"Curb" does exist in American English in the sense "curb your dog" or "The Law of God is a curb on the sinful nature..." etc. (Luther's Small Catechism)
Often times, on what we call blue highways (not primary roads in the US) we will see signs saying "No Curbs," meaning other than maybe an unpaved strip along the highway, there is nothing to keep the car on the straight and narrow as it were. The next worse warning is "No shoulders ahead," meaning that unpaved strip is not even there.
Oh road signage can be quite interesting. One of my favourites is "Soft Verges" which can bring to mind all manner of things. I also like "Slow Children Crossing" which can be taken several ways.
Ha! That brings back a childhood memory - whenever we passed a ‘heavy plant crossing’ sign, my dear old dad would say, ‘It’s the giant cabbages again’.
It might have been mildly amusing once, when I was, well, about 6.
Years ago, while traveling in England, we drove past a sign that said "Boot Sale." There seemed to be an awful lots of people there just to buy boots. Then the light dawned...
A butcher's shop near me had a sign in the window' beef mince, lamb mince, pet mince'. I was tempted to go in and ask what sort of pets they had minced up.
A friend once saw a sign in a market in Yorkshire which said 'Dutch Caps'.
It was short for 'capsicums' of course, a term you don't hear much these days, as 'red peppers' or 'green papers' or 'yellow peppers' seem to have become the norm. This was over 30 years ago.
Thanks to the BBC's Country File, I know now that there are vast greenhouses (glasshouses) in the Leigh Valley, London's green lung, growing these things for us but we still import many from Holland to meet demand.
For the uninitiated, in UK English a Dutch Cap is a barrier form of contraception.
Or Lea Valley, as the river is called both. (As someone to the east of the Lea Valley and who's walked it from Ware to the Thames). There's a view point in Epping Forest that looks down over sheets of glass in the valley below near Enfield but there are growing areas up to Nazeing. I worked with a Scicilian boy with learning needs whose father was employed somewhere in those glasshouses.
Leigh, pronounced Lie is also a village in Kent. It has a stoolball team. There is also Leigh-on-Sea in Essex.
Driving up the Lea Valley, I had the impression that a lot of the market gardens were owned by Italians.
The Italian (mainly Sicilian) growers of the Lea Valley started off by growing cucumbers, branching out into peppers after WWII. The UK's largest glasshouse for peppers is on the site of the WWII fighter airfield at Tangmere in Sussex.
Never heard of the drink, but we we have red-eye gravy here (the American South), which is made from the drippings of country ham and black coffee, and is typically served with ham or grits.
It's not so much the taste of tomato juice as the texture; it reminds me of... plasma.
The only time I would drink it is on an aeroplane (remember those) when they offer the Complementary Beverage (remember those) and the minuscule snack. Tomato juice with Worcester and celery salt.
I don't believe the honourable shipmate from Canada mentioned "good" beer. If what he had was Molson's or Labatt's, it's not like adding tomato juice to it would make it much worse.
I don't believe the honourable shipmate from Canada mentioned "good" beer. If what he had was Molson's or Labatt's, it's not like adding tomato juice to it would make it much worse.
Other than I'm not very honourable, yes. Generic beer isn't harmed by adulteration. You may add some Tabasco sauce to a Red Eye if that tickles your fancy.
Probably few of you have had a caesar either: clamato juice (tomato and clam juice), vodka, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce. A stick of celery or a pickle for garnish. Popular enough that Lucky Bastard makes a dill pickle vodka .
Other than I'm not very honourable, yes. Generic beer isn't harmed by adulteration. You may add some Tabasco sauce to a Red Eye if that tickles your fancy.
Probably few of you have had a caesar either: clamato juice (tomato and clam juice), vodka, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce. A stick of celery or a pickle for garnish. Popular enough that Lucky Bastard makes a dill pickle vodka .
Why not add gefilte fish to make it really repulsive?
Look, I know Saskatoon is wierd. It's got temperatures of minus 172 degrees at the height of summer and everyone has a walk on fridge in order to keep warm and the entire population could fit inside a passport photo booth.
