Posted AT 4:35 AM EDT on 06/05/08
Nuked? Put the kettle on
LONDON — Even in the nation's darkest hours, nothing has traditionally given so much comfort and succour to the British soul as a nice cup of tea.So much is the beverage bound up with the national character that recently declassified documents showed yesterday that British contingency planners worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
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