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[Lloyd George wrote mockingly to Churchill of his obsession with his new job as First Lord of the Admiralty: “You think we all live in the sea, and all of your thoughts are devoted to sea life, fishes, and other aquatic creatures. You forget that most of us live on land.”]
— Aug 12, 2018 08:26PM
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[Clementine] prevented him from wearing his unbecoming air commodore’s uniform for a Paris visit in May 1947: ‘To me, the air-force uniform except when worn by Air-Crews is rather bogus...I am proud of my plain Civilian Pig.’ [“Pig,” initially “Pug,” was Clementine’s pet name for Winston.]
— Aug 27, 2018 11:15AM
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The volte-face enabled Chamberlain to make his only recorded witticism against Churchill. He said it reminded him of ‘the story of the pious parrot which was bought to teach good language to the parrot which swore, but ended up by itself learning to swear. [In 2004, The Daily Mirror claimed that you can still visit Churchill’s parrot, but sadly the story isn’t true.]
— Aug 20, 2018 10:06AM
