Posted on 04/15/2016 9:37:09 AM PDT by PatrickJames
Stories of Churchill's special relationship with alcohol are legendary. Eleanor Roosevelt, who was his host at the White House during World War II, was astonished "that anyone could smoke so much and drink so much and keep perfectly well."
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Churchill drank several brands of champagne such as Giesler, Moet et Chandon, and Pommery, but Pol Roger was his clear favorite. Every year on Churchill's birthday, the charming and shrewd Odette Pol Roger sent him a case of champagne. (His other great friend, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, sent him caviar until they fell out over Churchill's Iron Curtain speech.)
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Thats the kind of neat crap sayings people who like to drink and alcohol companies came up with to sell product.
Not saying you or your dad are, btw.
well, could be, my dad was a heavy scotch drinker
just interesting some of the things you remember about your old man at odd times
That would be even better if he had stopped after the part about being sober in teh morning and let Bessie draw the conclusion herself....
-—champagne is way over rated, no matter what year or brand.
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Champagne was known where I cut my teeth (the US Army in the 60’s) as nothing more than liquid panty remover.
The higher the price of the panties, the higher price of the champagne.
Was that too crude?
And I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, in Saigon you would be asked if you wanted to buy that girl a bottle of champagne? The price dictated what girl you got.
But, I suppose it holds true in the real world for some as well.
That was my favorite...
Sure. I know we want our leaders to be completely 100% error free machines, clear of any avarice, pride or weakens, but in the end, they are humans with all that goes with that.
And they make mistakes. Churchill made more right ones than wrong ones.
I kind of agree. First book I read by him was “Goodbye Darkness”, and have since read a number of others, including the Churchill stuff, which I thought were excellent.
Manchester was a through and through liberal, though.
The first was while he was watching the televised funeral of Winston Churchill.
The other was when he came home from the hospital to tell us that his father had died while they were talking.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
No. I just don't know what the attraction is. It always tasted like watered down wine with bubbles.
Like I said, over rated wine with bubbles in it.
FMCDH(BITS)
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