Number 43 – They invented slums

Let me just point out that ever since people have lived together in towns and cities slums have existed. The only claim that the English have over the rest of the world is that we invented the word slum in the nineteenth century, as for the “rivers of sewage” that coursed “down the middle of narrow alleyways”, yeah right, which country invented sewers? That's right the English, therefore we cleaned our streets of disease and filth long before anyone else.


Sorry but this whole section looks like Mr Grasse has seen Oliver too many times, let me just inform you Mr Grasse, in words of one syllable, so you might understand – it's not real, it's made up, it's a bit of fun.