In The Field Of Snobbery, Australia Is

Australians Are Decent People With The Right Instincts And They Wish Everybody Well; But If All Is Not Well, It Is None Of Their Business And They Will Not Lose Too Much Sleep Over It. The Shrug Of The Shoulders Has Become - Only Temporarily, I Daresay - The National Gesture Of Australia.

In The Field Of Snobbery, Australia Is An Underdeveloped Country; Even A Few British Ex-colonies, Regarded As Under Developed In All Other Respects, Could Export A Great Deal Of Snobbery To Australia And Still Have Enough To Spare For Their Own, Internal Needs.

If Somebody Tells You An Obviously Untrue Story, On The Continent You Would Remark, "you Are A Liar, Sir, And A Rather Dirty One At That." In England You Just Say "oh, Is That So?" Or "that's Rather An Unusual Story, Isn't It?

The British Are Brave People. They Can Face Anything, Except Reality.

They (americans) Have Their National Game, Baseball - Which Is Cricket Played With A Strong American Accent - And They Have A National Language, Entirely Their Own, Unlike Any Other Language Spoken On The Earth.