Very politically incorrect, and, you need to be able to laugh at yourself, but saying all that, it is funny. No country is exempt from the "Mickey Taking". It is good to be able to laugh at yourself, as well as others. In England we have a saying "If you can't laugh at yourself, don't laugh at others".


ALERTS TO THREATS IN 2014 EUROPE
From JOHN CLEESE [John Cleese was one of the Monty Python gang]

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria 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. Terrorists 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.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France 's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."

The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose."

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be right, Mate." Two more escalation levels remain: "Crikey! I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!" and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.

Regards,
John Cleese ,
British writer, actor and tall person

And as a final thought - Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.

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Agreed... And yet there's a developing surreality in this thread that echoes the most biting of John Cleese/Basil Fawlty satire.

As Manuel might have said:
"Ohhhhh... ¿qué? ... ¡No! ... ¡No!... ¡Pero mi Mi cebola Española es grande¡ "

Husband and wife comedy writers and perormers John Cleese and Connie Booth displayed near anthropological genius in their brillant 'Fawlty Towers' series. Andrew Sachs was the superbly played Manuel, a Spanish innocent abroad whose misadventures were amplified by the self-conscious faux racism of the pretentiously bumbling Basil Fawlty.

And we loved them all.

As we embrace rational Spaniards who don't cling to the viciously arrogant colonial facsim of Cortes and Franco.

The Spanish region is richly rewarding. And not all 'Spanish onions' are
difficult to swallow.

BTW Cleese, Booth and Sachs are keen photographers. As were the
late Spike Milligan and his muralist brother Pat.

I'd somehow like to think that the Milligans and the Cleeses would be
delighted with this thread and its implosively unconcious comedy.

And does it really matter if JC was the original author, or not..?

Surely pedantry and xenophobia have no place in intelligent satire.

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