I have decided that today, the 18th of December shall forevermore be known as "Bounce an Old and Obscure Thread Day" or "BOOT" 'Day.
And I picked this thread.
Here's my "Ask a Brit II" question.
Why doesn't McDonald's sell hotdogs?
Bumped.
Bruno that is a silly question, You must know that only Germans and Austrians eat wurst.
Brits eat Kidney Pie and other really odd dishes. On the other hand, Brit McDonalds must surely offer tea and crumpets. I am down with the tea and crumpet or what ever those yummy little cookies are because I once discovered that they are deliciously palatable. I pigged out and that is not my normal self. It was at a British tea house at Epcot. I think that it might have been the real deal.
Quote from: Icarus on December 21, 2014, 01:42:10 AM
Bruno that is a silly question, You must know that only Germans and Austrians eat wurst.
Brits eat Kidney Pie and other really odd dishes. On the other hand, Brit McDonalds must surely offer tea and crumpets. I am down with the tea and crumpet or what ever those yummy little cookies are because I once discovered that they are deliciously palatable. I pigged out and that is not my normal self. It was at a British tea house at Epcot. I think that it might have been the real deal.
I suppose you are correct Icarus (As always ;D), it was a silly question to ask, especially of a Brit.
But these Brits have bangers right, and that's just a low quality sausage right? I imagine the a first or second cousin of the hotdog so that's why I poised the question.
Anyway as silly as my question was, and as silly as Brits can be they do have wonderful poets, I alway's loved this one.
The world has held great Heroes,
As history-books have showed;
But never a name to go down to fame
Compared with that of Toad
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them knew one half as much
As intelligent Mr Toad!
The animals sat in the Ark and cried,
Their tears in torrents flowed.
Who was it said, ?There?s land ahead??
Encouraging Mr Toad!
The Army all saluted
As they marched along the road.
Was it the King? Or Kitchener?
No. It was Mr Toad!
The Queen and her Ladies-in-waiting
Sat at the window and sewed.
She cried, ?Look! who?s that handsome man??
They answered, ?Mr Toad.?
Does that poem refer to the Mr. Toad in the classic; The Wind In The Willows"? That is one of my all time favorites. In fact My screen name at another forum is Messabout in deference to the moles famous pronouncement about messing about in boats.
Quote from: Bruno on December 21, 2014, 02:35:56 AMBut these Brits have bangers right, and that's just a low quality sausage right? I imagine the a first or second cousin of the hotdog so that's why I poised the question.
Fun fact of the day; our common hotdog, formerly known as the frankfurter, was once the most prized of all sausages in Germany and reserved exclusively for imperial coronation ceremonies. It takes a great deal of skill to mince meat so finely by hand and before grinders became available in the 19th century hands were all a butcher had. There's a BBC podcast detailing the whole affair titled
Germany: One People, Many Sausages.
Quote from: jumbojak on December 30, 2014, 09:27:48 PM
Quote from: Bruno on December 21, 2014, 02:35:56 AMBut these Brits have bangers right, and that's just a low quality sausage right? I imagine the a first or second cousin of the hotdog so that's why I poised the question.
Fun fact of the day; our common hotdog, formerly known as the frankfurter, was once the most prized of all sausages in Germany and reserved exclusively for imperial coronation ceremonies. It takes a great deal of skill to mince meat so finely by hand and before grinders became available in the 19th century hands were all a butcher had. There's a BBC podcast detailing the whole affair titled Germany: One People, Many Sausages.
Bog standard franks taste like ass and are worse than Wall's (they are fucking awful, paste like and truly bottom of the barrel). They can taste amazing like a place near me that makes their own but generally they are missing a massive amount of flavour and UK sausages taste better due to their added herbs and spices (bangers are pretty much non existent unless you buy the supermarket value kind or the shit brands). I got some Hebrew National franks and they tasted cheap and nasty on par with shitty brand named sausages in the UK, the texture was firmer as you expect from a beef sausage but overall the taste was lacking. Not saying that franks can't be better but in general a like for like frank doesn't come close to a UK, Spanish, Italian, or Polish sausage as they have a large amount of additional flavouring which masks the cheapness of the meat, for a frank it has to be exceptionally hight quality to be better, but the standard stuff is shockingly low quality on par with doner kebabs.
Quote from: Crow on December 31, 2014, 01:16:19 AMBog standard franks taste like ass and are worse than Wall's (they are fucking awful, paste like and truly bottom of the barrel).
You completely lost me there Crow. Is Bog a brand of wieners?
:D
Ahh, brilliant! Two countries divided by a common language!
Bog standard = Ordinary, basic, without anything special added. (derogatory)
Bog = toilet (informal)
I remember searching for the origin of "bog standard" a few years ago, and posted about it here on HAF (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5688.msg79990#msg79990). (Excuse the ridiculously large type in that post, it's a result of the transition from the old software, and I didn't want to edit it just yet. Don't bother trying to read it, because I link to a readable version below.) The toilet etymology is current on Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bog_standard), but there are a few others, as seen in an earlier version of that page (https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bog_standard&diff=10534595&oldid=8925980). See also the discussion on the QI forum (http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=29729), as well as WorldWideWords.org (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bog1.htm). As in 2010, I favor the British racing slang (https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/alt.usage.english/3h1Gq7NerBo/qq2qzJ09aMMJ) hypothesis, though the OED doesn't support it.