Rogue
10-09-2008, 15:03
To the citizens of the United States of America from Her
Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate
competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to
govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation
of your independence, effective immediately.
(You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English
Dictionary.)
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume
monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and
territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a
Governor for America without the need for further
elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire
may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you
noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the
following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
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1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as
'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise,
you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half
the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the
suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise
your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up
'vocabulary').
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2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with
filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an
unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There
is no such thing as U.S. English.. We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be
adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u''
and the elimination of '-ize.'
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3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
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4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using
guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so
many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite
ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for
shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without
suing someone or speaking to a therapist,then you're not
ready to shoot grouse..
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5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry
anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although
a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable
peeler in public.
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6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and
you will start driving on the left side with immediate
effect. At the same time, you will go metric with
immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion
tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you
understand the British sense of humour.
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7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you
have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get
used to it.
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8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you
call French fries are not real chips, and those things you
insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps.
Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed
not with catsup but with vinegar.
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Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate
competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to
govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation
of your independence, effective immediately.
(You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English
Dictionary.)
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume
monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and
territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a
Governor for America without the need for further
elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire
may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you
noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the
following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
-----------------------
1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as
'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise,
you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half
the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the
suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise
your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up
'vocabulary').
------------------------
2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with
filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an
unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There
is no such thing as U.S. English.. We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be
adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u''
and the elimination of '-ize.'
-------------------
3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
-----------------
4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using
guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so
many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite
ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for
shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without
suing someone or speaking to a therapist,then you're not
ready to shoot grouse..
----------------------
5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry
anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although
a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable
peeler in public.
----------------------
6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and
you will start driving on the left side with immediate
effect. At the same time, you will go metric with
immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion
tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you
understand the British sense of humour.
--------------------
7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you
have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get
used to it.
-------------------
8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you
call French fries are not real chips, and those things you
insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps.
Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed
not with catsup but with vinegar.
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