"The Obamas gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod loaded with songs and videos — this after weeks of grief from the British press over the 25 DVDs that the couple gave Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain when he visited Washington. (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)"
— Okay, I recognize this doesn’t look good for American savoir faire, but what DVDs were they? A box set of The Wire is totally equal to an anti-slave ship penholder, amIright? (from the Times.)
