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Ugly Lady

Bernard67Arnold

Bernard67Arnold

master brummie
Do you remember when the old trams had two long seats downstairs facing each other, a lady sat one side
then a drunk got on and sat opposite, he looked at her "Missis you are ugly, you are really, really ugly!!
She said " you are drunk, really really drunk, the man thought for a moment and then said "Yes but I will
sober tomorrow. Bernard
 
I wonder which waas told first, the story above or the one reversed , which I gather as evidence to show it happened, by winston churchill against an officious MP
M ike
 
Looks like the quote was between Bessie Braddock and Winston Churchill in 1946.However, lots of different versions.
Some references attribute the quote to Lady Astor but I think that was one about poison.
 
The quote was,

Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”

Phil
 
Jennyann

Here you are
This quote wasn't the end of this exchange, infuriated with his words she then said,
'If you were my husband I put poison in your drink'
to which he then retorted,
'Madam, if I was your husband I'd drink it'.
 
Please note that the above "quotations" are only alleged exchanges between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill; they are not well documented and may be misattributed. Another two examples of things Churchill is supposed to have said to Lady Astor are a) that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which she retorted, "You’re not handsome enough to have such fears".
And b) Lady Astor is said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, "Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister?" Touché! db84124
 
Must have been great times with such retorts. It's true that there are many versions of these quotes. Not much of that in these PC times.
 
Mary was five years of age, she had developed tthe bad habit of biting her finger nails, her mother, when she caught her doing this would smack her hand and tell her "when you grow up you'll have a be big and fat eating all those finger nails" after telling her this on one occasion Mary and her mother got on the tram to go into town, they sat on one of the long seats just inside the door, at the next stop a heavily pregnant young woman got on and sat opposite them, after a while Mary crossed over and said to her, "I know what you've been doing............" Don Clive
 
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