"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:36:53 -0000, wrote:
Thanks to streaming I've been watching a lot of British TV lately.
Same here. Some shows are incomprehensible.
The reason that Yank comedy shows are not entertaining is that you are
briefed that a punch line is coming up several seconds before its arrival,
in order
to give you time to think, whereas in Britland we are quick-witted and do
not
need to be groomed in that way.
Likewise, in Britland we recognise that Christianity was completely debunked
in 1957
when the Sputnik was launched and did not hit a blue firmament on the way
up,
whereas in Yankland there seem to be increasing numbers of people who
subscribe to the superstitious beliefs of bronze-age shepherds in the Middle
East.