One of those email things floating around...

BRITISH TAKEOVER


ATTENTION!!! Citizens of the United States of America

Following your failure to elect a President 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 Territories.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, please comply with the following instructions:

1. Look up "revoke" in a dictionary.
2. Learn at least the first 4 lines of "God Save the Queen."
3. Stop referring to football as "football." (See "Soccer.")
4. Declare War on Quebec and France.
5. Enjoy warm, flat beer and British cuisine.
6. July 4 is no longer a public holiday.
7. Observe statutory tea breaks.
8. Driving on the left is compulsory.


Tax Collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be in attendance on Friday, November 22, to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (back-dated to 1776.)

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a jolly fine day!