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- Jack is a 45 year old guy from England, UK.
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A wandering wordsmith, professional tea drinker and consumer of web-trivia ... "Hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied".
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Today also commemorates the birthday of Sir Thomas Lipton mitchelllibrary.org/lipton/ [mitchelllibrary.org/lipton/] ) who developed the first commercially viable teabags. An anonymous book of English Victorian manners, 'Don't: A manual of Mistakes and Improprieties' (1880), offers advice for tea service. "Don't press food upon a guest (though whether this means to offer plate after plate of food or to simply squash cream cake into the unfortunate's face, remains unclear). This was once thought necessary, and it was also considered polite for a guest to continue accepting, or to signify by a particular sign that he had enough...The Prince of Broglie, who travelled in our country (Scotland) in 1782, relates...that he was invited to dine with the lady of Robert Morris, and that he was repeatedly asked to have his cup refilled, that he consented. When he had swallowed the twelfth cup of tea, his neighbour whispered in his ear and told him when he had had enough of the water diet he should place his spoon across his cup, else the hostess would go on urging him to drink till the crack of dawn."
This, to many people, is still a defining charecteristic of being English, and a quirky example of this tradition may be found here video.stumbleupon.com [video.stumbleupon.com]
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