Well, I've had a rummage and I can't, rather to my surprise, find a thread on this already.

Perhaps the vodka is stopping me seeing it.

But how can anyone take seriously a so-called civilisation that threatens to imprison anyone who jokes of their knapsack, "I've got three bombs in there"? Have they never heard of gallows humour? Or stiff upper lips?

And a so-called civilisation that has an "immigration department" that might exclude from the country someone seeking to enter to answer bail?

God save us.

And, of course, also save us from from people from middle european countries (with mid-atlantic accents) who are "british". But at least she nearly has an English sense of humour.

I regularly say to security officers at the Royal Courts of Justice "Do you want to inspect my bomb", and those courts have been a pillar of the establishment since before a misguided southern european found some large islands a bit west of Cuba. (I exaggerate, but not a lot).

I have done so at the Houses of Parliament.

Both say "thank you sir", and inspect. I suppose an insubordinate American would say "What's your first name? Well Brian (not my name)...".

Damned presumption.

Damned idiocy.