I’m being picky, but Vauxhall is GM, not Chrysler. Here’s a good one: the Mitsubishi Pajero also didn’t sell in Spain. I’ll leave it to Spanish speakers to explain (and it’s not “mitsubishi”)
HA ha ha!
That’s NOT a brand name anyone would want on their SUV. (Whether or not it would be appropriate is another issue.)
The Pajero is called the Montero here.
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I seem to recall my mother, quite a few years ago in Okinawa, using a laundry detergent called Flakes. Leave it to the British to chocolate cover those little buggers and turn them into a tasty snack treat!
For those of you who viewed my Yosemite vacation website (lots of photos), Gary, one of the trekkers, actually used Cheeze Whiz, or however you spell (or expel) it, as his main nutritional (or, at least, caloric) source. He claims he thrived on it and actually gained weight on the hike. It may be interesting to note that the large brown bear that tore up part of his food supply and chewed through a plastic salt shaker did not disturb the Cheese Whiz. Draw your own conclusions. We chose to draw a cheeze whiz line around our campsites and were no longer troubled by wild animals.
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Tony
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On 2002-01-11 12:04, Martin Milner wrote:
. . . and the gas propellant you provide yourself much later.Not sure if it’s CFC-free or not. Wouldn’t like to test it though.>
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How much OCTANE do you get out of METHANE made from cheese?
About products, I’ve always wondered if the Tetley “British Blend” tea that I drink constantly is anything like the tea the British drink. As far as I can tell it’s just stronger than regular Tetley, Lipton, or Salada.
I know that Earl Grey (Gray) tea with the oil of bergomot (Bergomot relaxes smooth muscle like intestinal muscles) really can cause a severe case of constipation! Don’t ask how I know this, you probably don’t really want to know. 
On 2002-01-11 12:33, Martin Milner wrote:
Hi Cees,Hard to define chuffed. I would say pleased, made up, impressed, etc. Someone who is chuffed will have such a big grin on his/her face that people will wonder what they’ve been up to!
AH! Pickled tink!
On 2002-01-12 17:27, TonyHiggins wrote:
… It may be interesting to note that the large brown bear that tore up part of his food supply and chewed through a plastic salt shaker did not disturb the Cheese Whiz. Draw your own conclusions. We chose to draw a cheeze whiz line around our campsites and were no longer troubled by wild animals.
Interesting! IMO bears aren’t particularily intelligent creatures - they have big teeth and claws but in my experience they are dumb as a post. A few years ago I was canoeing along some of my favourite rivers in the Canadian Shield when we had an unpleasant encounter with black bear. It came in at first light (about 5:45 am), ignored backpacks loaded with 20 KG of frozen meat, and ripped through a tent where some of my sleeping colleagues (sleeping) had stupidly stashed about 200 G of Jolly Ranchers (those are fruit-flavoured sweets for those in the UK). Did I mention bears are really fast when they are hungry? I guess a 120 KG predator with big nasty claws and teeth that can run at 40 KM/hr doesn’t actually have to be very smart At least nobody bled to death which was good because we were in the middle of nowhere (150 km from the nearest phone).
Oh, I suppose this has nothing to do with Cheese Whiz (or whistles) …
On 2002-01-12 17:41, Cody wrote:
I’ve always wondered if the Tetley “British Blend” tea that I drink constantly is anything like the tea the British drink.
Hi Cody,
Life used to be so simple when there were two types of Tea, PG Tips & everything else:grin:. Now we have fruit & herb infusions, dozens of brands - even Marks & Spencer have at least 4 or 5 different types under their own label.
I was brought up on Sainsbury’s Red Label, just about the cheapest tea you can buy, so my tastes are not refined. But most teas like Tetley are not considered the best, though quite acceptable for everyday use. I can’t stand Earl Grey myself, I prefer English Breakfast Blend, or Assam tea. I’ve tried Kenyan recently, but think it has a slightly unpleasant aftertaste.
Drop me an private e-mail with your address if you like, and I’ll post you a packet of a nice quality tea.
By the by, I don’t know what Tetley “British Blend” is like, I don’t think we have that in the UK. It’d be rather carrying coals to Newcastle, wouldn’t it?
