[FairfieldLife] Re: Churchill story
I just noticed that my favorite Churchill story and brian64705's both involved Clement Atlee and the bathroom!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Churchill story
[I find google the best way to find anything. I searched for your quote and only one hit came up... our very own Fairfield Life in 2005] Your mistake (and mine) was to assume that akasha_108's quotes were verbatum. They aren't. TurquoiseB suggested that I google "Churchill stand-offish." This was much more fruitful, and I was able to find the source of story. >From the bottom of the page of http://www.inc.com/magazine/19881101/6028.html: "William Manchester, in his biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, relates an incident from the 1940s. Churchill's archrival in Parliament was Labour leader Clement Atlee. One day in the men's room, Churchill arrived to find Atlee standing at the urinal trough. He positioned himself as far away as possible. 'Feeling standoffish today, are we, Winston?' Atlee asked. 'That's right,' Churchill snapped. 'Every time you see something big, you want to nationalize it.'" Thank you all for quickly coming to my aid.
[FairfieldLife] Churchill story
During a recent Internet search I came across the following story about Winston Churchill that was posted by akasha_108 back in 2005 (cf. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/61698): "One day, it must of been in his conservative days -- he jumped parties two or three times for political expediency -- he was at the long trough urinal in the House of Commons. A labor party leader came in and Winston proceeded to shuffle down to the far end of the urinal. The labor leader, said, 'Lord Churchill, you appear a bit stand-offish today.' Winston, grunted and coughed out, 'I am concerned about the labor's party grand propensity to nationalize everything of substance they lay their eyes on.'" I love the story and would like to know the source. I cannot figure out how to email akasha_108 directly. It also appears that he hasn't posted here in several years. If someone knows akasha_108, I would appreciate it if you passed this message to them. Alternatively, if you know the source of the story yourself, I would appreciate a reply to this post. Thank you.
