"... You would really be surprised what our needs are.” Mr. MacDonald then enacted the role of toastmaster and announced England’s coast line as follows: "We are an island and naturally an island accumulates coast line very rapidly. ..." [pt.7]

"... Our ships are on every sea, in fact it takes all the seas to hold ’em. India, arise and tell the gentlemen about your coast line.” Mr. Chatterjee: “Oh, you should see our coast line. It’s practically continuous.” “Irish Free State, do you by any possible chance join the ocean?” ... [pt.8]