Breaking news

Passed on to me by a friend, though I think it is going around the blogosphere:

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ANNOUNCEMENT from the BBC, by John Cleese

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved".

Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross". The English have not been " A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorist have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance". The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's Get the Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.'

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The US, of course, uses colors to indicate threat levels. We are now at chartreuse, but may soon move up to puce or even fuchsia or cerise.