Only the most recent of a whole long series of mistakes on your part, Don. You probably thought I was being deadly serious in my last post too, right? Wrong again, old chap! I was just "taking the piss" to quote another popular UK witticism. I've never seen a crabbier, meaner lot of people than (some of) the regular UK members of Mudcat, nor more waspish repartee than yon worthies indulge in when regularly savaging each other over their various political differences, etc., and I enjoy taking the piss with such dour chaps whenever I can, just to see if you'll rise to it in the usual snarly form, stiff upper lip and all.

I know what really gets up your noses, though. The French are simply more interesting than you are! ;-) They have more poetry in their souls. And they have superior cuisine. Furthermore, berets are far more stylish than bowler hats. Do you imagine Matisse would have been caught dead wearing a bowler? It doesn't bear thinking about, does it?