An American sitting in a hotel lobby in London turned to an Englishman sat beside him and started to castigate him about his nationality. "You know, you English people are so stuffy, why do you think you're so special? You play this stiff upper lip business and think your superior to everyone else"

He continued, "Just take a look at me and my fellow countrymen, we don't have your kind of hang-ups. I'm proud of the fact that I have French blood, Italian blood, Red Indian blood and some Irish blood too. So what do you say to that."

The Englishman gave it some thought and then answered, "Well sir, I think that was jolly sporting of your mother"