…and of course, it takes place in England. Can you seriously imagine one of those dipshit Vancouverites in their Dodge Ram 4X4s being as logical and pleasant as these Brits? No, you cannot, “my friend.” Because I would just end up kissing them.
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Show me an angry-sounding British person. They don’t exist! It’s those accents. They are nice-person accents. They can be yelling and wishing your mother was dead, and it would sound like a chorus of angels covered in fresh morning dew.