- Anecdote Origin: “If I Were Your Wife I’d Put Poison in Your Tea!” “If . . .
The story is being told of his encounter with a politically minded lady who, after failing to shake him in an argument, broke off with the petulant remark, “Oh, if you were my husband, I’d put poison in your tea ” “Madame,” Winston responded, “if I were, I’d drink it with pleasure ”
- If I Were Your Husband I Would Drink It: History of a Joke . . .
‘If I were your wife’ said the irate mother-in-law, ‘I’d give you poison ’ ‘If you were my wife’, replied the son-in-law meekly, ‘I wouldn’t wait for you to give it me I’d take it on my own accord’ (Nor D Tel, 1 Nov, 8) Perhaps Churchill and Lady Astor were, in 1952, the first version to use two publicly known figures?
- Did Churchill say he would drink poison tea if he was married to a . . .
Did Churchill say: "Madame, if you were my wife, I’d drink it"? I've read that about Bernard Shaw He would immediately drink it According to Quote Investigator, the following joke was published in the Oswego Daily Times on 18 November 1899
- Winston Churchhill and Lady Astors recorded verbal sparring is . . .
Winston Churchhill and Lady Astor's recorded verbal sparring is hilarious even today Did they really dislike each other, or were they just joking around? What were they at odds about? Nancy Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea " Winston Churchill: "Madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it!"
- If you were my husband, Id poison your… - Big Apple
Churchill supposedly gave a witty reply: “If you were my wife, I’d drink it!” The joke was attributed to American humorists Marshall P Wilder and De Wolf Hopper, both in newspaper articles from the year 1900
- Winston Churchill Quotes About Husband | A-Z Quotes
An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea " Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it
- If I were married to you - International Churchill Society
[Nancy Astor: “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee ”] If I were married to you, I’d drink it
- Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
The quote "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it" is attributed to Sir Winston Churchill This famous line was reportedly delivered in response to a woman who was upset by Churchill’s speech at a dinner party
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