Dragon's thoughtful place.
They say that being hanged in the morning concentrates the mind wonderfully. I imagine that what it mainly concentrates it on though is the fact that you are being hanged in the morning. A 7:30am phonecall from your mother saying that she is arriving tomorrow, a week ahead of when you thought she was visiting, also concentates the mind wonderfully. In this case though it concentrates it on cleaning.
(Heard on the radio) Being British is many things. It is going out for an Italian Pizza, then on to an Irish pub to drink Belgian beer. It is buying a Turkish kebab or an Indian curry and going home to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American TV. It is also paradoxically a distrust of anything foreign.
Only in Britain will a pizza arrive quicker than an ambulance.
(Heard on the radio) Being British is many things. It is going out for an Italian Pizza, then on to an Irish pub to drink Belgian beer. It is buying a Turkish kebab or an Indian curry and going home to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American TV. It is also paradoxically a distrust of anything foreign.
Only in Britain will a pizza arrive quicker than an ambulance.