If that wasn't bad enough they mix beer and tomato juice.
This thread shouldn't be about whether Americans and British speak a different language, it ought to be about how NoProfit inhabits a completely different planet to the rest of us.
There must surely be someone somewhere who likes tomato juice?
There is - me - but I'm definitely sceptical about mixing it with beer. And I managed to spend 16 years in Canada without having a Caesar, although I did have a taste of one once, and it wasn't nearly as repulsive as I'd imagined.
Like Firenze, I find it's often what I want to go with those silly little bags of pretzels* on the plane.
* I appreciate that they have to eschew peanuts in case of allergic reactions, but I do rather miss them.
My apologies to the Heavenly hosts - I've strayed a bit from the topic here.
There's a store called Lee Valley in Canada. Sells high gadgets, tools and garden stuff.
Re drinks from above. Does any other locale have the drink called a "red eye"? Half beer, half tomato juice.
Texas has a Red Eye Bloody Mary Mix. Usually, the hot sauce is very hot.
They also talk about a Red Eye Beer which is half beer, half tomato juice, and a dash of hot sauce.
Then there is this
Texas Red-Eye
The burning sensation in one's balloon knot after dropping a fire dookie. This extremely painful sensation is usually caused by power drinking while on a bender or extremely spicy food. Also may be caused by not properly cleaning after swamp ass.
Hmmmm. I wonder if tomato and beer *soup* might work better? With an artisan grilled cheese sandwich. And a pile of German fries--either the very long shoestring type, or the slab/wedge type.
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It might have been mildly amusing once, when I was, well, about 6.
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You must live near me. I pass this every day on the way home from work.
This was because I
That wouldn't work here. We know what sod is, if we think about it, but we'd call it turf when sold for, e.g., laying a lawn.
It was short for 'capsicums' of course, a term you don't hear much these days, as 'red peppers' or 'green papers' or 'yellow peppers' seem to have become the norm. This was over 30 years ago.
Thanks to the BBC's Country File, I know now that there are vast greenhouses (glasshouses) in the Leigh Valley, London's green lung, growing these things for us but we still import many from Holland to meet demand.
For the uninitiated, in UK English a Dutch Cap is a barrier form of contraception.
Driving up the Lea Valley, I had the impression that a lot of the market gardens were owned by Italians.
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Re drinks from above. Does any other locale have the drink called a "red eye"? Half beer, half tomato juice.
With you on the beer and tomato juice, but taramasalata without chocolate cake? Heathen!
I know. The latter of those makes me very weird, but I just don't like it. Or chocolate ice cream.
The only time I would drink it is on an aeroplane (remember those) when they offer the Complementary Beverage (remember those) and the minuscule snack. Tomato juice with Worcester and celery salt.
Still sounds disgusting.
I don't believe the honourable shipmate from Canada mentioned "good" beer. If what he had was Molson's or Labatt's, it's not like adding tomato juice to it would make it much worse.
It would make thin fizzy tomato juice.
Probably few of you have had a caesar either: clamato juice (tomato and clam juice), vodka, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce. A stick of celery or a pickle for garnish. Popular enough that Lucky Bastard makes a dill pickle vodka .
Look, I know Saskatoon is wierd. It's got temperatures of minus 172 degrees at the height of summer and everyone has a walk on fridge in order to keep warm and the entire population could fit inside a passport photo booth.
If that wasn't bad enough they mix beer and tomato juice.
This thread shouldn't be about whether Americans and British speak a different language, it ought to be about how NoProfit inhabits a completely different planet to the rest of us.
Like Firenze, I find it's often what I want to go with those silly little bags of pretzels* on the plane.
* I appreciate that they have to eschew peanuts in case of allergic reactions, but I do rather miss them.
My apologies to the Heavenly hosts - I've strayed a bit from the topic here.
Texas has a Red Eye Bloody Mary Mix. Usually, the hot sauce is very hot.
They also talk about a Red Eye Beer which is half beer, half tomato juice, and a dash of hot sauce.
Then there is this
Urban Dictionary