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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeneral Flynn - well, we know his price!
15 million
Thats what he was willing to sell out our country for.
Old GBS quote, I know what you are, madame, I was only questioning the price!
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General Flynn - well, we know his price! (Original Post)
dhol82
Nov 2017
OP
Guess you didn't see the sentence from WIKI that says the quote is probably apocryphal ....
marble falls
Nov 2017
#4
marble falls
(57,114 posts)1. Not to be a prick but ....
Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... "
Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"
Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" Churchill: "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price
― Winston S. Churchill
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/300099-churchill-madam-would-you-sleep-with-me-for-five-million
Then again:
Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?
Socialite: My goodness, Mr. Churchill ... Well, I suppose ... we would have to discuss terms, of course ...
Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds?
Socialite: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!
Churchill: Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
(This is a very old joke where the participants vary dramatically from each telling. It's very unlikely though not impossible that the joke originated from Churchill.)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Winston_Churchill
dhol82
(9,353 posts)2. Not to be pissy but:
marble falls
(57,114 posts)4. Guess you didn't see the sentence from WIKI that says the quote is probably apocryphal ....
right after "Then again" and the 3nd rehash of the quote.
Regardless of who said it or whether it was ever really said by anyone in a real life situation, it certainly applies to Gen Flynn, that traitorous son of a bitch. We certainly know his price and what kind of whore he is.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)3. Not to be shitty but:
OK I got nothing...but wanted in on the bodily fluids...LOL.