As I was witheringly told by an American lecturer a decade ago when I bitched about Oz becoming the 51st state.
“Don’t get too big for your boots son. The 51st state is Canada and if you’re lucky you might squeak in at 60 after we’ve sorted Puerto Rico, Guam Mexico and whichever Middle Eastern countries seem like a good idea”
We are increasingly America-lite, after all…
As I was witheringly told by an American lecturer a decade ago when I bitched about Oz becoming the 51st state.
“Don’t get too big for your boots son. The 51st state is Canada and if you’re lucky you might squeak in at 60 after we’ve sorted Puerto Rico, Guam Mexico and whichever Middle Eastern countries seem like a good idea”