Reply to Snuffy:
I'm an Aussie so I can be objective about the whole thing.

Besides which, as a Bill Cosby afficionado I LOVE his take on the Revolutionary War in his sketch "A Toss of the Coin"

He starts off explaining how each football match starts with a toss of the coin between the two opposing captains.
He follows up with an imaginary coin toss between two captains and then postulates: "What would happen if they tossed a coin at the start of every war? Lets go to the Revolutionary War........"

"Captain XXXXXXXX of the Settlers this is Captain YYYYYYYY of the British. Captain YYYYYYYY of the British, this is Captain XXXXXXXX of the Settlers. Call the toss Brits. British call 'heads': It's 'tails' you lose the toss, Settlers win; what're we gonna do Settlers?
OK Captain XXXXXXXX of the Settlers says that during the war, they can wear any colour clothes that they want to, shoot from behind the rocks and trees and everywhere: Says that you and you're boys Must wear red and march in a straight line!"

His rendition of the coin toss prior to "the Battle of Little Big Horn" between Captain Custer and Captain Sitting Bull is an absolute riot.

Wonder if we could make a good cheerful song outta Cosby's sketches?

Mutt