Nevertheless, there have been some notable exceptions, from the lesbian mom in Ellen to the glam lesbian couple in If These Walls Could Talk.

I think about him everyday, wondering why he gave up, he had so much to live for, he just didn't have that bouncebackability!

And I don't need some fancypants US Marshal from back East stumbling around screwing up what trail there is left. You understand me?

But now, as a company with the word British in its name pisses apocalyptic quantities of oil into the ocean, and CEO Tony Hayward pops up on the news to make tactless statements in a British accent, anglophilia is shrivelling.