It sounds better the way he told it.
Lady Astor: "The right honourable gentleman is drunk."
Churchill: "The right honourable lady is ugly, in the morning I shall be sober."
Another famous quip between these two (and these were said publicly)
Lady Astor: "If you were my husband I would poison your tea."
Churchill: "If you were my wife, I would drink it."
Lady Astor: "The right honourable gentleman is drunk."
Churchill: "The right honourable lady is ugly, in the morning I shall be sober."
Another famous quip between these two (and these were said publicly)
Lady Astor: "If you were my husband I would poison your tea."
Churchill: "If you were my wife, I would drink it."

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