by JohnD » Mon May 07, 2012 3:21 pm
Thank you ,neufer!
Love that! Dr.Johnson knew his people -"No enthusiasm, please, we're British"
For example, at Waterloo, the Duke of Welington to his cavalry commnader Lord Uxbridge, who had been hit in the leg by grape shot.
"By God, sir, I've lost my leg!", to which Wellington replied "By God, sir, so you have!"
But better than that, the Nobel Lord later asked a friend to examine the amputated limb, in case the surgeons had been too hasty. His friend told him to, "set his mind quite at rest, as his leg, in my opinion, was better off than on."
Stiff upper lips all round!
JOhn
Thank you ,neufer!
Love that! Dr.Johnson knew his people -"No enthusiasm, please, we're British"
For example, at Waterloo, the Duke of Welington to his cavalry commnader Lord Uxbridge, who had been hit in the leg by grape shot.
"By God, sir, I've lost my leg!", to which Wellington replied "By God, sir, so you have!"
But better than that, the Nobel Lord later asked a friend to examine the amputated limb, in case the surgeons had been too hasty. His friend told him to, "set his mind quite at rest, as his leg, in my opinion, was better off than on."
Stiff upper lips all round!
JOhn