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The English in terms of tea, roast-beef and rain
Written on May 30, 2013
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The English can be explained by their Anglo-Saxon heritage and the influence of Methodists. But I prefer to explain them in terms of tea, roast-beef and rain. A people is first what it eats, drinks and gets pelted with. —Pierre Daninos, Major Thomson and I, (1957) from the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous
Our cloudy climate and our chilly women
Written on April 17, 2013
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Our cloudy climate and our chilly women. Byron, Beppo, stanza 48 Favorite0
The English climate has had a profound effect upon the English temperament
Written on April 15, 2013
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You often hear that the English climate has had a profound effect upon the English temperament. I don’t believe it. I believe they were always like that. Will Cuppy in W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, Garden Rubbish and Other Country Bumps (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1937) Favorite0
