dtaai-maai wrote:Roast tatties on the bar of the local pub at noon on a cold winter Sunday with a roaring fire and a pleasant aroma of pipe smoke not too close by.
And no fruit machine/video game/television/children/yappy little dogs.
AND no women in the tap room
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
Why don't we start on unique British sayings/idioms. I was watching Top Gear the other night and the presenter commented that the grill of the Land Rover is "too Cheshire". I have no idea what he meant unless referring to the smile of the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland. Pete
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
If something is "Too Cheshire", that means it/he/she is part of the green wellie brigade: Barbour jackets, Range Rovers, huntinshootinanfishin, shooting sticks, hang 'em and flog 'em, etc, etc.
What's the difference between a Kentish maid and a maid of Kent?
What defines a Cockney?
What's the furthest you can get from the sea in GB?
What's the highest peak?
Where was Shakespeare born?
Which county is most famous for its cider?
These and many more are the sort of questions that should be in the "culture test"!!
Why are the police called Bobbies, or in slang "Old Bill" or in gutter slang "The Filth"?
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
dtaai-maai wrote:The Plod, yes that's a good one for you, HHF.
Enid Blyton was a children's author about 50 years ago. One of her creations was Noddy and Big Ears, with a character called PC Plod.
Didn't the UK PC (to coin a phrase) brigade roast her for having a gollywog rogue in her books?
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
dtaai-maai wrote:What's the difference between a Kentish maid and a maid of Kent?
What defines a Cockney?
What's the furthest you can get from the sea in GB?
What's the highest peak?
Where was Shakespeare born?
Which county is most famous for its cider?
These and many more are the sort of questions that should be in the "culture test"!!
Which side of the river Medway you are born?
Born within the sound of Bow Bells?
Don`t know
Don`t know
Trick question?
Take you pick from Somerset/Devon/Dorset/Herefordshire
dtaai-maai wrote:What's the difference between a Kentish maid and a maid of Kent?
What defines a Cockney?
What's the furthest you can get from the sea in GB?
What's the highest peak?
Where was Shakespeare born?
Which county is most famous for its cider?
These and many more are the sort of questions that should be in the "culture test"!!
Which side of the river Medway you are born?
Born within the sound of Bow Bells?
Don`t know
Don`t know
Trick question?
Take you pick from Somerset/Devon/Dorset/Herefordshire
Ah but Bow Bells on which Church?
Is Leamington Spa furthest from any sea - just at the back of my mind?
Which Peak seems the same type of question as how many lakes in the Lake District?
For cider, two of my favourites come from Cornwall and Suffolk, not forgetting Waitroses own brand cox's apple cider from its own farm in Berkshire!
I have no idea what he meant unless referring to the smile of the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland. 
Pete 
