I have to stick my oar in here.... It's got nothing to do with the French, or sex, either. Don't you all realise that the principal reason for the general depression felt by most of the inhabitants of what used to called Great Britain, then Britain, and then The British Isles, and then the british isles, then the aggregate nomenclature for England, Ireland, Scotland and wales and all thie semi, demi or partly autonomus regions, provinces and other bits...... where was I?.... Oh yes.

The main reason for this general depression is that it's been a principal export from Scotland for centuries, and it's now settling to a mean depth slightly exceeding the average person's height.