Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Wellington's joke



I did my best, and like a fool ventured Wellington's joke when the Queen asked him what was the aroma from the ranks of the Guards, and Nosey replied: “Esprit de corps, ma’am.”


Flashman and the Tiger, p.127, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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