tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post8533069278923617402..comments2023-10-24T08:25:05.670-06:00Comments on Quin Browne: Loves and Hates of the UK~IIquin brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804746948797234402noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-33318844738174567532007-12-26T03:30:00.000-07:002007-12-26T03:30:00.000-07:00a~i can certainly understand your semi smug smile....a~i can certainly understand your semi smug smile. and, no, only american comics, i'm afraid. i did read all of the tarzan books, though. quite an interesting perspective, seeing the films and reading the way he was created when you are 8.<BR/><BR/>to the battling foodies~wp and bud~ you simply cannot base your feeling about british food on anything that's not home cooked. i, too, would be looking to the takeaways if i had been put in that position. come stay with loo... home cooked is where you learn the beauty of english food.<BR/><BR/>bob~one and the same. and i can full imagine one without it. and i do. now, a good haggis.... och!quin brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804746948797234402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-80626200717821298012007-12-26T02:54:00.000-07:002007-12-26T02:54:00.000-07:00Blood pudding ? Is that a Klingon dish ?Being from...Blood pudding ? Is that a Klingon dish ?<BR/><BR/>Being from the north of the UK I'm assuming ya mean 'black pudding'. I can't imagine a full english breakfast without it.<BR/><BR/>eeee baaa goom, ecky thump, appen.<BR/><BR/>:-[]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-84630414459159736642007-12-26T02:40:00.000-07:002007-12-26T02:40:00.000-07:00Loobell,Nuts, does me no good now. Maybe when Pro...Loobell,<BR/><BR/>Nuts, does me no good now. Maybe when Procrastinator Junior is of drinking age.<BR/><BR/>"We have very good food here nowadays you know (as well as the usual rubbish!)"<BR/><BR/>Um, yeah, it's called Chinese and Indian takeaway.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I've seen many a fine London restaurant on the telly, but actual <I>British</I> cuisine? Not as of yet.Writeprocrastinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930301518671850256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-36058254657076708132007-12-25T18:33:00.000-07:002007-12-25T18:33:00.000-07:00Writeprocrastinator will be pleased to learn that ...Writeprocrastinator will be pleased to learn that we now have pubs with 24 hour opening here in the UK. It is not however compulsory, when it was introduced a few years back there was a bit of an outcry that we would have more alcoholics and drink related crime etc etc.. It generally hasn't been the case. Most local pubs stay open until 1am or so, with longer opening for special occasions no more the 11pm chuck out. <BR/>Oh and we don't generally like the metric system... That is those of us whom were taught the good old imperial system.. Good old Lb's and Oz and Feet and inches...I struggle, particularly with the weights.. and I blame the French (As an English person it is my perogative to do so!) <BR/>I have to say.. on a personal note.. that Americans being disparaging of English food....!! ?? We have very good food here nowadays you know (as well as the usual rubbish!) Having been to the US of A I would say that whilst the food can be good, it is nothing like outstanding everywhere..but the quantities are somewhat larger. WE may be an island but we are more and more cosmopolitan and there are very good examples of most national foods if you take the time to ask for recomendations.<BR/>*crawls off soapbox..*Loobellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429501554683166997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-41350697464746352232007-12-24T10:27:00.000-07:002007-12-24T10:27:00.000-07:00Similarly, I was too nervous to try driving in Jap...Similarly, I was too nervous to try driving in Japan. As in the UK, they drive on the left side of the road, which makes me think that we Yanks are the ones who are all backwards.<BR/>Peter-the-yanker/wankerPeter Varvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521795044554538286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-49043658092294376002007-12-24T09:41:00.000-07:002007-12-24T09:41:00.000-07:00I'd just be repeating myself on the food situation...I'd just be repeating myself on the food situation. You hit the rest of it rather well, I think. Lovely but nutty little place. I do love it, though.Budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971296540636952118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-77676803941664732112007-12-24T05:41:00.000-07:002007-12-24T05:41:00.000-07:00What I absolutely gloat about is the reverse retur...What I absolutely gloat about is the reverse return of the Raj,so to speak. Tetley, Jaguar Indian-owned. <BR/><BR/>Did you ever read brit comics as a child? Very different, from the Archies etc. And Enid Blyton?austerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-30912935782842958782007-12-23T21:58:00.000-07:002007-12-23T21:58:00.000-07:00"Prawn?"Prawn chips are huge in Japan and to a les..."Prawn?"<BR/><BR/>Prawn chips are huge in Japan and to a lesser degree in China. Good stuff.<BR/><BR/>"The Metric System. Please. I don't understand it...and don't want to."<BR/><BR/>As explained to me by a former girlfriend years ago, the metric system was invented by men to boost their egos below the belt-line and height-wise.<BR/><BR/>I'm okay with roundabouts, though I never had to contend with them as a <I>driver</I> in a right-hand drive country. The crossing the street thing is what gets me, I was always looking at the wrong side.<BR/><BR/>The pubs closing early wouldn't effect me now, but my nineteen and twenty year-old selves were livid.<BR/><BR/>The radiators, micro-water heaters and washing machines are a Euro-wide epidemic. Those and a lack of good Mexican or Chinese food, are two huge drawbacks.Writeprocrastinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930301518671850256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221810884118399061.post-32403024392789464802007-12-23T20:29:00.000-07:002007-12-23T20:29:00.000-07:00I got used to the mains switch thing pretty fast, ...I got used to the mains switch thing pretty fast, because that's how the Mom's house is wired. It makes a lot of sense to have a switch on the wall that will turn off the lamp in the far corner of the room. I like it.<BR/><BR/>Unless I can find a place serving French pressed coffee, though, I would rather have tea than the horrible watery crap they think is coffee over there, though.golfwidowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814109136049807372noreply@blogger.com