Sheridan, Disraeli, Crucifixion: Quick Thinking Anecdotes! (Post No. 3056)

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Date: 13^th    August 2016

Post No. 3056

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Sheridan’s Excuse!

Sheridan found himself trapped in a house party. A maiden lady of vinegary mien would not be deterred one day from her proposal to stroll with him. Hard pressed but desperate, Sheridan begged off on the pretext of the threatening weather.

Shortly after wards sneaking out by a back entrance to walk alone.

Sheridan was accosted by his nemesis.

“So, Mr Sheridan, said she, it has cleared up.”

“ It has cleared up just a little, Madam”, said Sheridan hastily, “enough for one, but hardly enough for, two.”

(R B Sheridan :Irish Poet, Playwright and Satirist)

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Crucified between two Thieves!

when Killigrew , the celebrated master of Revels , to Charles II of England, visited the Louis XIV In Paris, the French monarch showed him his pictures he finally pointed out to him a picture of the crucifixion between two portraits.

“That on the right, said his Majesty, is the Pope and on the left is myself”.

“I humbly thank you Your Majesty, replied the English court jester, for the information. For though I have often heard that the Lord was crucified between two thieves. I never knew who they were till now”.

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Misfortune and Calamity!

What is the difference between a misfortune and a calamity?

Someone asked Disraeli.

He got the reply,

Well, if Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anyone pulled him out, that would be a calamity.

(Disraeli: British politician, Prime Minster twice.)

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Lawyer’s Fee!

Bursting into the lawyer’s office, the butcher demanded, if a dog steals a piece of meat from my shop, is the owner liable?

Of course, said the lawyer.

Well, your dog steal, a piece of steak worth half a dollar about five minutes ago.

Alright, said the lawyer, without blinking, give me the other half dollar and that will cover my fee.

Xxxx SUBHAM xxx