Simon Pegg, losing friends and alienating Americans as Toby Young.You might think that you come off all charmingly Alan Rickman or Emma Thompson, but don’t think Americans aren’t incensed by bits of your Britishness. If you want to make friends in these parts, avoid the following:1. Over cooking your vegetables The authentic British way to prepare edible plants is to immerse them in boiling water for a fortnight. Americans think this is weird and unpleasant, to which I say: “Until you’ve had a carrot disintegrate on your tongue, you haven’t lived.”2. Being standoffish When strangers in shops and people I pass on the street make eye contact, nod or say “Hi!” I like to reply with an icy stare or low growl. Lately, I’ve come ... Continue reading →
Stars and stripes forever... until they rip your plate away. (Canadian Press via AP Images)American people are some of the loveliest you’ll ever meet and make us expats feel all warm, cuddly and very welcome. But just occasionally they do or say something that we Brits find a tad… eccentric.1. Saying “I love your accent!” Before I moved here, I never imagined that my dreary London burr made me sound smart or lovable. At first the compliments were nice, but then a New York tiger mom asked me to talk to her snoozing two-year-old in the hope that it would rub off. A bit much, I thought.2. Putting last names first The fashion for inflicting quirky monikers on babies started with American parents giving their ... Continue reading →
Continuing my tour of delghtful beer gardens with @poohugh Continue reading →
Jeff Buckley's interpretation of Dido's Lament is commented by Philip Sheppard. The interpretation took place in the Meltdown Festival in 1995. This audio is a fragment from the BBC Soul Music program on Dido's Lament. *This audio was uploaded by another user before and when I tried to find it, I noticed that the user had closed his account. I found it online and decided to share it again. I do not own the copyright and no infringement is intended. Continue reading →
Unintentional truth from latest rubbish PR photo-story pitch http://t.co/dlbq9d0q Continue reading →
