Hmm, I thought it was kinda.... err, ultra cheap, gratuitous, tacky and
irrelevant. It is also false by modern standards - I'd call it
misdirected. If it came form a Brit it'd be quite ironic. The French
caught the American habit of jumping in the shower three times a day around
the same time, or maybe even slightly ahead of the Brits... and they do
have better showers than the Brits, who have traditionally built houses and
even some hotels, without pressurized hot water systems.
When people post vitriol from behind a pseudonym, it always reminds of the
school coward, yelling abuse from a safe distance/point. OTOH if this guy
regularly posts as George Kerby in the mac.misc group it's not really
anonymous I suppose.