LOL!!! Yeah, I love that one. It sums the matter up so succinctly.

Actually, I've had a lot of good British friends here in the folk music scene in Canada over the years. One has mastered most of Jake Thackray's repertoire. Hilarious stuff. Another plays the concertina, knows every traditional song imaginable, and is a very nice man to boot. Another started out as a huge Bob Dylan fan, but later moved to creating a guitar style all his own, totally unique and extremely subtle.

So, although I poke fun now and then at the foibles of British folkies, I have had plenty of reason to enjoy the good things they have to offer.

But how about that parrot, eh? What a sense of timing that bird has.