Comments on: Over the Hil http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/ One man's struggle in a foreign land Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » Two pieces of bread and a whole load of turkey http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » Two pieces of bread and a whole load of turkey Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:43:38 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-2140 [...] egregious of all, as I have indicated before, is the American obsession with putting peanut butter on sandwiches. Peanut butter is neither big [...] [...] egregious of all, as I have indicated before, is the American obsession with putting peanut butter on sandwiches. Peanut butter is neither big [...]

]]> By: Karen http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Karen Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:36:44 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1207 Sorry to disappoint Dylan :) I have had the drink too, years and years ago, but when we lived in the UK, we ate it a lot on sandwiches and toast mmm Sorry to disappoint Dylan :) I have had the drink too, years and years ago, but when we lived in the UK, we ate it a lot on sandwiches and toast mmm

]]> By: Expat Mum http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 Expat Mum Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:01:14 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1198 Agh - I can't believe I'm seeing someone use the word "clarty". I had to give that one up when I moved south, never mind when I came over to the US of A. Fabulous. BTW - since I'm a dual citizen (ie. I have two heads) I can use my vote to represent the entire Brit expat community here. As long as you agree with me! Agh – I can’t believe I’m seeing someone use the word “clarty”. I had to give that one up when I moved south, never mind when I came over to the US of A. Fabulous.
BTW – since I’m a dual citizen (ie. I have two heads) I can use my vote to represent the entire Brit expat community here. As long as you agree with me!

]]> By: Dylan http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Dylan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:11:45 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1195 Karen - I had such high opinions of you before the Bovril revelation. Don't get me wrong, I love bovril, but it's a beef extract drink to be imbibed on cold days (especially at football grounds in my experience) not a spread to be placed on a ham butty! Brooklyn - I've been lobbying for a tougher stance on Marmite for years, but to no avail... Jan - thanks for using the phrase 'clarty'...couldn't agree more! And welcome Anglophile - shame you've got your football codes mixed up though! But if the Republicans are re-elected, can you make sure that the last person to leave America turns the lights off as they go? Karen – I had such high opinions of you before the Bovril revelation. Don’t get me wrong, I love bovril, but it’s a beef extract drink to be imbibed on cold days (especially at football grounds in my experience) not a spread to be placed on a ham butty!

Brooklyn – I’ve been lobbying for a tougher stance on Marmite for years, but to no avail…

Jan – thanks for using the phrase ‘clarty’…couldn’t agree more!

And welcome Anglophile – shame you’ve got your football codes mixed up though! But if the Republicans are re-elected, can you make sure that the last person to leave America turns the lights off as they go?

]]> By: Karen http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Karen Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:14:49 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1194 I could live on peanut butter, even more so than bread! Crunchy peanut butter, just give me the tub and a spoon and I'll be set ;) I hate marmite, but I love bovril, spread on a ham sandwich :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril I could live on peanut butter, even more so than bread! Crunchy peanut butter, just give me the tub and a spoon and I’ll be set ;)
I hate marmite, but I love bovril, spread on a ham sandwich :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril

]]> By: Brooklyn http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Brooklyn Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:37:12 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1191 D'oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! alw = law D’oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alw = law

]]> By: Brooklyn http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 Brooklyn Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:36:01 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1190 Dylan: OK so you don't like Marmite. I was just referring to the fact that there's no accounting for (national) taste. But you wanted to ban peanut butter by alw within the United States. Look, we tried prohibition of alcohol here, and it was a disaster, and prohibition of drugs isn't working out too well either. BTW, is your vote in Parliamentary elections based on each party's Marmite prohibition plank? Dylan:

OK so you don’t like Marmite.
I was just referring to the fact that there’s no accounting for (national) taste.

But you wanted to ban peanut butter by alw within the United States. Look, we tried prohibition of alcohol here, and it was a disaster, and prohibition of drugs isn’t working out too well either.

BTW, is your vote in Parliamentary elections
based on each party’s Marmite prohibition plank?

]]> By: Dylan http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Dylan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:22:20 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1189 Good memory Jan - I can't stick the stuff. I'll be blocking the IP addresses of the pro-Marmite camp on here... Good memory Jan – I can’t stick the stuff. I’ll be blocking the IP addresses of the pro-Marmite camp on here…

]]> By: Jan http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Jan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:14:55 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1187 Personally, I would have liked Hilary to win as I would like to see a woman President. Mind you, having said that, a lot of people in the UK thought it would be good to have a woman PM (not me, I hasten to add) when Maggie Thatcher got elected, and look what happened there. Perhaps it's as well I have no say in the matter. Also, if memory serves, I think Dylan has already said he doesn't like marmite so what has that got to do with the peanut butter issue. Horrible stuff PB, all clarty and sticking to the roof of your mouth. (yuk) I'll get me coat. Personally, I would have liked Hilary to win as I would like to see a woman President. Mind you, having said that, a lot of people in the UK thought it would be good to have a woman PM (not me, I hasten to add) when Maggie Thatcher got elected, and look what happened there.

Perhaps it’s as well I have no say in the matter.

Also, if memory serves, I think Dylan has already said he doesn’t like marmite so what has that got to do with the peanut butter issue. Horrible stuff PB, all clarty and sticking to the roof of your mouth. (yuk)

I’ll get me coat.

]]> By: Alasdair http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Alasdair Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:42 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/2008/06/04/over-the-hil/#comment-1186 Silly ex-colonials ! <i>Marmite</i> - from the French "Marmite" meaning a cauldron - is what is left over in the bottom of a cauldron (as in the scene in Macbeth) after a particularly noxious potion has been left simmering for 3 decades or more and has deliquesced into its component sub-atomic particles ! Silly ex-colonials !

Marmite – from the French “Marmite” meaning a cauldron – is what is left over in the bottom of a cauldron (as in the scene in Macbeth) after a particularly noxious potion has been left simmering for 3 decades or more and has deliquesced into its component sub-atomic particles !

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