British girls are the best arnt they?
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British girls are the best arnt they?
f1onagher
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As a southerner, I can say that Lipton sucks like a black hole. You need proper black tea with enough sugar that if you ran out of syrup you could pour it on your pancakes.
prinCZess
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An interesting etymology on that word, though.We use Yank to denote any American over here in the UK.You could be from Alaska and we'd call you a Yank.
Many would think it descends from 'Yankee', but would be wrong.
Actually just commonly-adopted into the lexicon from what British women did for US GIs when they were over there in the 40s.
Englishwomen do love them their euphemisms.
mrttao
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1. Lipton sucks
2. Have you tried Yorkshire Tea? It is not just a meme, it is actually that good.
You will be hunted down world-wide and hung, drawn, and quartered before daybreak. Do not mess with a Brit's tea-supply.
...Actually, wasn't one of the reasons we went on a "kick the shit out of Asia/China" kick during our Imperial days was because of tea?
I mean, it is how we started our revolution. By dumping you expensive tea in a harbor and shouted COFFEE into the air
Such a tragic loss... of tea.
All those lovely leaves, floating in the harbor...We will yet have our revenge, you damned Yankees! We'll put diet pills into your coffee grounds.
Edit: diet pills... from China. Mwuahaha.
I mean, it has been 244 years. We are still waiting. It seems you are running out of time thoughSuch a tragic loss... of tea.
We will yet have our revenge, you damned Yankees! We'll put diet pills into your coffee grounds.
Sixgun McGurk
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No it is a pejorative that refers to an English immigrant right off the boat. When the Duke of York bought New Amsterdam and renamed it New York, he did a deal with the Dutch that lived there to send badly needed workers. He rounded up all the 'best' folk in York, shipped them over and on the ship fed them this wormy cheap red cheese and biscuit without any vegitable. The poor lost scurvy unskilled English pesants had to be carried off the boat, taken care of and revived by the Duchmen upon arrival and were little more than a useless burden in spite of the Duke's promises. The Dutch referred to them sarcastically as 'John Cheese.' Say it in a heavy Dutch accent. Then think how an Virginian would hear and repeat it. So 'Yankee,' really means 'English.' Useless English.
Our time will come. *shakes fist*I mean, it has been 244 years. We are still waiting. It seems you are running out of time though
We will be waiting. Woth our harbors waiting for your tea to fill it once again
Knowledgeispower
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Yep the Chinese wouldn't import basically anything(aside from Sandalwood which in part is why said tree is so rare nowadays since it literally came only from Hawaii)and would only take Silver for their goods. This caused a currency shortage in the UK since apparently having Tea was a life or death matter and thus in desperation the British looked to sell anything in China which led to them selling Opium which led to the Opium wars a few years down the road which in turn led to kicking China every few years for a few decades
Sixgun McGurk
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Pay him no attention. It was wild indians, possibly of the Barfly tribe, that so shockingly boarded that ship and vandalized that tea. They can be all sneaky like that and are known tea haters.Such a tragic loss... of tea.
We will yet have our revenge, you damned Yankees! We'll put diet pills into your coffee grounds.
Edit: diet pills... from China. Mwuahaha.
Typhonis
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The taxed tea was actually cheaper than the smuggled stuff.
Airedale260
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Some of them have terrible teeth, though, which is a real shame. Also that’s one of the reasons Europe is so pissed with us -a ton of women (including British) went back to the U.S. as war brides in the aftermath of World War II. Also the fact that uneducated Americans with their knowledge of cars and technical matters but no knowledge of the classics were the ones who really saved Western Europe and then safeguarded it during the Cold War.
That’s actually how you wound up with Hong Kong. Unfortunately the foreign secretary at the time was a total fucking moron and didn’t secure the entire colony in perpetuity despite the fact that they had a second chance to do so...
Yeah, and the people of Hong Kong now have to deal with Beijing being... well, Beijing.