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advocate	05 Nov 2024 2:34 a.m. PST
I consider myself quite well read, but about this I have no idea.
John the OFM	05 Nov 2024 2:52 a.m. PST
Flashman seemed to have liked Palmerston. As for Wellington… He was a PM? To an American, this seems like asking a Person of British Persuasion to compare and contrast Chester Arthur and James Garfield.
20thmaine	05 Nov 2024 6:58 a.m. PST
Garfield was the overweight orange one who liked lasagne and fast food in general a lot and was mean to everyone around him? And was always about to do something but actually never did anything at all. Is that right?
miniMo	05 Nov 2024 7:42 a.m. PST
Salisbury rules, OK?
John the OFM	05 Nov 2024 7:52 a.m. PST
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John the OFM	05 Nov 2024 7:53 a.m. PST
Our high school cafeteria served "Salisbury Steak" on occasion. It was the worst meal they served.
Frederick	05 Nov 2024 9:39 a.m. PST
Disreali for sure and then the Duke of Wellington – the rest are pretty forgetable And I remember well getting Salisbury Steak when I was a lad, which very much confused me as to what a steak actually was
Grattan54	05 Nov 2024 10:56 a.m. PST
Well, I learned something. I never knew Wellington had been Prime Minister!
Volleyfire	05 Nov 2024 1:54 p.m. PST
Wasn't James Garfield the star in The Rockford Files and The Great Escape? And Chester Arthur led the USM at Gaudalcanal right?
Old Contemptible	05 Nov 2024 10:13 p.m. PST
It is astonishingly to me that the average educated Brit. probably knows more about our history than we know about theirs or ours.
Covert Walrus	11 Nov 2024 6:26 p.m. PST
<quote> Garfield was the overweight orange one who liked lasagne and fast food in general a lot and was mean to everyone around him? And was always about to do something but actually never did anything at all</quote> 20thMaine, the bits about lasagne and being orange, no, but pretty much correct on everything else.