Hey Cholly,
I used to be a network geek too - hated my cellphone mostly because when it rang it was either my boss or one of my 60 servers texting me about one thing or another. Both boss and server felt free to call all hours of day and night. Did that for 11 years before giving it up 3 years ago. Even now if I hear the default Nokia ringtone, I get chills.
As for British humour, have you seen "Hot Fuzz"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/ We watched it the other night and it totally cracked me up.
Mommycott
P.S. I'm now a Mactard - love my iMac!