Homer Simpson's head injuries

The midwest? I dunno, where do you live, emclean?

First i would note that "Yank" is an offensive term to many Americans--but i suppose one can expect that from the Limey, the Canuck, etc. Try to keep in mind that first, the majority population of this site is American, and, second, that apart from that fact, this is a very cosmopolitan site. It would do to give a bit of thought before carelessly tossing terms around. My next thought is whether or not one is to consider Benny Hill exemplary of life in England, or The Red Green Show to be an accurate portrayal of Canadian life. Finally, i will simply second Emclean's remark, and note that in more than 50 years, i have yet to meet the average american. Anybody got an e-mail for this joker?

Everything I learned about life in England I learned from Monty Python's Flying Circus. For years, I was afraid to cross the pond to jolly old London, for fear of being crushed by a gigantic cartoon foot.

Cav, are all of your culinary machines cobbled together with duct tape?

Umm, just a few....<paranoid glance> why do you ask? <Shh....shut up, beaver, I'm on the 'net>

Life in England is very much like "The Office", which is shown on BBC America, I understand.

The Ministry of Silly Walks was closed under Maggie Thatcher and Benny Hill is no where near PC enough for the new Cool Britannia.

KP

True 'Mericans don't watch no Beeb . . . i don't watch the teevees much at all. I would say that if the rest of the world wants to consider The Simpsons as exemplary of life in America, they are welcome to do so. The desire of immigrants to get into the country does not seem to have abated. What about Keeping Up Appearances, which is routinely broadcast by PBS? Is that to be taken for a true-to-life picture of Merry Old?

Keeping up Appearances isn't far off the activities of certain "Middle Englanders". Class is not the issue that it once was, but Hyacinth Bucket ("pronounced Bouquet") is a charicature not too far from real life!

Rather a scarey thought, ain't it Boss? In fact, a good deal of the popularity of The Simpsons in the U.S. stems from the fact that the characters are archetypes with which we are all familiar.