captusa
April 2nd, 2009, 9:45 pm
I'll start with Lincoln:
Lincoln had a favorite joke about George Washington. After the Revolutionary War and the peace treaty with England was signed, the war hero Ethan Allen had occaision to go to England where he often experienced hectering banter and America and General Washington were particular subjects of ridicule by the Englishmen.
At one point they displayed a picture of General Washington prominently in an out house where Mr. Allen was sure to see it.
After a time and no mention of the picture, the Englishmen inquired if he had seen it.
He replied that he had and that he thought it was an appropriate place to display the picture.
They had to ask why to which he replied:
"Nothing will make an Englishman ___* faster than the site of General Washington".
*Anglo-Saxon synonym for feces.
Lincoln had a favorite joke about George Washington. After the Revolutionary War and the peace treaty with England was signed, the war hero Ethan Allen had occaision to go to England where he often experienced hectering banter and America and General Washington were particular subjects of ridicule by the Englishmen.
At one point they displayed a picture of General Washington prominently in an out house where Mr. Allen was sure to see it.
After a time and no mention of the picture, the Englishmen inquired if he had seen it.
He replied that he had and that he thought it was an appropriate place to display the picture.
They had to ask why to which he replied:
"Nothing will make an Englishman ___* faster than the site of General Washington".
*Anglo-Saxon synonym for feces.