Not getting overexcited about things when they are not a dead cert
is the Englishman's way of dealing with the suspense.

Also, London is fucking excellent, so he may well prefer it to smelly foreign-land. As a MASSIVE RACIST you surely understand this.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 8:34, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Because London is neither smelly...
nor full of foreigners. Bollocks. I was there last night and there were scarcely more English speakers than in Saigon
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 8:46, Reply)

It drives me mad
but he says he doesn't have to get excited about anything, as I do it for the two of us. I just wonder how he can go on as if nothing happened instead of spending the day wondering why they haven't called him yet!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 8:50, Reply)

It's a defence against disappointment
which is most Englishmen's default state until the age of about twenty, at least until they get laid.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 8:52, Reply)

I suppose so
But I bet he'll still be dissapointed if he doesn't get the job, even if he doesn't show it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 9:00, Reply)

london is bollocks

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 10:19, Reply)

London is ace for about a day
then it gets right on my tits.

Although I had a lovely weekend there.

Hix is horribly over-rated though.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Wed 24 Nov 2010, 11:47, Reply)