Uncle Ebenezer

It would be the "mildly" which would piss me off and make me realise it had all been a waste of time.

SultanOfSwing

I set the bar low ...

HarryTheSpider

The little bastard should swing for that...

Uncle Ebenezer

Nuts removed, at the very least.

lansbury

Not really it's still round and most of the bits are in the same place

HarryTheSpider

I'm pretty sure it is an oblique spheroid, on account of its spin.

Sally Redux

It's got hotter and more heavily populated.

robin1234

Also, Leonard Cohen was way younger back then...

lansbury

That's as a result of all those people being paid to have sex

cluedweasel

I'm sure this guy feels all warm and fuzzy about the "special relationship";
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-17355203

kimilseung

They hung the flag upside down.
I am not really bothered by it, (an easy mistake that many Brits would make), but I like being all accusing about it with people today and what an insult America has given the UK

Lothianlad

I met up with a close friend of mine today who has just returned from a four weeks' stay in the USA during which he visited New York City, Boston and San Francisco. He said he enjoyed it more than he expected to but at the same time the cultural differences between the USA and the UK really are very apparent and that the only thing we seem to have in common is the language and even that has its many differences, too.

As for this "Special Relationship" thingy.....it seems to be more like a figment of the imagination of certain politicians, mostly on this side of the ocean as many Britons think that no such bond exists in the minds of the American Establishment, except when they want the UK to grant them certain favours, such as partaking in illegal wars.

The Americans do not view Britain in any kind of "special" light at all - we mean nothing more to them than any other country - quite possibly they regard Germany, for example, as being of more significance and importance than the UK on the global scale.

kimilseung

Out of interest, which politicians? It seems to be more a media thing, but why I am not sure. I can only imagine the politicians that you are thinking are anti-EU, I can not think of another reason to big up the "special relationship" if it is not to give the impression of influence on the world stage, without being involved with Europe.

cindyabs

The Americans?

Lothian dear, when YOU come over and spend some time in the USA yourself, THEN I will be happy to take your observations, currently based on second hand reports, a bit more seriously.

HarryTheSpider

Yup, granted.

AND at this level of doing things, there is NO excuse for getting it wrong. An explanation, yes. Excuse... No.