Wonderfully British

In a train from London to Manchester, an American was berating

the Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment. "The

trouble with you English is that you are too stuffy.  You set

yourselves apart too much.  You think your stiff upper lip makes

you above the rest of us.  Look at me... I'm me!  I have a

little Italian in me, a bit of Greek blood, a little Irish and

some Spanish blood.   What do you say to that?"

The Englishman lowered his newspaper, looked over his glasses

And replied, "How very sporting of your mother".