PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down16
arrow-up1349arrow-down1imageWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareSubverb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79arrow-down1·11 months agoOr as we Americans call it, “brunch”.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up72arrow-down1·11 months agoThe Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as “Overfed, oversexed, and over here” (some versions have ‘overpaid’ instead of ‘overfed’) To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·11 months agoI only see one egg.
minus-squareRBGlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·11 months agoWait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand?
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoY’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoYes but it’s eggceptional.
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoYes it is. That is an ostrich egg.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoI could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!
minus-squareGentlemanLoser@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoIncluding the block of sugar and the tray
Or as we Americans call it, “brunch”.
The Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as “Overfed, oversexed, and over here” (some versions have ‘overpaid’ instead of ‘overfed’)
To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!
I only see one egg.
Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” Do you understand?
Y’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.
Yes but it’s eggceptional.
Yes it is. That is an ostrich egg.
I could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!
Including the block of sugar and the tray