[Brian Allgar]

Roger, it wasn't my intention to insult the WP contest, which is occasionally fun, but to point out to Nicholas that it is a very different kind of competition (and one which rarely, if ever, offers any scope for extended writing) from the Speccie, Staggers and Oldie.

I love jokes, but the problem I have with their one-liners is that the winners are often about American politicians or flash-in-the-pan personalities that I've never even heard of, so I tend to stare at the results blank-faced. That's what I meant by "parochial".