"I am happy now that George calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I now endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs and think of England."
— Lady Alice Hillingdon, 1912
"I sat on the bed, and she sat on another bed 30 feet away. Then, dear Ripely, my one true love, lay back and thought of England. And across the room, I lay back and thought of Wales and Scotland. And thereby, union
was achieved."
was achieved."June and Mama-Lou impatiently helped him off with his trousers. Richard thought of England, then remembered he wasn't actually English.
Shaw: Don't think of this as cheating on your wife. Think of it as... fucking for your flag.
Amos: (with mock gravitas) When in doubt — close your eyes, think of England.
— The Assignment (1997).
"Women have always been expected to lie back and think of England."
"I'm not sure thinking of England has the same effect on a man."
"I don't care what he thinks about, as long as he lies back! I'll do the rest."
— Blott On the Landscape, by Tom Sharpe
