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Originally Posted by Aman
the English newspapers are just ruffled because the Germans get up at four in the morning to steal the sunbeds
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Actually, in my experience, it is the English who are the worst offenders on that score.
Now, let me see:
Frequent lengthy conversations concerning weather and cricket:
check
Scones:
check (with butter, cream and strawberry jam, of course)
Tea: Can't abide the stuff myself, but appreciate its cultural importance, so
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Pinkies: Assuming you mean outstretched little finger when one is drinking, naturally, so
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Silly phrases: Tally ho! and toodlepip, old bean
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Neatly furled umbrella under one arm:
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Daily Telegraph under the other: Well, it's not the
Telegraph, but it's a broadsheet, so
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Bowler hat: No, but the idea appeals
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Prim and proper:
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Prejudice against muscle cars: Assuming you mean the ridiculously large American variety,
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Pubs: Most definately
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Hmm, it would appear that I am in fact the stereotypical Englishman.
Although, like many here, I have Celtic roots, Welsh in my case, on my father's side. However, it seems to me that Tolkien appeals more to those aspects which I see as having been inherited from my mother, and her family is of Italian descent. Perhaps it's the Catholic influence.
