Surfing through the CBS News site on their "World" category I find the only reference to England is a story about - wait for it - toads!
Yes what grips Americans about England is that in Yatton, Somerset (about 15 miles from where I live) they have Toad watches in the spring. Apparently the stupid animals get so intent on sex that they cross roads without checking to see if they're clear. Squishy squashy - very flat toads. So the good people of Yatton go on patrol looking for toads near the roadside - very often with the male riding on the female's back so that other toads cannot screw her - and lift them across the road. The stupid presenter even went so far as to describe the toad's squeaks of obvious fright as a "thank you". This is even worse than the old Disney "isn't that a lovely panda?" type of natural history film.
With this amount of interest in British news from the US media I wonder why we bother to support the US in Iraq. The American public probably aren't even aware that we do support them at all.
After all, we're all miles too busy looking after the toads ...
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