One of my favourite books, sure the water divining bit is a bit wierd, rest of the book is great, i liked the characters, its of its age since nuclear war was an immense threat when it was published. At the time it was a fantastic first contact novel and many things it mentions turn up in other books later. The bit about our future selves being incomprehensible was the point.
Ahh wondered why euronews had become so shit
UK, we are the butt of many a joke and several post here talking about our traditional fast food. I will submit that a well cooked roast dinner is the equal of any other national dish, for me its either pork shoulder, skow cooked, or chicken, with parsnips, leeks in cheese, carrots, peas and maybe bread sauce, along with those roast potatoes, crunchy in the outside, soft and milky on the inside, just the right amount of salty crunch with the star of the show, a rich gravy. Even without the meat this would still be an incredible tasty plate of food.
Or, just a simple sandwich, good quality thick bacon on fresh white sliced bread, a little ketchup, buttered, its really hard to beat as a treat. British bacon is unlike bacon elsewhere
Consider brexit, an idea so dumb in every way every way, and yet it happened. Many journalists pointed out how russian influence and social media formed peoples votes, how it brought out the worst side in many of my countrymen, how many regretted it almost immediately. Turns out its really easy to get stupid people to hate things.