Euphemism In The Workplace Does

How Come There's Only One Monopolies Commission?

I Was Absolutely A Non-starter At Games. My Report For Rugby Said, 'nigel's Chief Contribution Is His Presence On The Field.' I Used To Pray For Rain And Sometimes It Did Rain - And We Played Anyway.

Lord Castlerosse Was Taken To Task By Nancy Astor Over The Size Of His Stomach. 'what Would You Say If That Was On A Woman?' She Asked, Pointedly. 'half An Hour Ago It Was,' He Replied.

My Job Involves Searching For 'lost' Quotations - That Is, Trying To Find Out Who Came Up With A Quotable Saying That Lingers In Someone's Mind And Which They Wish To Use For Their Own Purpose And Which They Cannot Find In Conventional Dictionaries Of Quotation.

My Toils In The Quotation Field Have Led Me To Formulate Two Or Three Laws About The Way People Use And Abuse Quotations. My First Law Is: When In Doubt, Ascribe All Quotations To Bernard Shaw - Which I Don't Mean To Be Taken Literally, But As A General Observation Of The Habit People Have Of Attaching Remarks To The Nearest Obvious Speaker. Churchill, Wilde, Orson Welles And Alexander Woollcott Are Other Useful Figures Upon Whom To Father Remarks When You Don't Know Who Really Said Them.