"London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:05 am
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Re: "London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:26:02 +0530, "grusl"
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>> its indian with portugese goan roots. Like kedgeree is anglo/indian.
>
>Sounds about right. It's the sort of thing people can get worked up about,
>especially when I tell 'em that nothing with tomatoes in it can be Indian!
thats OK for me, I dont use tomatos in it :-) You can also argue
nothing with chillis can be indian!
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>> its indian with portugese goan roots. Like kedgeree is anglo/indian.
>
>Sounds about right. It's the sort of thing people can get worked up about,
>especially when I tell 'em that nothing with tomatoes in it can be Indian!
thats OK for me, I dont use tomatos in it :-) You can also argue
nothing with chillis can be indian!
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Apr 26th 2007 | 2:09 am
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Re: "London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
"The Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:26:02 +0530, "grusl"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Sounds about right. It's the sort of thing people can get worked up about,
>>especially when I tell 'em that nothing with tomatoes in it can be Indian!
>
> thats OK for me, I dont use tomatos in it :-) You can also argue
> nothing with chillis can be indian!
Most biryanis here seem to contain tomatoes. An older neighbour refuses to
use chillies, citing their inauthenticity. She is *quite* mad generally,
though.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:26:02 +0530, "grusl"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Sounds about right. It's the sort of thing people can get worked up about,
>>especially when I tell 'em that nothing with tomatoes in it can be Indian!
>
> thats OK for me, I dont use tomatos in it :-) You can also argue
> nothing with chillis can be indian!
Most biryanis here seem to contain tomatoes. An older neighbour refuses to
use chillies, citing their inauthenticity. She is *quite* mad generally,
though.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:11 am
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On Apr 25, 10:32 am, Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, The Reid
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:08:05 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
> > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >The main cost which affects people living in London (as opposed to
> > >visiting) IMO is housing. I'd have to be extremely wealthy to have the
> > >kind of flat I do here (in Manchester) if I was living almost anywhere
> > >in London. If I had the money, I'd live in London though. It's such a
> > >great city IMO.
>
> > If I had the money Id probably be in Helford but a LOndon riverfront
> > penthouse would be a nice second best
>
> I have long found it curious why it took so long for riverfront
> development of high end housing to flourish in London....
The South Bank area was run down at one point, that's why. But London
has really done a great job revitalizing it. By contrast, New York
has highways on its two riverbanks, when it should have high end
housing and riverfront restaurants and bars and cafes.
> In article <[email protected]>, The Reid
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:08:05 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
> > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >The main cost which affects people living in London (as opposed to
> > >visiting) IMO is housing. I'd have to be extremely wealthy to have the
> > >kind of flat I do here (in Manchester) if I was living almost anywhere
> > >in London. If I had the money, I'd live in London though. It's such a
> > >great city IMO.
>
> > If I had the money Id probably be in Helford but a LOndon riverfront
> > penthouse would be a nice second best
>
> I have long found it curious why it took so long for riverfront
> development of high end housing to flourish in London....
The South Bank area was run down at one point, that's why. But London
has really done a great job revitalizing it. By contrast, New York
has highways on its two riverbanks, when it should have high end
housing and riverfront restaurants and bars and cafes.
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:12 am
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:39:23 +0530, "grusl"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> An older neighbour refuses to
>use chillies, citing their inauthenticity. She is *quite* mad generally,
>though.
LOL
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<[email protected]> wrote:
> An older neighbour refuses to
>use chillies, citing their inauthenticity. She is *quite* mad generally,
>though.
LOL
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Apr 26th 2007 | 2:19 am
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Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:11 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>> and often the men cooked, where the women cooked back home.
>>
>>I had my own (male) cook part of the time I spent in Delhi. Pampered
>>doesn't begin to describe it.
>
>Keema Sutra? :-)
nice one.
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>On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:11 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>> and often the men cooked, where the women cooked back home.
>>
>>I had my own (male) cook part of the time I spent in Delhi. Pampered
>>doesn't begin to describe it.
>
>Keema Sutra? :-)
nice one.
--
Tim C.
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:23 am
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"Iceman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Apr 25, 5:44 am, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Tim C." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> > Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>>
>> >>London *is* expensive, but also the dollar is worth a lot less than it
>> >>was. I'm not entirely sure why eating out is expensive in comparison,
>> >>maybe staff get better pay?
>>
>> > The NY checks (sic) don't contain the huge tip you're supposed to hand
>> > over
>> > as well?
