I think we should bring back the Empire, you can clearly see now that it was a huge mistake to throw your tea in the drink. We will just want the Eastern Seaboard back of course. You do seem to have spoilt things a bit since 1776, so much so that we had to come back and burn a few Capital cities in 1805. There's a good chap, now you've had your fun, run along now and I want to see a lot more forelock pulling.

jauntie- please only communicate with the colonials when absolutely necessary as you're setting a rather bad example and it's poor form!

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.