No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
Ben EltonThe earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
Ben EltonYes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
Ben EltonThe Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.
Ben Elton