Talk:Tired and emotional

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I am (unreliably) informed by my father that Private Eye did not in fact coin the term "Tired and emotional" - it was supplied by George Brown (or his staff).

To quote my father:

If I remember correctly, George Brown (a trade union MP labour leader) actually coined that description of himself; and Private Eye then put it into general circulation. One morning all the newspapers carried a beautiful picture of George late the previous night gently snoozing behind the wheel of his mark 2 Jag (then a new car) not far from parliament. The Jag front-end was nestled up against a lit lamp-post with driver side front wheel on the pavement. Fortunately no damage done to anything or anybody. He was taken into custody but not charged.

Later the next day after publication of the photographs he made a personal explanation to the House of Commons in which he actually said " he had been a bit tired and emotional and as a result had had a bit to drink !"

End quote.

Anyone have confirmation? The picture would be nice.

  That quote only indicates that being tired and emotional was the catalyst for the drinking, whereas Private Eye uses it as a     
  euphemism. It would still stand that Private Eye is the reason that term is used in lieu of the word drunk, and as such, even if 
  that quote it proven true, it only indicates Private Eye's inspiration. ----ArtificialHigh 09:27, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The story as I heard it is that Private Eye once claimed he was drunk, and he said he was merely tired and emotional. Next time he was drunk, Private Eye claimed he was tired and emotional as a newt...