Dr. Hess said:
I feel I must give credit where it is due
This famous exchange was one of many between Lady Nancy Astor and Winston Churchill.
This is her portrait as a young woman painted by the greatest portrait painter of his day, John Singer Sargent.
In reply to Floating Doc :
It’s good to know that I can blame big ‘80’s hair on an older generation... who can probably blame it on an even older generation
In reply to Floating Doc :
Don't forget the wonderful exchange with Bessie Braddock:
"Winston, you are drunk, and what’s more you are disgustingly drunk."
'My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.'
In reply to Wally :
Whatever sort of heathen files a complaint against the ice cream man deserves to be shot. Repeatedly.
In reply to Daylan C :
WTF does SBE stand for?
In reply to Knurled. :
Stock bottom end apparently. Weird internet speak.
In reply to Daylan C :
Friggin' people who have no business making abbreviations. Like Y2K. Okay, fine. But then the lamers ran with it, and would write, say 2016 as 2K16.
I was sitting here thinking "Small block... engine?"
In reply to Knurled. :
Frankly I agree. I knew what they meant because I spend too much time in the parts of the internet that smell like vape.
Knurled. said:I was sitting here thinking "Small block... engine?"
And here I thought it was Small Block Edsel...
Knurled. said:Friggin' people who have no business making abbreviations. Like Y2K. Okay, fine. But then the lamers ran with it, and would write, say 2016 as 2K16.
My favorite (thing to hate lately) in abbreviations is substituting in the number of letters removed. "internationalization" becomes "i18n."
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