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Panda

42?
Premium Member
Lol I found this on the internet, it made me laugh.


A Message from John Cleese
>
> To: The citizens of the United States of America
> a.. In light of your failure 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.
>
> b.. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas which she does not fancy).
>
> c.. Our new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections.

> d.. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
>
> e.. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
>
> f.. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
>
> g.. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
> 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
>
> 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' 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').
>
> 3. 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 US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take
account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.
>
> 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
>
> 5. 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 adult enough to be independent.

> Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
>
> 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
>
> 7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. Holden Monaros are also approved.
>
> 8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left 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.
>
> 9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.
>
> 10. 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.
>
> 11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be
referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager.
> South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer.
> They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.
> American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
>
> 12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
>
> 13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.
>
> 14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the Souh Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
>
> 15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
>
> 16. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
>
> 17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.
>
> God save the Queen.
> Only He can.
> John Cleese
 

Magic Man

Reaper of Conversation
I'm all for it, except for the roundabouts, driving on the left, metric system and elimination of American football.
 

3.14

Well-Known Member
would be annoying to have no wapons larger then potato peeler (guys rob bank with illigal guns police arives with potato peelers armed and ready) :p
 

Panda

42?
Premium Member
Dont be stupid silly. After extensive tests im sure the police will be allowed butter knifes to stop those criminals.
 

Booko

Deviled Hen

> 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.


Will we be required to call tungstan wolfram as well? :D

> 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without

Uh, I already do that. This should make retraining easy.

> 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

Does this mean I can't carry my pruners and loppers on the job? :sad:
> 7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. Holden Monaros are also approved.

Thank God! I can finally ditch this giant marshmallow in favor of a Passat like my husband's.

> 8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left 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.

*wonders what is humourous about roundabouts* I rather like roundabouts -- they save energy and do not jam up traffic if there is a power outage.
> 9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.

As long as the additional tax goes to transportation and we get some decent rail service, I am all for that. I'm tired of those 13 hours drives from here to Michigan. I would much rather sit back on a train and read a book or knit.
> 12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

That would explain why I never saw that movie. I'm sure that was a jarring as seeing that awful version of Pride & Prejudice with Keira Knightley in it.
> 13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

Do we retain the right to keep soccer hooligans outside this continent?
> 14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the Souh Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

Poorly written, Mr. Cleese. No soup for you! Baseball is certainly played outside the U.S. The World Series, of course, is not.

> 17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.

Oh good, I have that item covered already. I do need to find a better source for Peek Freens, though. I can only find Carr's biscuits for cheese around here.

Hey, do we get National Health as well?
 

Somkid

Well-Known Member
This has been floating around for years. I think the first time I saw it Margret Thatcher was listed as the Prime Minister.
 

+Xausted

Well-Known Member
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha




ooops, think i must have wet myself
 

McBell

Unbound
I think this is on Scopes as NOT coming from Cleese. :D
Yeppers:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: John Cleese Letter to USA


It even shows how it 'grew up' to its present form from the original:
Alan Baxter of Rochester, U.K.
London, 8th November 2000.
To the citizens of the United States of America,

Following your failure to elect either a half decent candidate or man-monkey as President of the USA to govern yourselves and, by extension, the free world, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume a monarch's duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, please comply with1 the following acts:
1. Look up "revoke" in a dictionary
2. Learn at least the first 4 lines of "God save the Queen"
3. Start referring to "soccer" as football
4. Declare war on Quebec
Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).

Thank you for your cooperation and...have a nice day!
 
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