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[randomness]

Today I'm reading the obituaries for Jeb!'s campaign. It's hard not to feel some sympathy for the guy. But I can't help thinking people should have given me a hundred million dollars instead. I'd have found much better ways to waste that money than he did.

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[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

The version I've noted down is "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." by "British soccer legend George Best".

("birds" being slang for women, in case you were wondering.)

I've read that "birds" has a distinct connotation of promiscuousness.

[drwex]

I'd guess your version is probably better - mine is from memory of a clip played on NPR ages ago.

I've read that "birds" has a distinct connotation of promiscuousness.

I'm not a native UK speaker so can't comment from personal knowledge. Online slang dictionary says "attractive woman" (http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/bird) and Wiktionary says "sexually attractive" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bird). That's the sense in which I've heard it.