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From Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, by Kate Fox

The 'exception' to the no-sitting-in-front-gardens rule is clearly an
act of deliberate disobedience: the seat is always a sofa, never a
wooden bench or plastic chair or any other piece of furniture that
might possible be regarded as suitable for outdoor use.  This flaccid,
often damp and eventually rotting sofa is a statement, and one that
tends to be found in conjunction with other statements such as
drinking herbal tea, eating organic vegan food, smoking ganja, wearing
the latest eco-warrior fashions, decoration the windows with 'So No to
GMO' posters ... the themes and fashions vary, but you know what I
mean: the usual counter-culture cluster.
		-- p. 127

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