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Re:The Delightful Perversity of Québec's Catholic Swear Words by pcrh on Saturday May 28, 2016 @04:25PM (#11793320)
The English are masters of the subtle insult, though. This is usually illustrated by quoting Churchill, for example:

Bessie Braddock to Churchill -- "Winston, you're drunk!"

Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober"

Edit: there was a great one on TV yesterday, one politician was commenting on the former London Mayor Boris Johnson's stance in the upcoming referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU and said: "He is far too intelligent to believe what he said."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36401104

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Re:The Delightful Perversity of Québec's Catholic Swear Words by sheraz on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:04PM (#11793502)
Agreed -- the Brits are in a class of their own when it comes to wit. They can tell you to fuck off, and you are actually happy to do so :-)
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Re:The Delightful Perversity of Québec's Catholic Swear Words by pcrh on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:14PM (#11793557)
There you go, quoting Churchill :-)

Winston S. Churchill — 'Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.'

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Re:The Delightful Perversity of Québec's Catholic Swear Words by david-given on Saturday May 28, 2016 @05:52PM (#11793726)
Ooh! Ooh! Churchill quotations!

Lady Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."

Winston Churchill: "Madame, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."

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