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It Is Great Fun Dying In The United States Of America. It Is Great Fun First Of All For The Undertakers Who Make A Wonderful Living Out Of It But Also For The Deceased Who Suddenly Becomes The Centre Of Attention And Fuss.

The World Still Consists Of Two Clearly Divided Groups: The English And The Foreigners. One Group Consists Of Less Than 50 Million People; The Other Of 3,950 Million. The Latter Group Does Not Really Count.

When A Wicked And Unworthy Subject Annoyed The Sultan Of Turkey Or The Czar Of Russia, He Had His Head Cut Of Without Much Ceremony; But When The Same Happened In England, The Monarch Declared : "we Are Not Amused".

It Is Often Said That The Japanese Are Extremely Clean At Home, Or Inside Any House Or Office, But Dirty And Untidy Outside. 'go And Look At A Railway Station,' I Was Told, 'and You'll Be Horrified.' I Went And Was Horrified; Horrified By The Cleanliness Of The Place.

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.