The British Suffer From A Most Unfortunate

A Foreign Observer Is Struck By Our Gentleness: By The Orderly Behaviour Of The English Crowds, The Lack Of Pushing And Quarrelling, The Willingness To Form Queues.

Remember That Those Five Hundred Words An Average Englishman Uses Are Far From Being The Whole Vocabulary Of The Language. You May Learn Another Five Hundred And Another Five Thousand And Yet Another Fifty Thousand And Still You May Come Across A Further Fifty Thousand You Have Never Heard Of Before, And Nobody Else Either.

A Couple From Sydney Or Melbourne Might Leave On The Same Day For Their Holiday: The Wife Might Go Sun-bathing At Surfers Paradise, In Queensland, The Husband Ski-ing In The Snowy Mountains. A Lucky Country.

What Beefsteak Is To Argentina, Flamenco To Spain, Cool Reserve And Self-control In All Situations To An Englishman, What Vodka Is To A Russian And Beer To A Bavarian, What Money Is To A Swiss, That Is Outdoor-life To An Australian. It Is A Noble Mania, Better Than Vodka, Better Than Cool Reserve, Better Than Money.

The Country Has Always Been Governed By A Coalition But Today It Is Governed By A So-called Grand Coalition Which Is A More Polite Word For All And Sundry.