IIRC we were actually in France when the crash happened. Went to get some money out & thought the BdC was trying to scam me, so went to another one. Same rates. After another couple we realised something had gone badly wrong, and we were going to have to be very, very careful how much we spent that trip.
āIt isnāt hard to doā¦ā
With enough drugs.
Ah, but he didnāt actually own the bedā¦
Probably donatedā¦
Naw, youāre thinking of Starmerā¦
But I think subsequently that hotel probably made a mint from that suite.
A liar, a con-man and a racist walk into a bar and the barman says āEvening, Mr Farageā.
Or any other variant that pleases you 
Gallows humour! 
Now that excellent joke hints that the writer is British, but then writes ārealiseā as if they were American. 
Singapore knows how to deal with the bung issue
Of course in the 17th century we Brits used the term āfallā for autumn as well - until we decided to get all Frenchified and import āautomneā
Iām hoping Starmer mans up and does something about it in the UK. Itās another (can I say Third World?) practice which has no place in any democracy worth the name.
Heās going to hand back 6k
Yes, I am aware that many so-called Americanisms that so irritate me, are really Englishisms that travelled over the Atlantic way back then, and then bounced back again. Truck is another of them instead of lorry.
Still irritates me though when I hear them from people that donāt know the difference. Doesnāt help that Websterās advocated more sensible spellings. 