>>
>> I fear the four-pound subway ride for one stop is going to be the
>> putative
>> benchmark of London in the 2000s, just as the canonical US$5 strawberry
>> was
>> of Tokyo in the 1980s. Yes, it was theoretically possible to pay that ...
>> but no one actually did.
>
>
> Actually, the expensive fruit in Tokyo really does exist. There are
> certain holidays in Japan where it is traditional to give fruit as a
> gift. Department stores offer gift boxes for those holidays which
> have ridiculously overpriced fruit - by giving someone a $200 melon
> from Takashimaya department store, you are showing how deeply you
> respect them. But of course you can just buy regular pieces of fruit
> and they are much cheaper.
>
Sure, but that's not how it was presented at the time. The NY (at least)
media gave the impression that US$5 was what an average strawberry cost
everywhere in Tokyo, or maybe Japan as a whole. Obviously there are gourmet
treats of all kinds to be had for astounding prices but that's not what was
conveyed. The London meme, down the track, as it were, is going to be that
the Underground costs four pounds, or four pounds per stop, or possibly that
oysters in London cost four pounds each.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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> On Apr 25, 5:44 am, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Tim C." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> > Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>>
>> >>London *is* expensive, but also the dollar is worth a lot less than it
>> >>was. I'm not entirely sure why eating out is expensive in comparison,
>> >>maybe staff get better pay?
>>
>> > The NY checks (sic) don't contain the huge tip you're supposed to hand
>> > over
>> > as well?
>>
>> I fear the four-pound subway ride for one stop is going to be the
>> putative
>> benchmark of London in the 2000s, just as the canonical US$5 strawberry
>> was
>> of Tokyo in the 1980s. Yes, it was theoretically possible to pay that ...
>> but no one actually did.
>
>
> Actually, the expensive fruit in Tokyo really does exist. There are
> certain holidays in Japan where it is traditional to give fruit as a
> gift. Department stores offer gift boxes for those holidays which
> have ridiculously overpriced fruit - by giving someone a $200 melon
> from Takashimaya department store, you are showing how deeply you
> respect them. But of course you can just buy regular pieces of fruit
> and they are much cheaper.
>
Sure, but that's not how it was presented at the time. The NY (at least)
media gave the impression that US$5 was what an average strawberry cost
everywhere in Tokyo, or maybe Japan as a whole. Obviously there are gourmet
treats of all kinds to be had for astounding prices but that's not what was
conveyed. The London meme, down the track, as it were, is going to be that
the Underground costs four pounds, or four pounds per stop, or possibly that
oysters in London cost four pounds each.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:28 am
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On Apr 25, 2:41 pm, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:52:18 -0400, Viking <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Yes, but I think people were saying UK standard fare hasn't altered
> >much over the years.
>
> in addition to what I already said you have the impact of immigration,
> we have adopted all that curry and stuff! Polish restros next?
Besides Indian, there are lots of Thai restaurants and also lots of
Turkish and other Middle Eastern restaurants in London, but despite
there being a substantial African community, African food hasn't
really taken off in the wider population.
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:52:18 -0400, Viking <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Yes, but I think people were saying UK standard fare hasn't altered
> >much over the years.
>
> in addition to what I already said you have the impact of immigration,
> we have adopted all that curry and stuff! Polish restros next?
Besides Indian, there are lots of Thai restaurants and also lots of
Turkish and other Middle Eastern restaurants in London, but despite
there being a substantial African community, African food hasn't
really taken off in the wider population.
Apr 26th 2007 | 2:32 am
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Following up to Iceman <[email protected]> :
>African food hasn't really taken off in the wider population.
Warm ebo (?) blood and fire ants can take a bit of getting used to. :-)
--
Tim C.
>African food hasn't really taken off in the wider population.
Warm ebo (?) blood and fire ants can take a bit of getting used to. :-)
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Apr 26th 2007 | 2:40 am
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On Apr 26, 1:02 pm, "William Black" <[email protected]>
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> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:[email protected]...
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> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:05 GMT, "William Black"
> > <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> >>"Chiken Koma" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> >>> veg. thali for 15 quid......hmmm that'll be one of those UK
> >>> bargains.....
>
> >>The last time I had a vegetable thali was on the Konkan Express between
> >>Bombay and Goa, it was excellent and cost less than £1.
>
> > Ignoring the cost of getting there by public transport? :-)
>
> Well the train tickets were about £80 on top, but that's for a private
> sleeper compartment for two...
