If there is one thing that first-time visitors to England find mystifying, it is the sense of humor, which can be surreal or satirical, bawdy or genteel. The various idiosyncrasies of the English character—the social awkwardness, the constant need to apologize, the weather obsession, the stiff upper lip, and the love of queuing, to name but a few—are celebrated in this collection of stories, anecdotes, quips, and quotes by Winston Churchill, Stephen Hawking, Quentin Crisp, Frank Skinner, Thora Hird, and many more.