Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game. -George Mikes

 

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.


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Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit.

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In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. -George Mikes
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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

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Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.

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When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England. -George Mikes
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Continental people have sex-lives; the English have hot-water bottles.

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