Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a bee?

I L.O.V.E British comedy.

I guess that's quite a common thing.
But being a foreigner living in the UK it's been a real treat to get to know British culture in a totally different way.
Jokes that might not translate to other cultures I now totally get and can spend a whole evening laughing about. I now know what chav culture is and can sympathise with all the Vicky Pollard's living here and having loads of babies from a very young age. The obese women who attend numerous weight loss classes and then go straight to the pub for beer and fish n' chips. The absolutely loaded women who live in Madia Vale / Holland Park and spend their days shopping and getting some work done on their faces. I know because I share the city with them. So when I watch how they are being portrayed I no longer laugh and see them from an outsiders perspective. I now laugh and feel connected to them at the same time. And that is big in my world.

When I saw this clip from the Catherine Tate Show I instantly though of a friend who is gay and from Northern Ireland. He hasn't told his parets and countless brother and sisters that he's gay even though he's been in a relationship for several years. Instead of just laughing at the sketch I saw the darker side in a totally different light. When I moved here I didn't have any friends or a job and lived in a rundown council area and Catherine's clip made me think of all the boys who used play football outside my tiny window or dragging a buggy with a small child even though they were still children themselves.

On a brighter note: Eddie, is it a bee? The classic!