http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Babe_ORiley/date/2008/5/10/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/Babe_ORiley/date/2008/5/10/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/659EB91A-CA08-4B91-ABF1-2C0B0A46ADA0/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Babe_ORiley/">Babe_ORiley</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> there's more to the English than the stiff upperlip <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0941780120080509" title="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0941780120080509">www.reuters.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists.<SPAN id="midArticle_byline"></SPAN></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>But in the new Rough Guide to England, the English are also hailed as a nation of animal-loving, tea-drinking charity donors who love nothing better than forming an orderly queue.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Gone, it seems, is the image of a genteel country awash with Englishmen politely tipping their bowler hats, groping through the London fog and being kinder to pets than kids.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The writers confess to bafflement over the quirky English, concluding that of the 200 countries the guide reviews there is none "so fascinating, beautiful and culturally diverse yet as insular, self-important and irritating as England."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>But there are constant contradictions. In a country priding itself on patriotism, they have a Scottish Prime Minister, an Italian football coach and a Greek married to the Queen.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/guide/" rel="tag">guide</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/english/" rel="tag">english</a></div>http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0941780120080509Sat, 10 May 2008 07:37:36 GMT