To take this discussion into the realms of music: during the 1980s chieftain harpist Derek Bell produced a solo lp on which he played all instruments. He aptly called it ‘Derek Bell plays with himself’.
I am quite sure that one got renamed on American release.
Peter, that is so classy!
The only recording I can remember where one talented individual provides all the sounds is a 45 of the military march “Blaze Away”, where all the wind instruments of a marching bank are imitated by the “player” using only his mouth & occasionally hands.
Unfortunately his name escapes me, but I’m sure he must have had a long and glorious career.
Back to tea. How come nobody markets an Irish blend tea? I believe the Irish still drink more tea per head of population than anywhere else in Europe. Considering the other liquid refreshments available in Ireland that tea must be really good.
On 2002-01-15 07:48, jbarter wrote:
Back to tea. How come nobody markets an Irish blend tea? I believe the Irish still drink more tea per head of population than anywhere else in Europe. Considering the other liquid refreshments available in Ireland that tea must be really good.
Aren’t companies like Twinings etc selling their ‘Irish Breakfast Tea’ overthere, it’s available all over Europe.
On 2002-01-11 23:43, ndjr wrote:
For those of you who are interested, there is a British - American, American - British dictionary on-line at:http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary.html
My wife and I watch a fair amount of British television, and have found it quite useful.
Warning for those who tend to faint easily: The dictionaries have a fair amount of really naughty words in them.
This is phantastic! Now I can say things like “There was a bit of a Barney down at the local, until Old Bill came along and found that a bint was at the bottom of it. The bint was a bit of all right”
Please do correct me, I think I’ll need to refine this some.
And Peter: They did not rename Derek Bell’s CD for US release… :roll:
On 2002-01-15 09:31, Bloomfield wrote:
Please do correct me, I think I’ll need to refine this some.
Not bad, Bloomfield, just one little word gives your foreign origins away. You have to say “the Old Bill”.
“Bint” is a lovely word, but I haven’t heard it since about 1962!
On 2002-01-15 09:40, StevieJ wrote:
“Bint” is a lovely word, but I haven’t heard it since about 1962!
Yes, I also felt that it had dusty quality to it. I love the tendency to revive old words or slang terms. “I was gobsmacked when I saw the bint, and then she smacked my gob when I called her bint.” (Or something.)
“smacked me IN the gob.”
The effect of this is spoiled a little when you consider that “gobsmacked” is not native English slang, but a recent import from Ireland following the film “The Commitments”.
Well, I guess if you’re not born with it…
I didn’t realize that about the Commitments. Interesting. I saw the move when it came out years ago but didn’t feel that it justified the hype. The most memorable scene was the skinny, freckled red-head kid sitting on a concrete ledge in the Belfast slums, surrounded by little dirty children. He is practicing his guitar, and as the silent children regard him, he looks up at them and says “I am black and I’m proud.”
On 2002-01-15 09:47, StevieJ wrote:
“gobsmacked” is not native English slang, but a recent import from Ireland following the film “The Commitments”.
Hi StevieJ,
You’re probably right, having more miles on the clock than I, and as my head is bunged up with a cold today the lift isn’t going all the way to the top floor but I feel sure I’ve been using that expression for much longer than such a timeline would allow.
Maybe The Commitments popularised an expression that was in local use outside Dublin beforehand? English (and Irish) slang is after all quite regional in usage, but a smack in the cakehole is rarely open to misinterpretation.
In future I must try to include at least one obscure or anacronistic word or phrase in every posting, this thread has been enlightening!
Bloomfield
Needs slightly updating into more modern usage; here goes:
“there was a bit of a barney at the local, but the bill came along and sorted it. Turned out there was a bit of totty at the bottom of it, and she was real tasty”. How’s that?!
Your phrase “refine this some” is purely west of the pond - we never use “some” in that context. Brit equiv: “refine it a bit”.
If you ever come over, there’s some great Irish gigs in London well worth buying the wilsons for. (see if you can suss that one out)
Nick
Nick, thanks! I like “totty”
As for my use of the word, “some” I did that on purpose, of course. Something for y’all over there to enjoy.
And I will keep those gigs in mind! Bye-bye, I mean: cheers, mate!
PS: 'Fraid I can’t suss “buying the wilsons”. 
/bloomfield
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