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[Thomas Thorne]

Many thanks for the link to the site. I discovered a risque Churchill story which is a first for me.

Which story was it, Tom?
"Victory at any cost" matches Grant and Sherman better. Did Churchill comment on them? (I read the site over 2 years ago, so I don't remember. But I remember he was impressed with the ironclads and considered them the beginning of modern warfare.)

Roger told me the following Churchill story is appropriate forum material:

Churchill once told someone to be precise in their language. He cited a story of a man "who when instructing his surgeon, forgot the distinction between circumcision and castration."

Besides the wordplay,The idea of instructing yr surgeon is very Churchillian.
Tom