A complete guide to the British Way of Life. If you're British,you'll love it. If you're not,you'll recognise it.__Born in Hungary,George Mikes spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits.
- Queuing: "An Englishman,even if he is alone,forms an orderly queue of one."
- How to plan a town: "Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully."
- Sex: "Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles."
With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling","In Praise of Television","On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly",they'll get to know Britain like never before with this fun and informative gift!__WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:'Got me in tears of laughter''Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life''So many people have tried to describe the English mentality...This book is as near as you can get!''Laugh-out-loud hilarious,witty and insightful
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241975008Number of pages: 272Weight: 191 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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In all the miseries which plague mankind,there is hardly anything better than such radiant humour as is given to you. Everyone must laugh with you - even those who are hit with your little arrows.An instant classicVery funnyBill Bryson is George Mikes'love-childThis is the vital textbook for Brits,would-be Brits,and anyone who wonders what being a Brit really means. Pass me my hot water bottle,pleaseWise and wittyBrilliantly comicalMikes is a master of the laconic yet slippery put-down: "The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink"I love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather,not that we need themFull of the very best advice that any would-be Brit should need (and for those of us who have forgotten exactly how it is to be ourselves) it's a jolly good readHow to be an Alien inspired me...Some of his observations remain remarkably fresh and relevant 70 years later,but it's his tone that impressed meBrilliantly comicalI used to think that Mikes's world has gone,but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum.
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