From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-EA569A.11035904062007{at}news.barkto.com...
> > In article ,
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
> >
> >> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> >> >> >
> >> > It must be, coz I don't get MRD either. Is that short
for "merde" or
> >> > something?
> >>
> >> You have to go back some on Barktopus for MRD. If memory
serves correctly
> >> Phil Payne coined that
> >>
> >> In the words of the immortal Mandy Rice-Davis, "He would say that,
> >> wouldn't
> >> he".
> >
> > I don't remember Mandy Rice-Davis. Must have missed him/her.
>
> The sex scandal involving Ms Rice-Davis, Christine Keeler, John Profumo
> brought down the conservative British Tory government in 1964
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4792066.stm
>
> Sleaze A picture of Christine Keeler, naked on a chair, became an image of
> the era.
>
> Sex parties Ms Keeler lived with Stephen Ward at his flat, where he threw
> parties for the high-ranking and influential.
>
> Soviet spy Christine Keeler had a fling with Mr Profumo, and had had
> relations with a Soviet intelligence officer.
>
> Lies When the affair came to light in March 1963, John Profumo initially
> tried to deny it. Ten weeks later he told MPs he had misled them, and quit.
>
> Government Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stepped down in October 1963
> through ill-health, said to be made worse by the Profumo Affair. In 1964 the
> Tories lost to Labour.
>
> Warheads Christine Keeler later claimed Ward was a Soviet spy and had asked
> her to get information from Mr Profumo about nuclear warheads in West
> Germany.
>
Oh, Profumo and Keeler I remember. Forgot about Rice-Davis though. Was she
the wife of a member of Parliament?

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