Classic from Middle School George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Harry Truman are riding together on an airplane. They get to talking about how they want to be remembered. Lincoln says ""I'd like to help the poor, so I'll throw a penny with my face on it so they'll know who helped them."" He throws a penny out the plane window. Washington then says ""I, too, want to help the poor, but I want to give more, so I'll throw a quarter with my face on it so they'll know who helped them."" Truman fina…

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Classic Winston Churchill wit.... These are old and possibly apocryphal, but just in case of the younger redditors haven't heard them: Bessie Braddock: β€œSir, you are drunk.” Churchill: β€œAnd you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning." Truman to Churchill on Churchill's replacement as PM, Clement Atlee: "he seems like a modest fellow." Churchill: "He has much to be modest about." Actor friend sent telegram to Churchill: "MY NEW SHOW OPENS IN WEST END TOMORROW NIGHT. HAVE R…

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