| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3989 Registered: 9-2010 |
"God forbid the lot of you act like you're from Devon. I don't want to have to be ashamed of you." (Disclaimer: No offense intended against Devon.) | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1667 Registered: 12-2010 |
Devon - the English county? I guess it's something someone says to someone else? Is the person who says it H/A/M?F? For the people who are addressed, [LTPF list of integers] please. H/A/M?F? Time/location relevant? If so, the usual [LTPF lists] please. Is this a true story? FYOI? FSEI? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3990 Registered: 9-2010 |
Devon - the English county? indeed! I guess it's something someone says to someone else? yes!Is the person who says it H/A/M?F? H/A/F, as it's me For the people who are addressed, [LTPF list of integers] please. H/A/M?F? Four H/A/Fs were there besides me, although Michelle really didn't need to be told this, she knew better, so I was only talking to Andrea, Christy, and Christy (oh, that was a problem. Christy from Michelle's work "Hospital-Christy" and Christy from Los Angeles "LA-Christy".) Time/location relevant? If so, the usual [LTPF lists] please. Yesterday, 4 PM or thereabouts, at Michelle's house. Is this a true story? Yes =D FYOI? FSEI? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1669 Registered: 12-2010 |
Are Andrea, Christy and Christy all friends of yours? Relevant what you were doing when you said this? Would "acting like you're from Devon" mean behaving in an embarrassing way? an awkward way? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3991 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are Andrea, Christy and Christy all friends of yours? Andrea is. I don't know Christy and Christy very well (I only met Hospital-Christy one time before, and this was my first time meeting LA-Christy) but they're all Michelle's friends. (Andrea was her next-door neighbor growing up, Hospital-Christy is her coworker, and LA-Christy was her roommate in college) Relevant what you were doing when you said this? EXTREMELY relevant. Would "acting like you're from Devon" mean behaving in an embarrassing way? Well, if you actually WERE from Devon, you wouldn't find this embarrassing, but depending on whose company you were in, performing this action in this particular way might prove so. an awkward way? See previous answer. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1670 Registered: 12-2010 |
Were you playing a game? watching a movie? watching TV? listening to music? cooking? doing something creative? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3992 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were you playing a game? watching a movie? watching TV? listening to music? cooking? No, but it had to do with food, so this is closest. No to rest. doing something creative? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1671 Registered: 12-2010 |
Were you eating? baking? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3993 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were you eating? yes! baking? no, although various things we were eating were baked goods (but Michelle cheated and didn't bake them herself =P) | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1672 Registered: 12-2010 |
Relevant what you were eating? Was the thing you said related to table manners? to combining unusual types of food? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3994 Registered: 9-2010 |
Relevant what you were eating? Extremely relevant! Was the thing you said related to table manners? Yesish to combining unusual types of food? DOYD of 'unusual'; but for this particular circumstance, it's perfectly usual. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1673 Registered: 12-2010 |
Were eating sweet food? savory food? the baked goods: bread? cake? pie? pastries? muffins? cookies? cupcakes? Something typically British? Relevant whether you were drinking anything? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3995 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were eating sweet food? well, technically this, I suppose, was the relevant one savory food? we had some of this too the baked goods: bread? cake? pie? pastries this one is the relevant one? muffins? cookies? cupcakes? besides the relevant food and drink, we had hot chocolate, pimento cheese sandwiches, shortbread, mini chocolate cupcakes, and tarts Something typically British? Very Relevant whether you were drinking anything? Very relevant =) | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1674 Registered: 12-2010 |
Blimey! Were you having tea? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3996 Registered: 9-2010 |
Blimey! Were you having tea? *giggles* Yes, we were! =) But that's not all you have to find out *grin* | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1675 Registered: 12-2010 |
Putting milk in your tea relevant? Dipping you pastry in the tea relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3997 Registered: 9-2010 |
