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[Martin L Batley]

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This is actually a genuine quote believe it or not. It was an exchange between Churchill and a female opponent in Parliament, not sure which house.

 

[Jaws]

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This is actually a genuine quote believe it or not. It was an exchange between Churchill and a female opponent in Parliament, not sure which house.

Was it Lady Aster ??

 

[Malone]

I thought his remark to Lady Aster was on the lines of

her - Sir you are drunk

him - Madam You are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober.

 

[Jaws]

I thought his remark to Lady Aster was on the lines of

her - Sir you are drunk

him - Madam You are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober.

I believe there were several exchanges along similar lines

 

[slim63]

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This is actually a genuine quote believe it or not. It was an exchange between Churchill and a female opponent in Parliament, not sure which house.

As I said previously it originally comes from a newspaper before churchill was born its true in that he did say it to lady astor but disraili had used it before what is not true is that chrurchill thought it or any of the variations of it up himself

 

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As I said previously it originally comes from a newspaper before churchill was born its true in that he did say it to lady astor but disraili had used it before what is not true is that chrurchill thought it or any of the variations of it up himself

Just did some searching and can find no mention of Disraeli though did find this:

In another recounted exchange, Lady Astor said to Churchill, “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink it!” The retort has sometimes been attributed to one of Churchill’s friend, Lord Birkenhead.

 

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Just did some searching and can find no mention of Disraeli though did find this:

In another recounted exchange, Lady Astor said to Churchill, “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink it!” The retort has sometimes been attributed to one of Churchill’s friend, Lord Birkenhead.

I have not looked into this since I was at school doing research on Churchill but here is the first one that popped up when I did a very quick google search

If I Were Your Husband I Would Drink It: History of a Joke - Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog (strangehistory.net)

There are many more predating Churchill & nearly all say it first came from a joke in a US newspaper, dates for the original joke vary greatly but nearly all say it was first published well before lady Astor & Churchill had their meeting

 

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