Tuesday
21Aug2007
A Very Great Briton
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 11:33PM "When Churchill attended a lunch for the King of Saudi Arabia, in whose presence both drinking and smoking were prohibited, he pointed out that if it was the religion of his majesty to deprive himself of smoking and alcohol, then his own rule of life prescribed as an absolute sacred right smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and, if need be, during all meals and in the intervals between them."
- Hugh Massingberd, reviewing Stephen McGinty's Churchill's Cigar in the Mail on Sunday.
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Are you gasping for a smoke or do you need to go on the swally?
LOL, I'm pleased to report that I have wilfully, and dare I say it, gleefully violated the communists' smoking ban about 30 times in the course of the last few days. I do not recognise the authority of foreign powers in my country and I won't obey your cruddy Marxist laws.
Lol, before the smoking ban I hadn't had a cigarette in months. Day after the ban I lit up down the local ;)
Good on you, Cynic. We've gotta flip the bird to these Marxists, show them that we will not be intimidated by their hateful laws. Because even if you don't smoke, it will be your little pleasure they ban, next. Do you like a drink? Like a flutter on the horses? Like a game of cards? Labour has got you in their sights, you are next for the "ban", no mistake.
One of my favourite quotes is from Rudyard Kipling: "a man can never have enough red wine, too many books, or enough ammunition."
So Tom you're not prepared to 'recognise the authority of foreign powers in your country 'or obey 'Marxist' (Marxist? fuksake c'mon be serious!)laws yet you have no problems adapting the phraseology of the all consuming cultural imperialism from 'across the pond' by "flipping the bird to them"
mmmmmmm
Yeah, that's right, UFB. I wanna "bust their ass", "flip them the bird" and "go large with fries" so I can "blow some mud" on them. Go figure!
ATW's first transatlantic sex change. Tom's turning into Monica :)
Actually, I'm just deliberately making myself more "USA-friendly" to butter up any potential Texan woman that Daphne might be busy setting me up with!
Ah but what if that Texan woman is absolutely drop dead gorgeous but has a penchant for drippy English liberals... could you oblige by (at least pretending) to be one. ?
Well of course, as I have always said, Colm, human rights are paramount, and we must strive to engage with the diverse communities in order to eliminate inequality and social marginalisation, which is the cause of crime, and we must become more ecologically aware of the need to save the planet.....
Tom
Good effort Tom but how long could you keep it up!
(and no that's not a cue for smut if Mahons is still with us).
....Naaah, stuff that! I want a chick who will show me how to improve my aim on the rifle range by teaching me to imagine that the target is a dirty commie terr'rist!
dirty COMMIE terr'ist?
- You are earning some liberal brownie points tonight :)
"yet you have no problems adapting the phraseology of the all consuming cultural imperialism from 'across the pond' by "flipping the bird to them""
Not a fan of multiculturalism then?