Hi Jim,
I chuckled at the links you gave us, even though (heaven knows) I try hard to keep out of British politics, let alone US ones!
But seriously, over here we
do sympathise (even if we don't spell it with a 'z') with your situation - and your attempt to cheer people up with a bit of humour (even though we spell it with an extra 'u', for some reason) is to be applauded.
Thanks for making us laugh, at least a little.
Jayne