Comments on: You win some, you lose some

By: Signe

Signe — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:32:11 +0000

Digg…

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By: Josephine

Josephine — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:40:18 +0000

I totally agree, as I sit here smiling about your analogies.. being a transplant/expat/half yank/whatever you call it, it’s something you create yourself, from all the bits and pieces you hold onto from whence you came.
The older I get, the more I seem to be protective of my English roots, I am positively sure, I live a little closer to the English side of the line these days…why is that ?
Maybe I’m afraid it will just all be lost one day, I will awake, not really knowing who I am, or where my ideas and creations have deriven from? I want to leave something to my grandchildren, that reminds them of their heritage, and I remained a proud subject of Her Majesty.

By: Sven

Sven — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:41:37 +0000

Saturday evening television! I didn’t realise I missed getting drunk in front of “The X Factor” till you mentioned that.

By: NFAH

NFAH — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:30:46 +0000

But pretzels are part of the important American myth of non-fat foods… crisps/chips are clearly sinful but dry sticks of burnt baked dough are healthy.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:28:22 +0000

Even gourmet stuffed pretzels? http://snacksnsuch.com/Pretzels.htm

hehe

By: Trixie Trouble

Trixie Trouble — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:03:07 +0000

A friend once told me that he heard a DJ say the following on a U.S. radio station . ..” We got Phil Collins, we got Genesis … we got ALL kindsa music”.

Still makes me laugh.

By: IanB

IanB — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:02:57 +0000

Oh lordy, pretzels…I’d forgotten about the deliciousness of pretzels.

Of course, technically, you’re actually an “alien” right now which is a wholly more entertaining label to place on someone than “ex-pat” – which always sounds like you changed your name by deed poll to avoid being called Paddy for the rest of your life by confused Americans who fail to tell the difference between the various flavours of “European” accent:- English, Welsh, Irish, Scotch (sic) and the ever-popular: “are you Australian?”

I don’t feel able to comment on the potential yummy/yuckyness of corn dogs as I seem to have miraculously avoided them, largely because it was assumed I had eaten them regularly and therefore had not been coerced into trying one as a, um, delicacy. They sound…interesting…