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Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 13:59
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:28:06PM -0400, Tristan McLeay wrote: > > Maccas==McDonalds, sorry about that. > > Ah. That'd be "Mickey D's" over here. :)
A funny (because its so bad) reaking-of-Australians-pretending-to-be-Americans McDonalds ad uses an American accent but says 'Maccas' :)
> So a McDonald's hamburger isn't even a hamburger? It's just a "burger"? > (Admittedly, I see the culinary distinction between a McBurger and a "real" > hamburger, but we still call 'em hamburgers, and that's how they're listed > on the menu . . .
And here was me having assumed that we stole the 'burger' nomenclature from you...
> > A sandwich is definitely between slices of > > bread, which can be sliced, and not between halves of rolls, which normal > > people at least wouldn't slice :) > > Bah. If the roll's small enough that's how I eat it anyway - sliced in > two with butter on each half. All that dainty pulling small bits off > and buttering them individually is foofy nonsense reserved for fancy > dinner parties. :)
Pulling small bits off and buttering them individually? -- Tristan <kesuari@...> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy

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