I have another one which I still giggle insanely over. It concerns Fox (the English Prime Minister, and I assume a Tory) and Lord North (who I assume was the Leader of the Opposition and, obviously, a Whig). The conversation is reputed to have occurred in Parliament during a debate, but I can't find the reference to confirm any of the above.

North: "Fox, you will either be hanged or die of the pox!"
Fox: "That depends on whether I embrace your Lordship's policies or your mistress!"

This has to be one of the greatest rebuttals/putdowns ever uttered ...

And it seemed to fit with both the basic thread and the side-discussion on STDs.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...