Anecdote o' the day
From Matthew Parris's 'Read My Lips', a collection of political howlers and so forth:
"In 1948, a Washington DC radio station contacted ambassadors in the capital asking what they would like for Christmas:
French Ambassador - Peace throughout the world
Soviet Ambassador - Freedom for all people enslaved by imperialism
Our man in DC, Sir Oliver Franks - Well, it's very kind of you to ask. I'd quite like a box of crystallised fruit".
"In 1948, a Washington DC radio station contacted ambassadors in the capital asking what they would like for Christmas:
French Ambassador - Peace throughout the world
Soviet Ambassador - Freedom for all people enslaved by imperialism
Our man in DC, Sir Oliver Franks - Well, it's very kind of you to ask. I'd quite like a box of crystallised fruit".
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