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Winston Churchill's cigar for sale
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| Jan. 17
Posted on 01/17/2010 5:39:25 PM PST by JoeProBono
A half-smoked cigar British Prime Minister Winston Churchill put down before a Cabinet meeting in 1941 is up for auction.
Andrew Bullock, from the auction firm Keys in Aylsham in Norfolk, England, said he expects the 4-inch cigar butt to go for about 300 pounds (almost $500), the Daily Mail reported. The auction is scheduled at Keys on Jan. 29.
Churchill smoked the cigar at one of the most difficult times in World War II for Britain. British troops were bogged down in North Africa, the Wehrmacht was at the gates of Leningrad in Russia and the United States had not yet entered the war.
"It was rare for Churchill not to finish a cigar, so it must have been something very urgent in the Cabinet room," Bullock said.
Nellie Goble, a housekeeper at No. 10 Downing St., found the cigar on Aug. 22, 1941, and sent it to a friend.
"Just a small souvenir to remind you at some future date of one of the greatest men that ever lived in England," Goble wrote on stationary from the prime minister's residence.
The friend gave the cigar to her daughter, who has put it up for sale.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cigar; jpb; winstonchurchill
To: JoeProBono
If I had the money I would buy it and shove it up Obambi's ....
On TV!
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:44:12 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: JoeProBono
The first thing I would do is light it up!
It would be such an honor to finish a cigar that was started by Churchill! (As old as it is, I’d bet it would be the worst smoke ever lol)
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:46:51 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: JoeProBono
Cigar found on Aug 22...my birthday!
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:49:58 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(Obama's America: we treat citizens like terrorists, and terrorists like citizens.)
To: JoeProBono
Does it come with a certificate of DNA? What if it has some Monica Lewinsky on it. eewwwwwwwww
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:53:25 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(It's sad that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:53:48 PM PST
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: clintonh8r; fish hawk
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posted on
01/17/2010 5:56:35 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
A disgrace to cigar smokers everywhere!
(Warning: Putting a picture Willy Jeff on a thread about Churchill may be grounds for banishment.)
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posted on
01/17/2010 6:06:25 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(Obama's America: we treat citizens like terrorists, and terrorists like citizens.)
To: clintonh8r
We agree with you 100%
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posted on
01/17/2010 6:19:01 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/17/2010 6:28:39 PM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: JoeProBono
My high bid estimate is 30,000 pounds.
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posted on
01/17/2010 7:18:33 PM PST
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: KoRn
You know how bad that would taste after all these years?
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posted on
01/17/2010 7:18:55 PM PST
by
Mmogamer
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