Bill Bryson spent most of his adult years in England before moving back to the U.S. with his wife and kids. This book is a collection of articles he wrote for Night and Day magazine in England about the differences between American and British Life. He points out absurdities, excesses, difficulties, and serious problems that he encounters with humor and great insight. Included are a hilarious parody of I.R.S. instructions, a solution for the mad cow disease problem in England, ruminations on hotline phone numbers for things like dental floss, American holiday oddities, and the abundant stupidity of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The audiobook version of the book kept me amused and frequently laughing out loud during an otherwise tedious drive to Cleveland.
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