Painfully British Haikus

Sometimes I think Is it me that's the problem? No, it's the others Bunting indicates Something fun is taking place But nothing too fun Parallel parking I've never felt more alive As it's done in one Why is my baguette Sitting on a piece of slate? Was it on the roof? I have been here yonks Yet not been offered any tea Tutting soon erupts Britons are best-known for drinking tea, parking triumphs, chips, gardening, their love of dogs, violently repressed emotion . . . Painfully British Haikus gets right to the heart of the complex, confusing and confounding character of the British people.