<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by edi-traveller:
Fraser You quite rightly did detect sarcasm above....but whilst it is the lowest form of wit...for us Brits I always thought it was often the funniest form of wit!! 
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Indeed
surely this is the 'bent British humour' that my girlfriends Mum refers to
PS. Why don't we export Alan Partridge to the US? They seem to have every other British programme on BBC America including ITV stuff
but no Partridge
. If the American market can understand 'The Office' then I am sure Alan Partridge wouldn't get lost in translation