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Stiff Upper Lip and All That Rot
I have, after much study and contemplation, discovered the reason for the (in)famous British “reserve”, as we politely call social maladjustment here in Blighty:
No one likes the British, especially the British.
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without outraging another Englishman, and no one else can understand why they are so bovvered…
These are the ramblings of 