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Originally Posted by Klaus
I don't get it. Maybe because I'm not a native speaker. But is it "funny" because Churchill was "Wheight challenged" (Don't you just LOVE political correctness?)
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No. This is a bit of English idiom perhaps, and a bit of "sounds like" type of pun.
"Three
chairs" sounds like "Three
cheers". When someone calls for "Three cheers" for someone, the response of the crowd is "Hip, hip, hooray" repeated three times.