Nice to see Winstone quoted here. One of my favourite Churchill quotes involves his old parliamentary sparring partner Lady Astor Whilst at a social gathering, Lady L said to Churchill "Winston, you are drunk." Churchill's response was, "Madam, you are ugly, but in the the morning will shall be sober."
A classic.
My favourite Oscar Wilde quote, "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
To follow the Lady Astor link above.
During the 2nd WW soon after D Day, she stood up in the British parliament made a speech during which she made an ill considered remark, referring to the troops fighting in Italy as D-Day dodgers. Needless to say this did not go down too well with said troops. To the degree that they wrote some words that they sang to the tune of Lili Marlene.
The D-Day Dodgers,
We are the D-Day Dodgers way out in Italy
Always on the vino, always on the spree
Eighth Army scroungers and their tanks
We live in Rome among the Yanks
We are the D-Day Dodgers in sunny Italy
We landed at Salerno, a holiday with pay
The Jerries brought the bands out to greet us on the way
Showed us the sights and gave us tea
We all had girls and the beer was free
We are the D-Day Dodgers in sunny Italy
Naples and Cassino were taken in our stride
We didn't go to fight there, we just went for the ride
Anzio and Sangros they're just names
We only went to look for dames
We are the D-Day Dodgers in sunny Italy
Dear Lady Astor, you think you know a lot
Standing on a platform and talking tommyrot
You're England's sweetheart and her pride
We think your mouth's too bloody wide
That's from your D-Day Dodgers in sunny Italy
Look around the mountains in the mud and rain
You'll see the scattered crosses, there's some that have no name
Heartbreak and toil and suffering gone
The boys beneath them slumber on
They are the D-Day Dodgers who'll stay in Italy
They are the D-Day Dodgers who'll stay in Italy.
Foolish woman.
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