Look into Lupe Pintos because they may ship to the Republic. All preserved stuff though but you can some supplies unavailable on this end of the pond.

Yeah. We miss out. Ireland and the UK has a very half from Spain version of “Mexican food”. People from actual Mexico wonder what the hell it is. We never heard of Puerto Rican food till Kelis did her cook book. You MAY get some authentic Mexican street food from expats in London but that is about it. “Tortillas” are…

Right? As you said ham confusion. LOL I asked my family and there was pork food conflicts. I think gammon is supposed to be salt cured pork joints but supermarkets are pretty haphazard in what it is. And then you have regional UK and Irish differences of calling the same thing like many names. I dunno. It seems to be…

Her fiance James looks like a cross between Spencer from Made in Chelsea (he would) and Dolorous Edd Tollett from Game of Thrones. He is also very very rich. Always a softener.

Adding to the confusion is the word “gammon”. My dad calls everything that isn’t bacon or ham or roast pork as “gammon”. I thought gammon was a body part. Bloody terms etc.

Funny cos when my mum came over from Ireland to the UK to be a nurse, she slept in an all female dorm room and they had chaperones and everything. It was very very chaste and Call the Midwife except with less Anglican nuns. And with more xenophobia. Irish nurses ruled the NHS in the 1950s and 1960s. Though they did…

It is something to do with degree course regulations in the UK. For courses to be classified as a degree, and subject to aid/funding from government - there has to be a written component. Same for arts degrees like dance and drama. Otherwise it is just a diploma. Weird quirk of the UK system.

I am sure they did. And had the best of the sex of the 80s.

I don’t think you could describe Trafford if you tried. :) I know cos I’m from Skem originally and Trafford is better than Skem lol.

We know “beat off” too. I suspect the Police make joke.

The Savoy in the UK is a hotel and a type of cabbage.

A packet of bacon is a packet of bacon though. Rashers being the Irish word of choice sometimes used in the UK. I would not describe that meat you picture there a packet or even “back bacon”. People in Northern England may call it a “shoulder joint” or “pork shoulder” anyway. I only ever heard “back” added as a term…

There are several acceptable times to have a man bun. One of them is if you are Jon Snow before a big battle. Raaar.

This Jennifer is a woman who lived in extreme privilege and likes to make fun of people who aren’t white. Simple as. She is only bummed she got caught out. What with the Dani Mathers thing, ex beauty queen style Regina George wannabe bitches are up in everyone’s face all the time on purpose and coast along their lives…

Hi - what the hell is a murphy bed? A foreigner asks thanks. I figure they are those fold away beds in American films. Like Selina Kyle had in Batman Returns. I always wondered what they were about. But why ‘murphy’? The internet has responded, no fear. Phew they are named for a man who invented them and not, you…

Well he plays it and has lots of money. *shrug* Whether that means he comes out even or winning, who knows.

There are some things lovely Tom cannot do but he tries. Like in Henry V - Hollow Crown. Superb at battle sequences and the crying. But the bit when Henry prays for victory the night before the battle, a moment of despair, it felt very empty acting. Bless him I doubt he has ever had irrational thoughts of despair in…

Depends what kind of danger though - yes we have had more and more terrorism for last 45 years at least. Other places longer. Funny that Hammersmith is now considered posh. In the 60s, it was a poor Irish area. Same for Islington where my uncles worked briefly on death trap building sites. I knew white Americans who ac…

Oh god. I named my cat after a TV character too. What a horrid realisation.

“Well she has a new album out and offered me a lot of money. I am in between movies right now and looking to raise my profile with the under 25s as this demographic shows less interest in my arty farty non-franchise movies unless they are already OBSESSIVE on Tumblr. Taylor seems entertaining company - chatty and thin…