He's really yanked your chain a few times hasn't he.
Well, enough on that ~ what you are up against in this is very simple ~ I've done my homework to track down the source of the antipathy so many in the family have for the English. It starts roughly about the time King Ad gave away the family farm to the Saxon barbarians and just proceeds helter skelter for centuries one way or the other.
Yup, you can't win this one!
I only remember Lazmataz replying to a post of mine once with one of his bottomless supply of 'funny' images and, yes, I bailed out of that thread straight away.
"Yup, you can't win this one!"
No doubt true - I was just wondering what your gripe was.