> I was asked if I had a family and when I replied that I didn't, I was asked why. In Blighty, that would surely have garnered a response along the lines of 't

> I was asked if I had a family and when I replied that I didn't, I was asked why. In Blighty, that would surely have garnered a response along the lines of 'they were all lost in an industrial accident involving a steamroller and a packet of Lurpak'.