my country has been drinking tea longer than your country!

[moderntime]

From a month-old post on the comm brits_americans:

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Regarding tea, while that may be a part of British culture it isn't exclusive and you didn't think of it first.

Tsk. We were drinking tea before your country existed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_tea_culture

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tea-in-britain.htm

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Speaking as someone who has lived far too long in China, this made me really laugh.