Speaking of the British, here is an SMS that I got today morning:

T20 England Cricket wishes to notify you on your mobile Nos has won you the award prize of GBP 960,000.

This is followed by an email address and a phone number. Come to think of it, I didn't even root for their team in the World Twenty20 cup. Actually, I didn't root for the Aussies either. Perhaps, for the first time in my life, I was completely neutral :-)

In case you are wondering about the grammar (or lack of it) in that SMS, I agree with you - that is not Queen's English. :-)

960,000 GBP? I guess all those stories about the British economy being in the doldrums are completely baseless then!