>
> --
> William Black
>
> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
> Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
> I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
> All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
> Time for tea.
just 4 fun, go to Belgos, order mussels and chips, and then ask for
mustard sauce to go with the mussels.
Let me know if they bring you a pot of Colmans......
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> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:[email protected]...
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> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:05 GMT, "William Black"
> > <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> >>"Chiken Koma" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected] groups.com...
>
> >>> veg. thali for 15 quid......hmmm that'll be one of those UK
> >>> bargains.....
>
> >>The last time I had a vegetable thali was on the Konkan Express between
> >>Bombay and Goa, it was excellent and cost less than £1.
>
> > Ignoring the cost of getting there by public transport? :-)
>
> Well the train tickets were about £80 on top, but that's for a private
> sleeper compartment for two...
>
> --
> William Black
>
> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
> Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
> I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
> All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
> Time for tea.
just 4 fun, go to Belgos, order mussels and chips, and then ask for
mustard sauce to go with the mussels.
Let me know if they bring you a pot of Colmans......
Apr 26th 2007 | 3:22 am
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On 26 Apr 2007 07:28:41 -0700, Iceman <[email protected]> wrote:
> but despite
>there being a substantial African community, African food hasn't
>really taken off in the wider population.
yes, hardly any african restos, are there many in other western
cities?
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> but despite
>there being a substantial African community, African food hasn't
>really taken off in the wider population.
yes, hardly any african restos, are there many in other western
cities?
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Apr 26th 2007 | 3:23 am
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:32:59 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Warm ebo (?) blood and fire ants can take a bit of getting used to. :-)
no, no, you order, then a war breaks out between the black and Arab
staff, you children are taken as soldiers and you starve for three
hours......not too PC I hope?
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wrote:
>Warm ebo (?) blood and fire ants can take a bit of getting used to. :-)
no, no, you order, then a war breaks out between the black and Arab
staff, you children are taken as soldiers and you starve for three
hours......not too PC I hope?
--
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Apr 26th 2007 | 4:13 am
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"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> William Black <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:1hx6gct.1nokts91j0k6znN%[email protected]...
>> > > The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:51:04 GMT, "William Black"
>> > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> >India is vast and contains several distinct cultures. These
>> > >> >cultures
>> > >> >have
>> > >> >different cuisines and, as in Europe, there are huge regional
>> > >> >differences
>> > >> >in how people cook.
>> > >>
>> > >> those of us who take an interest in food (or even casually pick up
>> > >> an
>> > >> Indian cookbook) know this nowadays.
>> > >>
>> > >> >The majority of chefs in 'Indian restaurants' in the UK come from a
>> > >> >small
>> > >> >area in the Punjab, but the food they cook is often not of Punjabi
>> > >> >origin.
>> > >>
>> > >> and often the men cooked, where the women cooked back home.
>> > >
>> > > I had my own (male) cook part of the time I spent in Delhi. Pampered
>> > > doesn't begin to describe it.
>> >
>> > The current rate for a European to hire a house servant who both cooks
>> > and
>> > cleans is about £60 a month in Bombay. A driver/agent would cost about
>> > £80
>
> Which makes the £1 thali seem a little expensive.
Food on trains is always expensive.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
news:1hx6mb7.c45zyplmzho5N%[email protected]...
> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> William Black <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:1hx6gct.1nokts91j0k6znN%[email protected]...
>> > > The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:51:04 GMT, "William Black"
>> > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> >India is vast and contains several distinct cultures. These
>> > >> >cultures
>> > >> >have
>> > >> >different cuisines and, as in Europe, there are huge regional
>> > >> >differences
>> > >> >in how people cook.
>> > >>
>> > >> those of us who take an interest in food (or even casually pick up
>> > >> an
>> > >> Indian cookbook) know this nowadays.
>> > >>
>> > >> >The majority of chefs in 'Indian restaurants' in the UK come from a
>> > >> >small
>> > >> >area in the Punjab, but the food they cook is often not of Punjabi
>> > >> >origin.
>> > >>
>> > >> and often the men cooked, where the women cooked back home.
>> > >
>> > > I had my own (male) cook part of the time I spent in Delhi. Pampered
>> > > doesn't begin to describe it.
>> >
>> > The current rate for a European to hire a house servant who both cooks
>> > and
>> > cleans is about £60 a month in Bombay. A driver/agent would cost about
>> > £80
>
> Which makes the £1 thali seem a little expensive.
