A friend of mine does a lot of business around the world
and an Italian client said "I don't get it with the UK. You fight against things, and then follow them to the letter. In Italy, we agree to things and then just ignore them!"
Rightly or wrongly, followed with or without common sense, we're sticklers for a rulebook in this country. We codified most sports, for example.
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gingerfreak Why? Why not., Mon 16 May 2016, 21:49,
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