Mr Dog, count me in any one of the sectors in the bottom half of the pie chart (frame 3). Or all of them, often at the same time.
@ Holden, re Terry’s Chocolate Oranges and “it pains me to say they were British”
Why so? Does it matter so much whence they came? If it eases the pain, think of these delectable things as being (almost**) the last thing us poms can point to with pride. Think I.K. Brunel, Stephenson’s Rocket, Watts beam engine, Trafalgar – it comes from a long (but regrettably historical) line of world-changing inventions.
** the only completely fabulous world-changing British thing that followed it was the Dyson. IMNSHO.
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July 6, 2012 at 7:48 pmMr Dog, count me in any one of the sectors in the bottom half of the pie chart (frame 3). Or all of them, often at the same time.
@ Holden, re Terry’s Chocolate Oranges and “it pains me to say they were British”
Why so? Does it matter so much whence they came? If it eases the pain, think of these delectable things as being (almost**) the last thing us poms can point to with pride. Think I.K. Brunel, Stephenson’s Rocket, Watts beam engine, Trafalgar – it comes from a long (but regrettably historical) line of world-changing inventions.
** the only completely fabulous world-changing British thing that followed it was the Dyson. IMNSHO.