LONDON (Reuters) – Playwright Oscar Wilde, who even managed to mutter on his death bed “Either those curtains go or I do,” was named in a poll Monday as Britain’s greatest wit.
He captured 20 percent of the vote, just two points ahead of comedian Spike Milligan, who had engraved on his tombstone the epitaph “I told you I was ill.”
In the Top 10 of famous wits, wartime leader Winston Churchill made it to number five for his notorious putdowns.
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