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Can't help feeling that that would be a VERY little book ...... unlike the Bumper book of British social awkwardness and sartorial inadequacy.....
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Ah, but it takes real cool to make an art form of social awkwardness.
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but it was just that "cool" brittannia thing was so embarrassing
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I don't disagree, but that's mainly attributable to its adoption for political purposes in my opinion (Oasis at No 10 and all that). For my money, though, the UK tops the world in music and comedy. Of course, I may be biased.
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that the entire railway system is brought to a halt by those leaves falling so unexpectedly from the trees each autumn.....
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Yes, as a daily commuter to London, I must say that I
really love that.