David Lange - Wikiquote

Hat-tip to Russell Brown

David Lange - Wikiquote

I read another in a comment on DPF's site the other day:

"My favourite Lange quip is unpublished, I think. At a meeting in the 1980s involving senior politicians and a number of public servants, one of the MPs present was well known for his taste for the decorous highlife but also the subject of base gossip. He told the meeting that he wished to adjust the itinerary for his forthcoming British visit so he would have the chance to hear a concert by the conductor Sir Neville Marriner. Lange, chairing the meeting, asked his officials if it was possible and they said yes. About to briskly move on to the next agenda item, Lange paused and turned to the senior politician. "Tell me again, --------, the name of the sailor you're hoping to call on in London?" Whole room collapsed in failed attempts to stifle laughter."