The quip is Somerset Maugham about French ships, though the original better because shorter.
This originated about 4 days on a far right wing message board and hit the Free Republic 3 days ago. On Jan 21, 2012, at 7:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > That sounds very un-Churchillian to me. Both his physical and moral courage > were of very high calibre. > > Jonathan Hayes > > From: Stan A. Orchard <[email protected]> > To: ChurchillChat <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, January 21, 2012 1:57:30 PM > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Yet Another Churchill Quote? > > With recent events in Italy the following quote (below) is being circulated > widely on the internet. However, even though I know that I've come across it > before somewhere I have been unable to quickly find this quote in various > quote books. It seems like a rather undiplomatic thing for Churchill to have > said to Italian journalists, but it sounds like something he might have said > back in England. > > Stan > > > After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian cruise > liner. > > Some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime Minister should chose > an Italian ship. > > “There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship” said > Churchill. > > “First the cuisine is unsurpassed." > > "Second the service is superb." > > "And then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women > and children first”. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
