A friend sent this to me...
A fine example of the British "stiff upper lip" in times of adversity. These
are some reactions to the London bombings.
When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing
out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain
for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has
just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea.
Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a
grinding halt? TEA DAMMIT! And if it's really serious, they may bring out
the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the
coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another
England penalty shoot-out.
To quote an old Londoner who lived through the blitz and got caught up in
the Canary Wharf explosion: "I've been blown up by a better class of bastard
than this!"
We took on the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes, the French, William Wallace,
the Black Plague, the Roundheads, the Great Fire, Napoleon, the Nazis, and
the Blitz, and we're still here. You terrorists are bloody amateurs.
I will admit, the first thought that flashed through my head were images of
angry French nationalists in very silly berets and overlong cigarette
holders, muttering angrily about losing the Olympics, sneaking through the
tube planting bombs...
Regards
Michael G
A fine example of the British "stiff upper lip" in times of adversity. These
are some reactions to the London bombings.
When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing
out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain
for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has
just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea.
Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a
grinding halt? TEA DAMMIT! And if it's really serious, they may bring out
the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the
coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another
England penalty shoot-out.
To quote an old Londoner who lived through the blitz and got caught up in
the Canary Wharf explosion: "I've been blown up by a better class of bastard
than this!"
We took on the Romans, the Saxons, the Danes, the French, William Wallace,
the Black Plague, the Roundheads, the Great Fire, Napoleon, the Nazis, and
the Blitz, and we're still here. You terrorists are bloody amateurs.
I will admit, the first thought that flashed through my head were images of
angry French nationalists in very silly berets and overlong cigarette
holders, muttering angrily about losing the Olympics, sneaking through the
tube planting bombs...
Regards
Michael G