On a train from London to Cambridge, an American was berating the
Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment.
“ The trouble with you English is that you are too stuffy.
You set yourselves apart too much.
You think your stiff upper lip makes you above the rest of us .
Look at me ... I'm me !
I have Italian blood, Greek blood, a little Irish blood and some Spanish
blood. What do you say to that?”
The Englishman lowered his newspaper and replied, "How frightfully sporting of your mother!”
Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment.
“ The trouble with you English is that you are too stuffy.
You set yourselves apart too much.
You think your stiff upper lip makes you above the rest of us .
Look at me ... I'm me !
I have Italian blood, Greek blood, a little Irish blood and some Spanish
blood. What do you say to that?”
The Englishman lowered his newspaper and replied, "How frightfully sporting of your mother!”