Il faut cultiver notre jardin

It seems the Heathen Chinee have ascended so far into Britishness as to raise a generation of young adults without troubling to provide them with a viable future; and it remains as yet unclear whether even a world war over plucky little Formosa would be a fiscally responsible way of using them up. Hence a new craze for raising bricks, or more accurately raising the mosses that accumulate on them, whose undemanding tenacity provides a sense of stability without imposing strenuous obligations. In keeping with their clashing civilisational values, the Heathen Chinee media have dispensed advice about how to avoid the health hazards associated with the spores, while Britain's leading liberal newspaper has decided to have a bit of a snigger.