biscuit. I've throttled your parakeet. I've spat in the vases. I've
> put cheese in the mouseholes. Here's your nice tea, dear" ["Under
> Milkwood", Dylan Thomas].
>
You might well be correct on this; if so, it would be one of the few times
you have recently been correct.
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