Know what you mean Mike. And look at the way these buggers have desecrated Sherlock holmes.

They could turn the bleeding Tower of London into a mosque and I wouldn't give a toss, but Treasure Island. I think Stevenson might have given us a hint if he knew that Billy Bones and george Merry were coloured.

Probably some cockney git.

George Merry/Chuck Berry - its rhymming slang.