Ask the UK of the Day
Ask the UK of the Day
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- scarabin0
Is it true you put barbecue sauce on french toast?
- And you call it “eggy bread”???scarabin
- no and no :|kingsteven
- Phewscarabin
- nofadein11
- WOAH Kingsteven! I think you'll find the answer is no and yes. And Scarabin, you may be thinking the sauce is BBQ, but it is actually Brown Sauce or HP Sauce.Wolfboy
- HP Sauce
https://www.hpsauce.…Wolfboy - What is the best thing to put HP sauce on?scarabin
- Food. It's that good I don't need to round it down. But if you insist, a bacon butty.Wolfboy
- Cool, coolscarabin
- sausagesfadein11
- I went to school right next to the main HP factory (no longer there). The smell at break times was sometimes unbearable.fadein11
- https://i2-prod.birm…fadein11
- I can imagine it was a bit much; like when you drive into a brewery town.Wolfboy
- Hah, i have heard it called eggy bread as a colloquialism, but they would know what its actually called. right? People put HP on it? i have not lived.kingsteven
- sauce?sarahfailin
- The best thing to put HP on is the shelf.Nairn
- ^ pretty much. actual tamarind sauce is great though.kingsteven
- I keep meaning to give that a try. K, i'm buying a bottle from one of the SE Asian food shops I'm blessed with near home.
Thanks for the recommend!Nairn - HAGGIS! Haggis is the best thing to have with 'brown (HP) sauce'.microkorg
- scarabin1
What’s the difference between a “ham” and a “shire”?
- The Queen, by law, can kill the inhabitants of a 'ham' whereas 'shire' residents are merely slaves.face_melter
- What’s the deal with Birminghamshire?scarabin
- You know the Thunderdome from Mad Max 3? It's like that but everyone sounds like Ozzy Osbourneface_melter
- *packs bags*scarabin
- I am a resident of Birminghamshire and can confirm that my neighbours are Black Sabbath, Napalm Death and Godflesh. We have interesting barbecues, especially...Morning_star
- ...when Ozzy and Robert Plant get on the acid.Morning_star
- I know that area Morning_star, isn't it this neighbourhood?: https://www.youtube.…Wolfboy
- Ha ha. Yes, that’s the house down the road that no one talks about.Morning_star
- This is the best thread.garbage
- scarabin8
Why do give the US shit about not using metric but still measure your weight in “stone”?
- hahautopian
- And is it true you won’t measure your dicks in cm?scarabin
- human height in feet and inches too, weight, pints and miles. i think all other contexts its metric? right?kingsteven
- Scarabin's got a valid point.pango
- How heavy is a stone anyway? A big Stone or small stone?pango
- What about a rock? or a pebble? or a group of seagulls?helloeatbreathedrive
- I am 160lbs, please count me in stones.garbage
- Are Yank/UK lbs the same? Pints are different & I think stones might be. And that's before we get on to the height of a horse. Fuck all that imperial bullshit.Wolfboy
- is UK stone bigger or US stone bigger?pango
- i didn't think they used stone in the states. just lbs. and i think it's always just 14lbs (which are the same)kingsteven
- Yeah, I'm wrong on that. The lb is the same and there isn't a US stone. But dogs can look up. @Garbage You're 11st 6lbWolfboy
- I cant believe American pints are 20% smaller. Something that screws with Brits in N.Ireland our spirit measures are 35ml rather than your 25, no idea why.kingsteven
- American pint is the same as anywhere.monospaced
- apparently not - US is 473 ml UK is 568 mlkingsteven
- ^ that is true.pango
- https://i.imgur.com/…pango
- sadly some restaurants here serves american pint and some serves regular pint.pango
- we kind of just adopt everything....
even when buying produce... some labels use lb and some use kg... T_Tpango - ok but what is your weight in kidney stones?!%sted
- I'M 11st 6lb stones?! Metric please, otherwise I'm calling Jenny Craig.garbage
- 11 6 is mid 70s kg. Teeny tiny lightweight for a man.Phrenological
- ^ you mean pretty much bang on healthy BMI for someone 6' 4" :Dkingsteven
- In Ulster - 35ml is approx 1/4 Gill (the traditional unit of spirits). Scotland the traditional uni was 1/5 Gill, hence the size difference.Phrenological
- Lolcannonball1978
- @Phren Nah, I'm actually just in really good shape.garbage
- epic_rim0
Is arse pronounced like rrrrrssss or like ausss
- kingsteven0
real talk
what is your regional chip shop speciality?
- chips in a soft bread bun. Nether understood it myself. Chip butty the call it.shapesalad
- Does that have butter on it? Does that make it a “butty”?scarabin
- yup, slang for sandwich coming from the constant ingredients of bread and butter.Wolfboy
- we have chip butties here too, generally not buttered. there are a few things like saveloys that are unique to england and seem to become less common up northkingsteven
- or pea fritters (i've only seen them in the south). here you wouldn't get a half chicken or a pickled egg in a chippy and if you ask for a pastie you'll get akingsteven
- deep fried burger made of potato and pork. scotland has pizza crunch and various other glorious deep fried monstrosities. feel like im only scratching thekingsteven
- surface though. i've heard mince meat in a bap is a thing in certain parts of scotland. i dont think i've ever been in a chippy in wales but they must be up tokingsteven
- some mad shite. i need an infographic :Dkingsteven
- I'd say, as a rule of thumb, the further north you go, the more things they batter and stick in the fryer.Wolfboy
- that makes for an easy infographic https://i.imgur.com/…kingsteven
- chats. small new potatoes cut in half then deep friedtrooperbill
- A fad in the early 2000s of sticking chocolate bars in the deep fat fryer up here in Scotland. Best was Biscuit Boost!microkorg
- Nairn14
Why did you vote for Brexit, you fucking idiots?
- I chortled.Continuity
- :Dkingsteven
- LOLpango
- They got confused by bus adverts.garbage
- our benefits system is not reciprocated in other eu countries so we got an influx of people taking advantage of it. cheap foreign labour undercutting uk biz.trooperbill
- #cringefadein11
- Cameron got cocky after success in the Scottish Indyref. Migrant influx from the middle east (islam is v unpopular amongst the non chattering classes).Phrenological
- Pressure on public services (health, housing). Wages driven down by freedom of moevment laws. Gypsy street beggars,Phrenological
- Mission creep from the EU. ... loads of reasons budPhrenological
- lolNairn
- because they want independence.....
LOLpango - another Doris account?face_melter
- Unsure whether this is Robo pretending to be Scottish, Kuz, or some entirely unconsidered entity.Nairn
- Yeah, if anybody verfies Phrenological we'll have a lead.garbage
- oh it's Robo, as was Doris and Shabby. Blatantly obvious surely?fadein11
- You got jealous of our massively stupid bigotry in the US?CyBrainX