[Salamander]

I can't recall which president/famous leader was involved in this exchange.

A woman said to him "Sir..you smell" to which he replied "No madam. You smell. I stink."

I just hate it when people use the verb "smell" instead of the proper intransitive verb "stink".....:)

[LS]

That smells like Churchill.

[OhMike]

It wasn't a President or leader. It was Samuel Johnson, the malodorous literary giant who "wrote" the first dictionary.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A woman said to him "Sir..you smell" to which he replied "No madam. You smell. I stink."

I thought it was "You, sir, are drunk," and then Winston Churchhill said "But tomorrow I shall be sober and you, Madam, will still be ugly."

[harpseal]

You are of course refering to noah Webster who when introduced to some peopel a a party in Hartford overheard one woman say to another My he smells bad doesn't he?

Mr Webster then in a load voice responded No madam I stink it is you who smell bad.

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

A woman said to him "Sir..you smell" to which he replied "No madam. You smell. I stink."

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It was Dr. Samuel Johnson, an 18th century British dictionary editor.

[itsahoot]

I just hate it when people use the verb "smell" instead of the proper intransitive verb "stink".....:)

You must have diagrammed lots of sentences when you were a kid :)