Both are British-style tea cakes similar to an English muffin, and often served at high tea.

So Miley Cyrus did a risque photo shoot for Vanity Faire magazine. The whole world is in an uproar. People now despise her… they think she’s a bad person and that the apology was faked. This huge uproar because the 15 year old star of Disney Studio’s Hanna Montana teen show money maker was shown in “provocative poses”. Wow…

I’m trying real hard to place this into some sort of prospective. Let’s see… she is 15. At 15 years of age, how much good sense did you have? Me? I thought I knew everything and my parents were crazy. Thank God for a strong parental influence from my folks or I might have posed for Cosmo at 15. NOT…

Speaking of the folks… where were hers? Right there with her on the set as the shoot progressed. Maybe, in some peoples opinion Billy Ray didn’t think about all this too much. His daughter is 15 years old and he was on the shoot (and in some of the pictures mind you) with his daughter, just as it should be. Some might argue that his judgment was a little askew, but he was there with her.

The photographer was renowned Annie Lebovitz. I have always admired her work. She might have gotten her wires crossed a bit by exposing a little too much of a 15 year old on film for a magazine shoot. Maybe…

How about her agent. He/She have to share some of this blame as they must have thought this was a good thing for a 15 year old. A little BIG press exposure… a renowned photog… somewhat provocative photos… Seeing your young and rising starlet on film in a prestigious magazine does wonders for the pocketbook, doncha think?

How about Disney studios? They must be a fault. They need to keep a tighter reign on their proteges “after hour” doings despite the fact that the parents may be involved; despite the fact that she’s a 15 year old.

If you listen to the furor, some think that Miley was practically nude in some of those photos. Please… I saw more skin exposed on my prom date at the “Coming Home” dance in 1972.

She feels she made a mistake. Fine.

The photog feels bad that her pictures were misinterpreted. Fine.

The agent is having problems carrying the load of cash to the bank. Fine.

Disney is still selling tickets and putting on a show. Fine.

Why are we still talking about all this? Oh… I get it… It’s so that we all have something to talk about. All this hubbub about Ms. Cyrus makes some parents wonder how their kids are going to deal with all this. Other parents could really care less. And some parents are asking “Miley who?”

So… why the uproar?

In today’s world, I don’t think I would have had my daughter in that much of a provocative display. I would have hoped that someone slapped me hard enough to make me think about what I was allowing my daughter to be a part of… then again, I’m glad I don’t have to face that issue today.

In fact, I think I’ll do what our English cousins are doing across the pond. Right now they are sitting down to afternoon tea and piklet’s wondering what the hell has become of those crazy Americans. All this fuss about nothing.

I can hear them now…

“That sort of thing would never happen heah. Jeeves, more tea if you would please…”

Until next week…