The pitfalls of marrying an American woman (What Brits really think..)

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2. The character of Basil played by John Cleese in Fawlty Towers

Is based off a rude English innkeeper at whose inn the Pythons stayed once. One of the things he did was constantly insult Terry Gilliam (the only American) for his switching his fork from hand to hand while eating his meat.

I've never learned to do this actually. I'm right-handed and cut up vegetables, meat, etc. when I'm cooking with my right hand, but when eating, I cut with my left because I'm more comfortable scooping food with my right.

And there's plenty of belief in woo in England. Dowsers, palm readers, etc. abound.

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