It's a legendary (or mythical) news headline, rather after the manner of "Small earthquake in Chile; few killed". [Edit] So you must be either near Dover, or i

It's a legendary (or mythical) news headline, rather after the manner of "Small earthquake in Chile; few killed". [Edit] So you must be either near Dover, or in the Channel Islands. And there's not much to see from Dover. [Edit2] I think the "continent cut off" line perfectly epitomises and mocks English exceptionalism, which is why I find it funny. I was brought up before the UK joined the EU; in those days, we referred to the whole deal as "the continent". If we'd been there, we'd ironically refer to it as "Le cong-tee-nong".