Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time

by Rob Temple

Book Overview

There's an epidemic sweeping the nation

Symptoms include:
*Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss'
*Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake
*An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology

Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing etiquette and dramatic sighing in the presence of loud teenagers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075155703X
• ISBN13: 9780751557039
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Sphere
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Good news: You may not be socially awkward. You may just be British.

To be sure, there are a fair number of jokes whose laugh will be delayed the length of time it takes to look up the reference (or longer--a few general cultural milieu matters defy a simple internet search). Generally, socially anxious folks everywhere can rejoice--and possibly laugh so abuptly that they need to apologize to their pets--that there is an entire island full of people who, with the addition of a few superfluous U's, share their pain.