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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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English teabags, e.g. Tetleys, are too weak.
Reminds me of those awful occasions when someone who thinks they are posh serves Earl Gray. Basically no more than colored water.
Irish and Scottish teabags are the real deal for us working-class types who need something you could stand the spoon up in.
My father's tea is awesome. 5 bags in the pot and brewed on the stove for at least an hour!!!!! No one can drink it but him. |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:00 am Post subject: |
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eamo wrote: |
My father's tea is awesome. 5 bags in the pot and brewed on the stove for at least an hour!!!!! No one can drink it but him. |
Jesus. That's not tea, that's tar.
Tetley's too weak ??
Don't worry Kiwiboy, we're not going to fight, I've nothing against the working class, I find them jolly cute actually .
**kidding** |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Location: ...Enlightenment...
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:43 am Post subject: |
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We don't have class in New Zealand, cool inovation eh? We kept a lot of great stuff from our English roots, but class had to go! |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:48 am Post subject: |
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kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote: |
We don't have class in New Zealand |
I couldn't agree more |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Location: ...Enlightenment...
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:50 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't agree more
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Thankyou sir, may I please have another? |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:52 am Post subject: |
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You know I didn't mean that don't you? |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Location: ...Enlightenment...
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: |
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Ditto for me, the first five hurt enough.
Following this side line, only slightly related to things Brittish, I went to one of the first colleges built in NZ, very much modelled on the Englsih public school, rugby, cricket, cadets, bording house, all boys of course. I wonder if any Brits have had a similar experience. There was a master who used to cane quite a lot, and when you went into his room he would stand you in postion, then verbally tear strips off you while he slowly packed his pipe, then take a nice big draw, set the pipe down on the desk beside you, and give you a good one, then take another big draw and rail at you some more, telling you all about why you were a worm etc, then give you another. Getting six of the best took about half an hour. Anyone got any tales of similar sadism to share. Personally I think that goes beyond discipline, which I don't have a problem with, I think the bugger was totally getting off on it. |
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Interested
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote: |
I went to one of the first colleges built in NZ, very much modelled on the Englsih public school, rugby, cricket, cadets, bording house, all boys of course. I wonder if any Brits have had a similar experience. There was a master who used to cane quite a lot, |
Ho ho ho! This explains a lot, you sick twisted deviant you! |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Ho ho ho! This explains a lot, you sick twisted deviant you! |
Thankyou for the constructive comments sweetheart, it was not something I chose or would want for my kids. |
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Beeg
Joined: 05 Oct 2003
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 4:41 am Post subject: |
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I'd be interested to know if anyone knows how many British style pubs are there in Korea? |
I know of one beside lake Bomun in Kyongju. I went there last time I was at the lake, after all it was advertising British beer and fish and chips (do any other Brits really miss fish and chips or is it just me?). However the actual menu was nothing like the advertisment and I had to settle for Kimchi Fried Rice and a bottle of (what british pub does not serve draft) Hite.
Well if thats what Koreans think a typical British pub is like let them. I wonder what the reaction would be like if pubs back home started selling Kimch???
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sid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Location: Berkshire, England
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:26 am Post subject: |
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eamo wrote: |
English teabags, e.g. Tetleys, are too weak.
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That may look like a smile, but the Gaffer's crying on the inside after a comment like that.
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Monty_
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Im with the gaffer on this one.
Tetley's & PG are both decent brews, as long as they're made in the correct way. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:52 am Post subject: |
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sid wrote: |
eamo wrote: |
English teabags, e.g. Tetleys, are too weak.
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That may look like a smile, but the Gaffer's crying on the inside after a comment like that.
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Sorry Gaffer. The Tetley Tea Folk are ok by me. |
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mo
Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Location: A place where messageboards aren't life.
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Mummy just sent me 160 Tetley's teabags to cure my hatred of Lipton/Twinings, so the gaffer can have a wee smile on me. |
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