"I think we have reached the bottom of the barrel" - I wouldn't bet on it.

"Brits"? There are people from England and Scotland and Wales and all parts of Ireland, true enough. But "Brits" -I reckon that word is just insulting rhyming slang...

As for the question in the thread title - I think there are a few semi-rational computers posting to the Mudcat along with the humans. You can spot them because they don't have names, just come in as GUEST...