127: No Polite Way To Put It

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to writing steamy love letters, you really gotta hand it to Elizabeth and George - even though they handed it to themselves...

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.0	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and package holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get the king at EasyJet.com.
0:24.0	Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,
0:28.0	restrictions and season C's apply.
0:30.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:38.0	George was horny.
0:40.0	Sorry to be indelicate, but there's really no polite way to put it.
0:43.0	He hadn't seen Elizabeth in weeks, and he missed his wife with the white hot intensity of a thousand sons.
0:50.0	Excuse me, sir, but a letter has arrived.
0:53.0	George leapt from his chair and ran to the doorway, handed over my good man with all due speed.
0:59.0	The courier complied, and George locked the door behind him.
1:03.0	Then, with trembling hands, he opened the envelope.
1:07.0	The sight of her handwriting quickened his pulse.
1:10.0	The smell of her perfume wafted up from the parchment, leaving him breathless.
1:16.0	Oh, my gallant champion, it began, how I miss you, if only we could be together for just a few hours.
1:23.0	If only I could sit, Tom Boy, for a quick ride with you behind me.
1:30.0	George swallowed hard, gripping the page with his free hand,
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