PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down16
arrow-up1349arrow-down1imageWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squareSubverb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down1·1 year agoOr as we Americans call it, “brunch”.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up72arrow-down1·1 year agoThe Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as “Overfed, oversexed, and over here” (some versions have ‘overpaid’ instead of ‘overfed’) To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoY’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoWait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand?
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYes it is. That is an ostrich egg.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!
minus-squareGentlemanLoser@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoIncluding the block of sugar and the tray
Or as we Americans call it, “brunch”.
The Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as “Overfed, oversexed, and over here” (some versions have ‘overpaid’ instead of ‘overfed’)
To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!
I only see one egg.
Y’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.
Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand?
Yes but it’s eggceptional.
Yes it is. That is an ostrich egg.
I could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!
Including the block of sugar and the tray