Food on trains is always expensive.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
Apr 26th 2007 | 4:15 am
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"grusl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "William Black" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The current rate for a European to hire a house servant who both cooks
>> and cleans is about £60 a month in Bombay. A driver/agent would cost
>> about £80
>>
>> The locals pay less...
>
> Eyeway robbery - Bombay is bloody expensive (relatively). It's about a
> third of that in Bangalore for a housekeeper; driver's about half. Of
> course, YMMV
I find Bombay reasonably hard work. I don't honestly fancy living somewhere
where the electric goes off twice a day as well...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
news:[email protected]...
>
> "William Black" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The current rate for a European to hire a house servant who both cooks
>> and cleans is about £60 a month in Bombay. A driver/agent would cost
>> about £80
>>
>> The locals pay less...
>
> Eyeway robbery - Bombay is bloody expensive (relatively). It's about a
> third of that in Bangalore for a housekeeper; driver's about half. Of
> course, YMMV
I find Bombay reasonably hard work. I don't honestly fancy living somewhere
where the electric goes off twice a day as well...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
Apr 26th 2007 | 5:35 am
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:10 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:59:33 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:51:03 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
>> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> dunno, didnt you go to some unusual school in Finland or something or
>> >> >> other and composing isnt exactly "street"
>> >> >
>> >> >I went to the local primary school, took piano lessons with the local
>> >> >peripatetic teacher there, then auditioned for a specialist school where
>> >> >I got in, and spent high school there. It was in Edinburgh- I've never
>> >> >been to Finland.
>> >>
>> >> Edinburgh, that's it, near Finland. Youre half Norwegian though, was
>> >> that it?
>> >>
>> >> No, I don't know why being half Norwegian might be posh, er, mate.
>> >>
>> >> If you're not posh why aint you Dave or Davy? :-)
>> >>
>> >> I bet my council estate was rougher than your council estate :-)
>> >
>> >I bristle a bit at the equation of certain arts with 'poshness.' I just
>> >heard the most extraordinary display on R4's today programm
>>
>> I thought you were going to refer to "Middle class kids are all stupid the
>> parents say it is dyslexia, but they are just stupid."
>
>That one took my breath away too, but I couldn't tell if the
>non-Burchill person was actually being serious. It was almost funny-
>like the bit when she said to Humphreys "I think you'll find they are"
>when he questioned that it wasn't just 'middle class' kids that had
>eating disorders.
I switched on in the middle. I think she was serious.
--
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chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:59:33 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:51:03 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
>> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> dunno, didnt you go to some unusual school in Finland or something or
>> >> >> other and composing isnt exactly "street"
>> >> >
>> >> >I went to the local primary school, took piano lessons with the local
>> >> >peripatetic teacher there, then auditioned for a specialist school where
>> >> >I got in, and spent high school there. It was in Edinburgh- I've never
>> >> >been to Finland.
>> >>
>> >> Edinburgh, that's it, near Finland. Youre half Norwegian though, was
>> >> that it?
>> >>
>> >> No, I don't know why being half Norwegian might be posh, er, mate.
>> >>
>> >> If you're not posh why aint you Dave or Davy? :-)
>> >>
>> >> I bet my council estate was rougher than your council estate :-)
>> >
>> >I bristle a bit at the equation of certain arts with 'poshness.' I just
>> >heard the most extraordinary display on R4's today programm
>>
>> I thought you were going to refer to "Middle class kids are all stupid the
>> parents say it is dyslexia, but they are just stupid."
>
>That one took my breath away too, but I couldn't tell if the
>non-Burchill person was actually being serious. It was almost funny-
>like the bit when she said to Humphreys "I think you'll find they are"
>when he questioned that it wasn't just 'middle class' kids that had
>eating disorders.
I switched on in the middle. I think she was serious.
--
Martin
Apr 26th 2007 | 5:46 am
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Re: "London is home to six of world's top restaurants"
"William Black" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I find Bombay reasonably hard work. I don't honestly fancy living
> somewhere where the electric goes off twice a day as well...
It can be hard work ... but still, it's better, er cooler, um more
interesting, er the food's better than in Delhi
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
news:[email protected]...
> I find Bombay reasonably hard work. I don't honestly fancy living
> somewhere where the electric goes off twice a day as well...
It can be hard work ... but still, it's better, er cooler, um more
interesting, er the food's better than in Delhi
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
