Now, now.....let's be inclusive....let's not gloat.....
Oh, hell, who am I kidding? LET'S!!
Hey, Frogmeisters -- eat this cheese!
LOL!!
Warmest congrats to all the cousins, Ivan, I hope you all have a wonderful time. Pssst!! You can still make the French pay for it!
In a world marvelling at the persistence of victory-challenged Gallic culture, it's nice to know that raffish Third World dictators can always count on being dragged out and having the hell beaten out of them by someone who speaks the Queen's English, don't you think?
It makes all the other cheesy little ragamuffin dictators so much more......pleasant.....to be around, so much so that one almost stops noticing them after a while.
I propose all the above as the topic du jour at a transpudlian bitter-tasting party at your favorite London pub in 2012. Let's invite the Canadians, too, how about?
Let's invite our Australian friends as well. However my favourite pub, the Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell, is probably too small for everyone. :)
Regards, Ivan