"In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders ce…"

"Disneyworld ... is a historical reconstruction as sanitised as the Kremlin's, and a future vision as uncognisant of c…"

"Does not even the most sexually democratic of us, among which number I unquestionably count myself, not choke back th…"

"A long, soft sigh, one of those very Italian sighs that express so much, that say "Ah, signor, if only this world wer…"

"Since Switzerland has nothing else to identify it…and since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the…"

"Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a Wirtschaftswunder, which can be briefly translated as "The be…"

"Ethnically, the Germans are Teutonic...being made up of Vandals, Gepidae, and Goths, all of whom emigrated - south fr…"

"Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea."

"Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers."

"I rang room service, and asked for a bottle of Perrier, because while I was asleep someone had come in and carpeted m…"