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Friday, 23 June 2017
quote [ When Americans are trying to rib me for being British, they tend to go for at least one of three jokes. They act like I love or have an intimate knowledge of the royal family, which I don’t; they mention terrible British food, which is fair, (though y’all invented spray cheese); or they’ll bring up tea. Haha, uh, cup of tea much, you limey? ]
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Bruceski said @ 2:33am GMT on 23rd Jun
"Yanks telling me how to do tea? I like Tazo better, nevermind that it's from Portland."
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sanepride said @ 2:58am GMT on 23rd Jun
Not sure how a generally negative review of an expensive tea machine qualifies as an 'existential crisis'.
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midden said @ 4:01am GMT on 23rd Jun
She is English, and the cognitive dissonance caused by the mismatch between her personal experience as a Brit and the marketing hype of the device momentarily made her doubt her very soul and the Meaning of Life(tm). If that's not an existential crisis, what is?
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endopol said @ 7:52am GMT on 23rd Jun
Finding out that the Meaning of Life was trademarked has given me an existential crisis.
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lilmookieesquire said @ 5:08am GMT on 23rd Jun
I think that makes you a true American. (Or at least 100% non-bit'ish)
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cb361 said @ 11:20am GMT on 23rd Jun
The british drink crap tea anyway. GF spends as much as a smoker on her Gao Shan tea habit.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 1:33pm GMT on 23rd Jun
Another toy for the rich. I will continue to use store brand tea bags.
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krupa said @ 3:53pm GMT on 23rd Jun
Meh. Just ordered another batch of tetleys, 720 bags of basic tea.
It's that for the normal day, and Yorkshire tea for the rougher ones. ...it's an easy way to please a Brit gf. :) |
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Headlessfriar said @ 4:18pm GMT on 23rd Jun
Maybe in the UK Tetley is ok, but buying in America it's trash. Even worse than Lipton. Personally, the mass market brand I most like is Red Rose, which is actually made in Canada.
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krupa said @ 5:33pm GMT on 23rd Jun
Why would it be trash?
Personally I prefer Tetley over Lipton or Twinings, and have tried quite a bunch of others. Not Red Rose, though. |
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mechanical contrivance said @ 5:44pm GMT on 23rd Jun
I never realized how unrefined my palette is until now. I can't tell one brand of tea from another. I think that's a good thing, since it means I'm satisfied with any brand of tea.
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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 7:22pm GMT on 23rd Jun
PG Tips normally...though my wife has some Tea Forte Earl Grey if the day sucked. Australian friend visited and apparently they reflect some British roots -- probably drank a cup per hour or more of the PG Tips.
Despite actually liking tea, I'm Southern, and it gets damned hot out, so I'll also use whatever cheap tea I can find to make iced. |
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Morris Forgot his Password said @ 12:35pm GMT on 24th Jun
I sit here, having a cup (Red Rose, milk, 2 sugar) and consider, there are way more things to tease brits with than just tea...
Ask your british guests if they would like a beer and would they want it warmed up first.. |
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