> 
> Well, no it isn't, necessarily.   Much of the time the joke is
> aimed at the male - the butt of the humour isn't the 
> character being personified, but rather at the impersonator.
> 

No point trying to explain a joke. Especially to people who can't laugh at
themselves.

> And even if it had been, using it as a launching pad for a 
> racist dig at the British really wasn't the best way of 
> making your point.
> 

People can be as racist as they like about us. We just roll our eyes
heavenward and go "Tut! Foreigners!"

Bob

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