Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Sir you are Cavalier!

But I will be damned if I (and no doubt will many others) consider myself (or themselves) any less a gentleman for choosing not to over err on the side of caution when it is not justified.

There is another quote defining a gentleman that I neglected to mention in my previous post.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes - but doesn't. That's funny but would offend some if it was said seriously in some quarters!





I think we would settle it over a beer actually!
Absolutely! And the first round is on that chap over there who doesn't understand that gentlemen respect each other all the more after a spirited discussion.