Lethargic Man (anag.)

Barely was the ink dry on my last item of self-designed clothing, when inspiration came for a new one:

The text reads, in German, "Never get between an Englishman and his tea"; the back reads, also in German, "Well, someone has to lend credence to the stereotype".

A dozen years ago, I was returning home from shul on a Friday night in Berlin whilst wearing this outfit plus straw panama, and I overheard a drunk German point out rather too loudly to his companion, „Engländer!“ I thought to myself, if it's that obvious, I'm going to continue dialling it up to eleven.

In furtherance of the same aim, I depicted my tea-drinking self on the tea-shirt wearing a tail-coat, top hat and white bowtie, with a wood-panelled drawing-room in the background. Unfortunately, it's not very easy to see this detail on the photo, unless you click through for a higher-definition image. Indeed, the photo is a bit dark, which was the result of my trying to make the background not steal the limelight, whilst marrying light levels in the foreground and background, which were obviously not shot at the same time. (The latter is in my grandfather's house, which he moved out of in 1981. He had wood panelling installed, including a panel which swung open to reveal a cocktail bar; how cool is that?)