Churchills choppers sold at auction in England

[jeff of pa]

Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England

A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.)

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[stefen]

Re: Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England

Many fine comments, food and cigars passed through those teeth

The one statement that always lingers is when a women said to Churchhill that he was a drunk...

And he replied, 'Lady you're ugly but in the morning I will be sober.'

 

[ES66]

Re: Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England

If I had $23,000 to waste, I could imagine a thousand things I'd rather waste it on...

 

[Prime]

Re: Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England

Isn't it disrespectful to sell something that was a part of someone's body at some point? Geez, whatever happened to respecting the dead, and preserving their dignity? Selling off body parts, even if prosthetic, is so inhuman.

Is that someone's way of honoring Churchill, the man who guided the UK through the biggest world war? By placing his dentures on display in a private collection? I find that morally disgusting and disrespectful.