Editor:
I got a chuckle from the “Famous Last Words” segment in the “They’ll Do It Every Time” cartoon in the Nov. 26 issue.
In Australia, as the evening starts to wear on, the hostess will ask,
“Would you like another cuppa?” (There has not been another cuppa since the meal was finished.)
“Yes, thank you, that sounds good.”
But it is culturally understood that when that cuppa is finished, so is the conversation… go…