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As the old joke (fact?) goes, Sir Winston Churchill was giving a speech in the House of Commons and someone nearby noticed that there was a handwritten comment
by bluekeybox 15y ago
As the old joke (fact?) goes, Sir Winston Churchill was giving a speech in the House of Commons and someone nearby noticed that there was a handwritten comment in the margin of his notes: "Weak argument: talk loudly."
- patkai 15y agoMeaning that Sir Winston Churchill had a great sense of humor.
- bluekeybox 15y agoUnlike Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher.
- ErrantX 15y agoChurchill was not the smartest (from a technical perspective) cookie in the cookie jar, he was not a careful quiet thinker, he was a bit racist, from the "old school" and rather stuffy. But he was very very very very good at two things; patriotism and rhetoric. Which, when you are in a war, is a good thing. The generals win the battles. The politicians win hearts and minds. Think of the "talk louder" (I have heard to story too, and I think it is true IIRC) as simply a technical aspect of his ability, akin to the hacks, short cuts and pieces of useful code we programmers have hanging around to get things done faster :)
- gruseom 15y agoChurchill was also a master of English prose - quintessentially English prose. He is like Dickens in this respect.