As someone else pointed out, this piece was more appropriate for the 2000 election which is when I first read it, but I'm very glad to see it's still making the rounds. Who did write it, really? As a Brit who has lived in the U.S. for 30 years, I find it funny in many different ways and it does poke fun at both cultures. I still put the full stop (period) in the wrong place when I use brackets (parenthesis) or inverted commas (quotation marks).

Like Randi, I most admire Terry Jones and Michael Palin from the Monty Python group. Did you ever see Terry Jones' series that was based on 1950's boys adventure stories? I loved the Goons also and can hear Spike Milligan's voice in my head every time I think of the Goons and Eccles.