Putting milk in your tea relevant? Yes, although not necessarily to the Devon comment, which was more focused on... Dipping you pastry in the tea relevant? ...well, not this. Although that's probably frowned on generally, lol. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1676 Registered: 12-2010 |
Putting cream or jam on your pastry relevant? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1338 Registered: 4-2007 |
Cream teas? Is the order in which you add the cream and jam relevant (I believe one order is Devonish and one Cornish)? What about whether or not you add milk and sugar to the cup before or after you pour the tea? Never thought I'd see my home county mentioned in a puzzle :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3998 Registered: 9-2010 |
Putting cream or jam on your pastry relevant? Both, actually! =) Although you might want to be a bit more specific. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1340 Registered: 4-2007 |
As a Devoner, I am heartbroken that you seem to have missed my questions ;-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3999 Registered: 9-2010 |
Cream teas? Yes! Is the order in which you add the cream and jam relevant (I believe one order is Devonish and one Cornish) YES!!? What about whether or not you add milk and sugar to the cup before or after you pour the tea? Oh, yes yes yes!!! Never thought I'd see my home county mentioned in a puzzle :-) Oh, are you Devonish or Cornish then? =) ***SPOILER!!!*** What Enjay said - because my friend Emma is Cornish, she taught me the proper way to have tea and scones, the Cornish way. The proper way (Emma taught me) is to put the jam on the scone first, and then the clotted cream. (She nearly had an apopleptic fit when I, the ignorant American-born quarter-English girl tried reaching for the cream first. One of the surest ways to look like an idiot, or at least a foreigner, in Cornwall.) Also, one adds the milk to the cup before the tea, and puts sugar in afterward. It is the way things are done. Thanks for playing, Doriana kitteh and Enjay!!! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4000 Registered: 9-2010 |
As a Devoner, I am heartbroken that you seem to have missed my questions ;-)Rectified, with the SPOILER and my heartfelt apologies, O Enjay-the-Devoner. Sorry for picking on your county, but it was all intended as harmless fun :D | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1341 Registered: 4-2007 |
Devoner here - cream first all the way :P Sorry to spoil so quickly but I've had both arguments sooo many times! And I stand by tea first, milk and sugar second, though I don't know of that being a regional thing. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1342 Registered: 4-2007 |
And that's no problem and no offence taken, trust the cornish to get it wrong ;-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4001 Registered: 9-2010 |
Devoner here - cream first all the way :P Sorry to spoil so quickly but I've had both arguments sooo many times! And I stand by tea first, milk and sugar second, though I don't know of that being a regional thing. And that's no problem and no offence taken, trust the cornish to get it wrong ;-) Well, I seem to have opened a can of worms here =P I don't know if there's any Cornish on this group, but I expect I'll find out sooner or later... That's all right Enjay, even if you Devoners get your cream teas wrong, we're still all friends =D *gives Enjay-the-Devoner a hug* | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1343 Registered: 4-2007 |
Haha, thanks :-) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1278 Registered: 2-2011 |
Devon way definitely the only way | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4002 Registered: 9-2010 |
Another Devoner, Shez? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1681 Registered: 12-2010 |
Looks like I'm the perfect Devoner - I always put in the sugar first, than the tea and than the milk. And in Germany, we don't have scones with clotted cream and jam, but buns with quark (something in between clotted cream, cream cheese and yoghurt) and jam, and I usually put the quark on it first. :D | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3511 Registered: 1-2007 |
Interesting debate here. In Ireland we drink a ridiculous amount of tea and most people myself included would go Tea, Milk then sugar. In fact I hate when people put the milk in first. This reminds me of a nice bit of dialogue from a sitcom set in a police station called "The Thin Blue Line" Detective Inspector Grimm : "Kray, get me the Home Office on the phone, call the Anti Terrorist Squad and get me a cup of tea with milk and two sugars" Constable Kray : "In which order sir?" Grimm : "For God's sake Kray where were you dragged, up it's milk first then tea then sugar". | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1285 Registered: 2-2011 |
so you were dragged up indeed then Peter! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4004 Registered: 9-2010 |
bahaha! =D *grins at the debate I started* I do love a good debate. And I'm going to have a cup of tea later, and put milk in it first, obviously. =P But for now, I've decided that I got up too early after being up too late, and another hour or so of sleep would be beneficial. *yawn* |
