OK, ich hab vor einiger 1200 Seiten Churchill, The Second World War (sehr empfehlenswert) gelesen und bin bei meinen privaten Recherchen auf folgende (wahre und amüsante Story) gestossen:
Nancy Astor was a native Virginian who became Britain’s first woman member of the House of Commons. In the 1930’s she headed a clique in the House of Commons that found something to admire in Hitler’s Germany. Churchill described an Astorite as an appeaser “who feeds the crocodile hoping that it will eat him last.” One time shortly thereafter, Churchill found himself at Cliveden, the Astor mansion.
After dinner Lady Astor presided over the pouring of coffee. When Churchill came by, she glared and said. “Winston, if I were your wife, I’d put poison in your coffee.” “Nancy,” Churchill replied to the acid-tongued woman, “if I were your husband, I’d drink it.”
Das ist für mich (rein subjektiv gesehen) der schlagfertigste Spruch, den ich je gehört hab.
Respekt, good ol’ Winston!!!
