LOL, Beth! Naw, it's a lot easier if you guys just join Canada - the Queen pretty much lets us do our own thing now. And we can keep the NHL. And basketball was invented by a Canadian, so the NBA can stay, too. (Who needs football) You WILL have to learn to spell correctly, though : coloUr, honoUr, favoUrite, programME.... All together now: O, Canada! Our home and native land.... Yvonne :-) >>> [log in to unmask] 11/15/00 08:43PM >>> Something to think about eh? > please take note everyone. > > > Subject: Official change of citizenship. > > > > > NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE > > To the citizens of the United States of America, > > In the light of your failure to elect anybody as President of the USA and > thus to govern yourselves and, by extension, the freeworld, we hereby give > notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her > Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchial duties over all > states, commonwealths and other territories including New Jersey. To aid in > > the transition to a British Crown Dependency, please comply with the > following acts: > > 1. Look up "revocation" in the now official Oxford Dictionary ($75). Start > spelling English words correctly. > 2. Learn at least the first 4 lines of "God Save The Queen" > 3. Start referring to "soccer" as football > 4. Declare war on Quebec and France > 5. Arrest Mel Gibson for treason > 6. Close down the NFL. Learn to play rugby > 7. Enjoy warm flat beer and steak and kidney pudding. Train waitresses to be > > more aggressive with customers and not to tell you their names before you > eat. > 8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday, this has been replaced with > November 5th > 9. All members of this British Crown Dependency will be required to take 6 > weeks annual vacation and observe statutory tea breaks. > 10.Driving on the left is now compulsory - recall all cars to effect the > change immediately. > 11.Report to our Consulate General in NY - M Wragg - for your new passport > and job allocation. > 12. Have Meg Ryan report to the Prince Andrew Bedchamber. > 13. Add the Royal insignia to the top of the Washington Monument - and the > Queens Christmas speeches to the Lincoln Memorial. > 14. Stop referring to the World Series of Baseball and instead call it the > National Series of USA, Cuba and Japan. > 15. Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to > > ensure the acquisiton of all revenues due (backdated to 1776). > > Thank you for your cooperation and have a nice day! > __________________________________________________________________