In the face of the embarrassment of the bad joke who represents the United States to the rest of the world (America Last! America Last! First in Consumption, Last in Care!), I can think of one way to make myself smile:
Tree-climbing goats.
From Discover Magazine.
MaryA
I had a little goat-tree, nothing would it bear
but a lot of tree-goats, who climbed it like a stair.
The King of Spain’s daughter came to visit me,
said: “Tree-climbing goats, huh? Now THIS, I gotta see!”
(with apologies to “The Little Nut Tree”, but, hey, I’m sure it’s out of copyright protection by now!)