The origins of the loathsome Dursleys come directly from snobbish Dahlesque caricatures of people of limited culture and intelligence.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.

We looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to play whiff whaff.

[…] he parried my thrusts with great calmness, until I had almost exhausted my spirits; and when he perceived me beginning to flag, attacked me fiercely in his turn.—Finding himself however better opposed than he expected, he resolved to follow his longe, and close with me; accordingly, his sword entered my waistcoat […]