Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

It is great fun dying in the United States of America. It is great fun first of all for the undertakers who make a wonderful living out of it but also for the deceased who suddenly becomes the centre of attention and fuss.

Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives.

Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis furiosus - is carried by a germ called prosperity.

In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.

I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before.