Bwahahah - must read

[Indenturedebtor]

John Cleese's letter to America

http://starrgazr.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/john-cleeses-letter-to-america/

Dear Citizens of America,


In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next.


Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.


To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
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Fargin hillarious! :rofl:

[nedlogg]

1. Hope we don't have to drive on the wrong side of the road too.

That would suck

[lonestarnot]

2. And wax tp too?

[Rex]

3. Well that should give a boost to our economy, with the pound being worth more.

Do we all get tea and crumpet breaks? I'm also a big fan of scones.

[ProgressiveFool]

4. Well, I, for one, welcome our new English overlords ...

This one's been around for a while; I think it first came out after 2000, and I do believe it has been debunked on Snopes as not having been written by Cleese. Still funny as hell, though.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. ONLY KANSAS? hey, no fair.

What about Georgia and Arkansas?

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Hoax. Snopes link:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp

[Indenturedebtor]

7. Hehe Hoax or not it's damn funny IMO

I personally could go for getting rid of the "near frozen gnat piss" and replacing it with Guinness :P

[troubleinwinter]

9. Did you not read that it is by John Cleese?

[troubleinwinter]

8. #15 has my husband and friends practicing their genuflecting.