14 March 2005

elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Fred/Illyria morph by amavel_bel.)
This is for [livejournal.com profile] bogwitch re. our thread the other day. (Snagged from The Sunday Times Magazine, Feb. 20th):

President Calvin Coolidge, who took office in August 1923 on the death of President Harding, was known for his dry wit and his frugality with words. Once, at a dinner party, a young woman told him she bet she could get at least three words from him. He answered: "You lose."
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Fred/Illyria morph by amavel_bel.)
This is for [livejournal.com profile] bogwitch re. our thread the other day. (Snagged from The Sunday Times Magazine, Feb. 20th):

President Calvin Coolidge, who took office in August 1923 on the death of President Harding, was known for his dry wit and his frugality with words. Once, at a dinner party, a young woman told him she bet she could get at least three words from him. He answered: "You lose."