[IWE] This looks like Peter's work....

Peter Whysall iwe@warhead.org.uk
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:20:45 +0100 (BST)


> Jim Nuytens [n3jja@verizon.net] scribbled (or, more probably,
> cut-and-pasted):
>>   To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign
>> Majesty Queen Elizabeth  II
>>
>> 10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as
>> good guys.   Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to
>> play English characters.  Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English
>> dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having
>> one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
>
> Well, to be fair, IIRC her character was actually supposed to be a Yank
> (or is that Yankess? Yankette?), so I don't think she ever actually did
> attempt to speak Real English. Or if she did, then only in a way that was
> internally consistent with the story: This visiting Yank(-ess/-ette/WTFE)
> would be fully expected to make a hash of it.
>
> Otherwise, Her Majesty is of course perfectly correct and reasonable on
> every count, and an incredibly generous offer it is that she's making.
>
>
>   God save the Queen!
>
>     The humble knight, Sir Cyclic
>

I don't really know how to sweeten the offer any more, but what about
"telly with no adverts"?

(Oh, and from next year, F1 in HD, with No Adverts).