Trouble in Tea Paradise

Trouble in Tea Paradise

How divisive can tea be? Surely not at all— tea brings strangers together, it smoothes out tensions. Tea is our best shot at world peace! No no no, tea is treacherous. Get talking about tea and you will very quickly find yourself in hot water. When should you add the...
Personality Proverbs

Personality Proverbs

Every nationality has its stereotypes, which come through comically in proverbs. But you don’t choose your nationality, so it’s unlikely you’ll feel that its proverbs define you. Having said that, national stereotypes tamper with ‘truth’. They are little...
Happy Proverbing

Happy Proverbing

Over the years I’ve collected foreign proverbs, I just do weird things like that and I’m not going to elaborate. The other day I remembered that I do this, so I started ambling through them. I got hooked. It got to that stage where you really have to pee but have...