For hundreds of years, Britain (a country of now only 70 million people, smaller than New Zealand) has been world economic power, an empire building nation, involved in the winning side of wars and world wars, been at the front line of progress in politics, democracy, exploration, classical, electrical and electronic engineering and has produced one of the top five most used languages in the world by native speakers, or top two by total speakers.<p>What's one of the main things you associate with British character aside from queueing? A good dollop of grumpy negativity.<p>"For the English, Weiner claims, happiness is an American import based on silly, infantile drivel. What the British like to be is grumpy, and they derive a perverse pleasure from their grumpiness. British life is not about happiness; it’s about getting by, he says." - <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3516969.ece" rel="nofollow">http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertai...</a><p>Stay grumpy! ;)