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Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft
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“My first car was painted red down one side and blue down the other to confuse witnesses in case of an accident.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nobody ever seemed quite clear whether the expression "drunk as a lord" should be taken as a compliment or an insult.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only exercise I ever take is walking up hospital stairs to visit friends who've damaged themselves by taking exercise.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before the War you took your secretary to Paris and called her your wife. Now, in order to wriggle through the tax-gatherer's net, you take your wife to Paris and call her your secretary.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cricket is a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of Eternity.”
Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (1914–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source