Huffy Flounce

Out for breakfast. My toast was missing from my order. I didn't complain because "I didn't want to make a fuss."

When I asked them to take it off my bill at the end, I actually apologised while asking.

That sounds very Canadian, in fact. Between the two of us, we're like the Axis Of Passive Aggressiveness.

We could conquer the world, very politely.

I was going to make the "That sounds very Canadian" comment, but I was afraid of offending Spacey.

That sounds very un-American.

Sorry to say, if that offended then I apologize.

I'm only American by birth.

Alabama American, motherfuckers!

Thankfully, this song no longer applies to me:



Even so, I like the song.

At first I that you were going to drop some Neil Young on me, but that's cool too.

I decided to keep my head. I did this by not forgetting what the Good Book says.

If you don't do this when making plans, the Devil may fool with these plans. It matters not how well-laid said plans are.

Well then... Bless my heart and bless yours too. I don't know where I'm gonna go. Don't know what I'm gonna do.

Dalty wrote:We could conquer the world, very politely.

Last time the British conquered the world, they weren't very polite about it.

We were very bloody civilised though. Every afternoon at 2:30 sharp we stopped the genocide for afternoon tea.

I could go on at length about the evils of the British Empire, but that would be slightly hypocritical, given that Canada is a direct product of said Empire.

Of course, I might feel differently if I were writing from a Native Reserve...

Dalty wrote:We were very bloody civilised though. Every afternoon at 2:30 sharp we stopped the genocide for afternoon tea.

I think we have a picture of what that looked like:

They weren't reserved, that's why they had to be oppressed. As opposed to repressed, then things would have been fine.

On Sunday I reached "Peak British"

I was in a village that looked like it came from a TV show. I had afternoon tea. Then I apologised to somebody after they bumped into me!

I shall commence wearing a bowler hat to work immediately!!

I thought "Peak British" occurs when you're running away from a stampede of offended young women, angry housewives and irate old people while "Yakety Sax" is playing in the background?

Jealous husbands! Outraged chefs! Humiliated tailors! The list is endless!

Dalty wrote:Jealous husbands! Outraged chefs! Humiliated tailors! The list is endless!

How is Benny Hill perceived by Britishers nowadays?

We laugh at the Germans for laughing at him. For once the irony escapes us!

When I was younger, I found him pretty unfunny, but I also figured I only found him pretty unfunny because I was younger. When I got older, I still found him pretty unfunny.

Now that I'm even older, will I find him funny? I'm not sure. I doubt I have the patience to try to revisit any his sketches, to be honest. I don't know if I can sit through the constant mugging. (Look how cheeky he's being! Go on, look! I SAID LOOK, GODDAMN IT!)

I have this memory of him being like a British Tim Conway. Oddly enough, I found Tim Conway pretty funny when I was younger.