Comments on: A Wee Colonialist Rant http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/ Failing the Turing Test since 1986 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/#comment-695 Smokering Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:53 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=610#comment-695 Oh noes! Triffids? Oh noes! Triffids?

]]> By: Mathew http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/#comment-694 Mathew Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:33:19 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=610#comment-694 Oreos are fairly common in stores these days but they don't appeal to my tastes. It doesn't help that they fail at being dunkable in hot drinks. Things are starting to grow in my garden btw And not just weeds either Oreos are fairly common in stores these days but they don’t appeal to my tastes. It doesn’t help that they fail at being dunkable in hot drinks.

Things are starting to grow in my garden btw

And not just weeds either

]]> By: smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/#comment-693 smokering Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:42:01 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=610#comment-693 Heh. I myself am frequently tempted by the Imperial system of measurement. Pounds, shillings, inches and ounces - very poetic. But then I remember that I can barely handle the metric system and figure it's just as well. A friend of mine recently went to the US, and we quizzed her upon her return about the junk food. "Did you try Doritos?" "Did you try Ben and Jerry's?" As if Doritos were some kind of celebrity. Curiously enough, she hated them; and I myself have tried an Oreo and was less than impressed. Must be a cultural palate thing - another concept I find intriguing. I nearly killed an American chap once by insisting he taste Vegemite. Heh. I myself am frequently tempted by the Imperial system of measurement. Pounds, shillings, inches and ounces - very poetic. But then I remember that I can barely handle the metric system and figure it’s just as well.

A friend of mine recently went to the US, and we quizzed her upon her return about the junk food. “Did you try Doritos?” “Did you try Ben and Jerry’s?” As if Doritos were some kind of celebrity. Curiously enough, she hated them; and I myself have tried an Oreo and was less than impressed. Must be a cultural palate thing - another concept I find intriguing. I nearly killed an American chap once by insisting he taste Vegemite.

]]> By: Mara http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/#comment-692 Mara Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:12:03 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=610#comment-692 You don't have OREOS?! Whoa. Call me weird, but this American actually prefers British spellings, too. They just look nicer! I can't use them, though, without looking like a total poser. So I don't. Boo. You don’t have OREOS?! Whoa. Call me weird, but this American actually prefers British spellings, too. They just look nicer! I can’t use them, though, without looking like a total poser. So I don’t. Boo.

]]> By: Helpdesk Man http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/11/01/a-wee-colonialist-rant/#comment-689 Helpdesk Man Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:12:39 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=610#comment-689 <blockquote>What if someone once said something really witty on the Internet for Ex-Pat English-Speaking South Africans</blockquote> Oh, someone did.

What if someone once said something really witty on the Internet for Ex-Pat English-Speaking South Africans

Oh, someone did.

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