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"On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase Lovely day, isn't it? at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull."

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About George Mikes

George Mikes was a Hungarian-born British journalist and humorist best known for How to Be an Alien. He wrote satirical commentary on national cultures and British life.

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