Comments on: Winston Churchill in a bathing suit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: J_H_M http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1487142 J_H_M Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1487142 Thanks for the correction. Hagiography is a useful word when it applies, and I should learn how to spell it. Since the word refers to a biography written with the excesses of a nomination for sainthood, I guessed, incorrectly, that it had something to do with halos. Thanks for the correction. Hagiography is a useful word when it applies, and I should learn how to spell it.

Since the word refers to a biography written with the excesses of a nomination for sainthood, I guessed, incorrectly, that it had something to do with halos.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486872 Wreckrob8 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486872 What has salt to do with it? A halography is a treatise on salt (which might explain what Old Winston was doing in the sea). I think you mean hagiography. What has salt to do with it? A halography is a treatise on salt (which might explain what Old Winston was doing in the sea). I think you mean hagiography.

]]> By: Harriet Engle http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486679 Harriet Engle Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486679 Proof positive that Sir Winston had "big brass 'un's" ! Proof positive that Sir Winston had “big brass ‘un’s” !

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486630 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486630 The problem isn't so much what they look like half-naked; it's how often they managed to get their kit off when there's a photographer nearby. The problem isn’t so much what they look like half-naked; it’s how often they managed to get their kit off when there’s a photographer nearby.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486614 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486614 Long gone. Long gone.

]]> By: avocadotoe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486518 avocadotoe Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486518 A slightly less flattering seaside picture quite damaged the reputations of Weimar Republic's president Ebert and war secretary Noske in 1919. A slightly less flattering seaside picture quite damaged the reputations of Weimar Republic’s president Ebert and war secretary Noske in 1919.

]]> By: punkrockbeth http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486470 punkrockbeth Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486470  I agreee. Looking good, Churchie!  I agreee. Looking good, Churchie!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486468 Mister44 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486468 Does she still have it? Vintage suits are worth money. Does she still have it? Vintage suits are worth money.

]]> By: Alissa Mower Clough http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486273 Alissa Mower Clough Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486273 Well, if he looked like that coming out of cold water...Clemmie was a lucky lady! Well, if he looked like that coming out of cold water…Clemmie was a lucky lady!

]]> By: KittyDelAmour http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486225 KittyDelAmour Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486225 Just because the air temp is in the 80s doesn't mean the water temp is the same...and if you're at a beach in the north, say, Scarborough or Whitby, you're swimming in the North Sea - ALWAYS cold. Just because the air temp is in the 80s doesn’t mean the water temp is the same…and if you’re at a beach in the north, say, Scarborough or Whitby, you’re swimming in the North Sea – ALWAYS cold.

]]> By: J_H_M http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486178 J_H_M Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486178 Regarding the picture of Churchill at the beach circa 1911 or 1922: Put your thumb, or some other object over Winnie,'s (Churchill's) face and receding hairline and see if you can tell whether you are looking at a super annuated, boy person, or super annuated girl person.  Regarding the picture of Churchill at the beach circa 1911 or 1922: Put your thumb, or some other object over Winnie,’s (Churchill’s) face and receding hairline and see if you can tell whether you are looking at a super annuated, boy person, or super annuated girl person. 

]]> By: J_H_M http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486160 J_H_M Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486160 Regarding the two volume hagiography of Churchill, the "Last Lion", I take it that you like your history served up as semi-fiction. Regarding the two volume hagiography of Churchill, the
“Last Lion”, I take it that you like your history served up as semi-fiction.

]]> By: tompl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486072 tompl Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486072  He intended to fight them on the beaches... in that?  He intended to fight them on the beaches… in that?

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1486062 GregS Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1486062 What has been seen cannot be unseen. Thanks, BoingBoing, for forever implanting this image in my head. What has been seen cannot be unseen. Thanks, BoingBoing, for forever implanting this image in my head.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485940 Gyrofrog Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485940 That's unfortunate That’s unfortunate

]]> By: marilynsue http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485937 marilynsue Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485937 There's a small statue built exactly the same at the Herb Ritts exhibit at the Getty Center in LA. After Ritts, Klimt, and the Impressionists, I've had enought T, A, P, D and Scrote to last several months! There’s a small statue built exactly the same at the Herb Ritts exhibit at the Getty Center in LA. After Ritts, Klimt, and the Impressionists, I’ve had enought T, A, P, D and Scrote to last several months!

]]> By: mclean1382 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485896 mclean1382 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485896 I vote for 1922: he had more hair in 1911. I vote for 1922: he had more hair in 1911.

]]> By: Alexandros http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485879 Alexandros Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485879 Splendid. I could have gone through my day without having a gaze at Winston Churchills barely hidden junk. Thanks, BoingBoing ... Splendid.
I could have gone through my day without having a gaze at Winston Churchills barely hidden junk.
Thanks, BoingBoing …

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485727 s2redux Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485727 And so now the mystery of who's behind funnyjunk.com is solved. And so now the mystery of who’s behind funnyjunk.com is solved.

]]> By: Sheryl Westleigh http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485725 Sheryl Westleigh Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485725  That would be the Gulf Stream.  That would be the Gulf Stream.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485719 howaboutthisdangit Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485719 "We shall bite on the beaches...." “We shall bite on the beaches….”

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485715 Just_Ok Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485715 Very funny. Now pull the other one. Very funny. Now pull the other one.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485714 Just_Ok Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485714 What did they do when he was getting ready to come? What did they do when he was getting ready to come?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485672 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485672 ♫ Land of soap and water, Hitler's having a bath. Churchill's looking through the keyhole, Having a jolly good laugh ♫ ...because... ♫ Hitler has only one big ball Göring has two but very small, Himmler has something sim'lar, But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all. ♫ ♫ Land of soap and water,
Hitler’s having a bath.
Churchill’s looking through the keyhole,
Having a jolly good laugh ♫
…because…
♫ Hitler has only one big ball
Göring has two but very small,
Himmler has something sim’lar,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all. ♫

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485671 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485671 My mother had a navy blue one piece with white piping and buttons to close it. I swear that it was made out of sailcloth. It could stand up on its own. My mother had a navy blue one piece with white piping and buttons to close it. I swear that it was made out of sailcloth. It could stand up on its own.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485670 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485670 Uh, the same goes for the UK. Uh, the same goes for the UK.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485634 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485634 He's a little cranky.  He hasn't had his day's champagne yet. He’s a little cranky.  He hasn’t had his day’s champagne yet.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485633 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485633 That is what happens when you stay cooped up in those WWII bomb shelters That is what happens when you stay cooped up in those WWII bomb shelters

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485632 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485632  The German soldiers surrendered en masse when they saw that coming.  The German soldiers surrendered en masse when they saw that coming.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/07/22/winston-churchill-in-a-bathing.html#comment-1485630 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172493#comment-1485630  That water must've been cold.  That water must’ve been cold.

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