U.S. Electoral dysfunction leads UK to revoke independence of former colonies

Some of you may have seen this bit of humor making its rounds, "A Message from England" (falsely, according to Snopes) attributed to John Cleese. Anyway, I thought it was funny. It begins thusly:

To the citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the Revocation of your Independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume Monarchical Duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed....

It goes downhill from there, somewhat, but I've always fancied Monty Python, for better or worse, particularly for a badly-needed laugh.