Take the one about the time he was sitting next to a clean-living Methodist bishop – at a reception, allegedly, in Canada – when a good-looking young waitress came up and offered them both a glass of sherry from a tray. Churchill took one. But the bishop said, ‘Young lady, I would rather commit adultery than take an intoxicating beverage.’ At which point Churchill beckoned the girl, and said, ‘Come back, lassie, I didn’t know we had a choice.
-Boris Johnson
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