Wilhelm Noeker wrote:
> Horrid Stretchy Pus wrote:
>
>> Not wishing to steal Tony 'tc' Crafter's thunder by posting his
>> heartfelt anagram*, nor intending particularly to dishonour the
>> departed, but I think it fair to report that some people were not so
>> keen on Thatcher, and have a balancing gram of the same letters
>> showing the polarisation she provoked in public opinion:
>>
>> 'Iron Lady' Margaret Hilda Thatcher dies
>> =
>> Oh, that's tragic. And I really admired her.
>> =
>> Not real tragic. I'm hardly sad. I hated her.
>
> Very apt, and very balanced indeed. But I think I like the first one
> better. For style, of course, not for contents. :-)
I'm partial to the first gram as well. I always admired the way she
stood up for her beliefs even if I didn't agree with every one of them.
>> which camp are you in?
>
> I'm not sure, that's all so long ago. Wasn't she married to Ronald
> Reagan? (That guy who stood at the Brandenburg Gate and shouted "Mr.
> Gorbachev, ich bin ein Berliner!")
Wilhelm, you've certainly got several items mixed together in that
historical[hysterical?] rewrite! Everyone knows Bobby Kennedy announced
he was a jelly doughnut while standing on the Great Wall of China...
Earth Jargon