James Oglethorpe Quote

That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.

To a Prince of Würtemberg who at dinner flicked some wine in Oglethorpe's face, asserting the insult to be a joke Oglethorpe threw a whole wine glass in the Prince's face in return

In 1772. As reported in: The Life of Samuel Johnson (G. Dearborn, 1837), p. 295


That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.

That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.

That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.

That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.