elephantears
elephantears
elephantears

I worked in a place that had two high chairs and prams weren’t allowed in because we didn’t have space and it was a fire hazard. People went apeshit on the regular. People need to stop. 

Squash and cordial are two different things

As a fellow Brit, my understanding is, it’s like when you do afternoon tea with the grannies and mother-in-law before going out and getting shitfaced. But it’s on another day and you get presents ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Isn’t the role of a coat to be worn outdoors when the weather is chilly?

My sister has severe disabilities, and I will add: Do not say “Oh, you’re so good with [their sibling]”

Only one time as a waitress, did I answer that question honestly, the customer moaned that I picked a vegetarian dish.

*shudder*

IT’S SO DIFFICULT AND ANNOYING TO CLEAN UP

Accurate. This one time I went to Devon for a weekend. Never again.

There was one place I worked at, and the first thing all the staff would ask a table with young kids on it was “Are you going to need those sugars, or shall I move them out of the way?” The number of parents who were happy to let their kids play with, rip up, and dribble on all the sugar packets within reach was

I have a theory that the further north you go the more friendly people are. I’m from Yorkshire and going up to Durham for the day was a revelation in friendliness.

Probably the most common use, or maybe “Oh, bugger” (literally “oh fuck”), in the UK the two a pretty much interchangeable. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone actually using it to describe anal sex (if people want to be offensive they’re more likely to refer to ‘sodomy’/’sodomites’)

She is apparently twenty-four, and not sixteen as I had supposed.

That was my take. The cats do not like being around young children. They would be happier in a home with older people. It’s hard, it’s sad but it’s not hard.

You can get them in Tesco. They are not hard to find.

It’s not like there’s a shortage of Agatha Christie adaptations in the BBC archives...

Wii fit had that feature, “just 150 calories to go to burn off a burger!” But you could choose whatever food you liked

I saw a whole slew of tweets composing that she cancelled interviews for “no reason”. I hope those people feel bad. They should feel bad.

Yeah, that’s what I thought, but I haven’t known anyone who has them irl, so I wasn’t sure.

Ah. That makes sense. I wondered if maybe the skin stretched out so it didn’t really go back to ‘normal’