You must make it quite clear to him how desperate the British are (at the upper class level and those who aspire to it, that is) to avoid committing any social faux pas, how anxious they are to do exactly what they think others expect of them and keep up appearances and not draw the disapproval of their peers...or, God knows, of their social superiors!!! And how they will go to utterly insane lengths because of it and totally mess up their lives. And how no one else really gives a damn, so it's all bloody well useless in the end. This is the engine driving much British comedy, and is to be found throughout Fawlty Towers.

Make clear to him also the importance of restraining one's emotions under extremely trying circumstances...an art the British upper classes have spent centuries attempting to master.