Not quite * British material. The Isle of Man Isn't actually part of the UK. Well not according to their site. http://www.isleofman.com/tourism/about/

Interesting fact about the Isle of Man, though. Some American dude found out he was actually the rightful heir to the throne a couple years ago. I tried to find a video to sift, but no such luck. http://www.royaltyofman.com/ Theres his site.

Anyways, you need to add this to *EIA, because this guy is a fucking moron.

Yeah, it's caning essentially. It's apparently illegal to be a homosexual on the Isle of Man, and of course Stephen Fry is gay. I don't know that the actual punishment is birching, but for all I know it may very well be.

Perhaps someone else can explain what getting "birched" (sp?) is? Apparently one possible punishment for "loving man on the Isle of Man" and something you can pay to have done to you in certain parts of London. Is it a British term for caning?

It's the 100th aniversary of the Isle of Man TT and it's happening right now. It's not aired anywhere in the states, not even on the speed channel. If it a'int NASCAR, it a'int racin'. Drrr.