[GlynMeek]

Al...I appreciate the time it took to organize your response, pointing out your perceived errors of each section of my curmudgeonly rant, and I must now apologize for putting you through that unnecessary stretch of imagination.

I am English by birth!

...our national sense of humor is 'sarcasm', and even though I have lived in this MAGIC country for almost 30 years, obtained citizenship and think it the best in the world, I truly forget that most Americans don't really get sarcasm.

Jeremy Clarkson is also English, and is a MASTER when it comes to sarcasm. So, I never took what he said as verbatim on his true feelings (and NEVER for one moment thought anyone else would either!), but as a humorous aside, perhaps even just a little 'tongue in cheek'. I grudgingly admit that I embellished the sarcasm, perhaps to an extreme (although with sarcasm that would seem redundant!) and I therefore apologize for the confusion that I obviously caused you!!!!!

With regards to your closing comments where you encourage some of us to "lighten up...", perhaps you have been "hoist by your own petard" here?

Glyn

PS Al, just to avoid any more confusion for you, the smiley was supposed to be a visual clue that this was just a joke, NOT a "mask to cover my resentment"...once again, obviously my fault for being too subtle. I shall try harder next time!

PPS Sharroll...you state that "yes, cyclists have a right to be on the road", may I ask "Why?" What gives them that right?