Sometimes a whole bunch of stories on the BBC amuse me all at once, even when they are not necessarily funny. Is it because I read them in a British Accent? Or because of the quaint bits that can only happen in an Old World news story? Or is it just that the British are different yet the same enough for me to see behind a curtain that might otherwise appear as a wall?
So let's review the BBC morning news.
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