I was on a quote website... yes, quotes about tea, and I came across this. It's a response about the bombings on the tube, and about how shopkeepers and businesses in London took cups of tea and blankets to those shocked and stranded:
"When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt? Tea dammit! And if it's really serious, they may bring out the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another England penalty shoot-out. ~Jslayeruk, as posted on Metaquotes Livejournal, in response to the July 2005 London subway bombings"
It just made me smile... that our strength, as a nation, resides in tea. I love the stuff. If I'm stressed, if I need to relax, if I need to write an essay and I just can't concentrate, it's what I drink. It's great for summer and winter, and drinking in the bath. So I leave you with the wise words of Billy Connolly:
Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on.
