Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

- Miles Kington

Random Fact

The Franglais columns, except for the cartoons, are probably Punch’s most enduring legacy. Miles described the four volumes published as the most popular bilingual lavatory books of the 80s’ maybe even to this day.

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