The land of the Rising Sun is also the land of rising standords or living AND underwear ellastic. Home too of the 'virtual wedgie' which is all done by computor. They say that by the year 2000 they will have alarm clocks and public vending machenes cappable of giving wedgies.
During his 1996 visit Mr. Clinton sugested a kindler gentler alterntive to the harsh cane: A new wedgy called a 'Singapoure Sling'. The Singapoureans agreed to it, and in return provided Mr. Clinton with ideas from Singopore that he can use to crack down on free expresion on the Web in the USA--since there so good at that.
In a great diplomattic crossing of cultures and cotton, the leaders of the 2 nations plus businesmen from allover Southeast Asia exhcanged cerimoniol Wedgies on the dais as a sign of goodwill.
Later, while flyin home on Airforce One (and making Numbor Two), Mr Clinton found hidden in the copiuos fleshy folds of his ample Executtive Posterior an ulterior deep-logded roll of US $100 bills an Indonesien gentlemen must of slipped in durin the frendly wedgies. Just last week the errent Mister Franklins were ecxhanged for fresh unstained ones from the US mint and the donation was graciousley returned.
Why do you think Madras cloth has all those faint washed out colors? To qoute more than one e-mail i got from India: "Invading British bastords!" Yes, India never had wedgies till the Brits bruoght them there. And now that computor dweebs from the West are invading, your just as likely as in London to get your shorts curried...
Which brings us to...The Greatest Wegdie center, (uh, make that 'Centre' of the World), reelm of Kings, this throne, this sceptored Isle, this...ENGLOND!