“Never mind, we can do without them. But if we get out of here, you must send a message to Gibbs, the Hall Porter at Claridge’s in London, telling him on no account to allow the servants in the hotel to touch some dangerous medicines in my bathroom.” – OSS Director William J. Donovan, June 7, 1944, on Utah Beach, upon realizing that he left his cyanide pills behind, before the D-Day invasion
The Editors’ Quote of the Day:
D’OH! The bathroom seems to be a real challenge….
https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/air-marshal-gun-airplane-bathroom/
http://www.startribune.com/school-resource-officer-leaves-gun-in-faculty-restroom/472826433/
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/246559-secret-service-agent-forgets-weapon-in-romney-plane-bathroom
…let’s not say anything about being caught with your pants down….
How considerate, to think of the welfare and health (and death) of the servants.