Money grabbing right wing fools on the West Coast of America have chosen as their leader a barely literate sexual molester with his 'brains' in his biceps. Similar to the Idiot-in-Chief but with muscles.

'I'll be back,' you managed to say.

Well we sincerely hope you won't.

Should be kept on hand in the glove box for emergency game pie consumption.

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Also provides groceries for Her Majesty.

High tea at Fortnum's is an essential rite of passage.

For years starving ex-pats and reluctant ŽmigrŽs have relied on Fortnum's to send life saving supplies.

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Never in the field of human conflict
Has so much been owed
By so many
To so few.

Our 'friends' around the world, particularly in those countries that forgot to rush in at the kick-off (you know who you are), would do well to remember this from time to time.

[Don't see: Special Relationship. Because there isn't one]

Luddism flourished in Blighty from 1811-16.

Though similar in result to certain occasions when the Chaps may have smashed machinery in their own brief working tenures this is not thought to be Luddism per se.

More a case of lunching rather too well.

They were one of the first companies to use the Fox frame, that is the wire frame that all umbrellas use, and they offer over seventy different types of wood. All this in a shop that has remained almost unchanged for 140 years.

Jealous of the bamboo handle on your lady friend's Gucci bag? Get a Whangee handled city umbrella and leave her in the shade, or indeed rain. Worried about having to fend off unwanted approaches? Get a solid English Apple wood umbrella that isn't only good for beating your way through bracken. Fancy the odd tipple and don't want to carry a flask? Keep it in your cane.

Whatever you do don't leave home without one, as it will rain, but the sun will come out tomorrow.

Kingsley Amis - 'Put the gin and Guinness into a pint sliver tankard and fill to the brim with ginger beer. I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the attribution, which I heard in talk, but the mixture will certainly revive you, or something. I should think two doses is the limit.'

O to move in such exalted circles.

A private members club famous for soggy carpets, something called the 'Brit Pack' and freshly wiped toilet lids.

Of its three locations only one is actually in Soho, but that's probably not unrelated to what precedes the frantic and frequent wiping of the toilet lids.

The Gentlemen have not been asked to become members though they confidently expect to be thrown out one day.

See also:

Question; What's the difference between a piece of bread and Italians?

Answer; You can make soldiers out of a piece of bread.

(International Translation Note: 'Soldiers' when made from bread are thin strips of buttered bread used for dipping into a boiled egg. Thus one's Mum would say 'Do you want a chucky egg and soldiers for your lunch?')

The people who drive them often have dark hair. Some wear sunglasses when the sun isn't out.

Since they are not Astons, Jaguars or Lotuses we need know no more about them.

Not only that but it's never a bad thing in such circ.'s to be protected from scratchy thorns. Or indeed ladies' nails. Hence the thornproof, where the wool used to make the jacket is of such a tight and heavy construction that the jacket could conceivably be stood in a corner unaided.

That it bears a windowpane check is evidence of its being intended for the countryside where the rules on colour are more relaxed.

And if it wasn't fetching then a chap would hardly wear it would he?

First formed by order of George II in 1746 to help keep the rebellious Scots in order. They have been making the world's finest maps ever since.

They are particularly important during the various Unpleasantnesses that afflict our nation. During the Normandy landings for instance they provided around 120 million maps.

Not only that but they help enormously when a chap gets lost in the grounds of whatever country house he may or may not be visiting.

First settled in the 12th Century it enjoys rolling grounds, classic architecture, luxurious period details and cutting edge technology to ensure guests have everything they could dream of.

Babbington House even offers professional hairdryers in guest's rooms.

Oh and a shed load of gakked-up Soho dickheads.

But then you can't have everything can you?