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"...in the whole course of hostilities [between Germany and England in WWII] very few bombs fell on Leeds and those that did were promptly torn apart by schoolboys starved of shrapnel."
"Starved of shrapnel"? Does that mean they were "keen to get souvenirs of war equipment"?
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In a mischievious attempt to confuse DiB further, To walk it = "to piss it". As in "piece of piss" lol
I'm going to charge you a quarter every time you do this! 
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That will be it. Even in Leeds they didn’t need to eat parts of bombs to survive the war...
Aaah, thanks, TG.
Leeds got off relatively lightly, with about a hundred houses destroyed and 65 people killed, according to Wiki.
Bennett said this was because Leeds was important for things like producing rhubarb.
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Rhubarb rhubarb.
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“Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb” .....
Really, luv, must you say such things when I haven't had my dinner yet??
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It's going to be legal for Brits who are "at the wheel" of a self-driving car, to watch television.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61155735
Does this mean that The Earl of Poncey will be watching Dr. Who in his self-driving taxicab?
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Let me tell you, the Earl of Poncey will never watch doctor who in a car. Or anywhere else. And if he did it would be Troughton or Pertwee.
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An author comments how sweet foods are associated with women more than men:
"Candy and chocolate are so heavily feminized that a Yorkie bar in the U.K. - normal chocolate, massive chunks - until recently stood out by marketing itself as 'not for girls.'"
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Let me tell you, the Earl of Poncey will never watch doctor who in a car. Or anywhere else. And if he did it would be Troughton or Pertwee.
There's really a place called "Pertwee"?
Sounds so silly it could be fictional, like "Perth Amboy."
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Heres what the City of Pertwee looks like...
Again the British humour escapes me...
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The cook of a British household in the 1940's says that when the master of the house had a meal alone it was always the same: "giblet soup..., grilled sprats, and stewed pig's trotters."
None of that sounds like I'd enjoy seeing a picture of it, much less eat it. I'm almost afraid to ask what they all are.
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Best you don't know the offal that goes into the sausage in a good old US hot dog.
My dad has a word for it - ' scrapey'.
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Best you don't know the offal that goes into the sausage in a good old US hot dog.
My dad has a word for it - ' scrapey'.
I've heard it as "lips and hooves".
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I've been reading a book about someone touring the U.K. Oh, my, but I've got questions now.
Brace yourself, Bridget!
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Fer instance...
He uses the terms "scouser" and "punter" a lot, to describe people, especially people in an audience (he's a comedian).
Do you need to be British to be one of these? Or do you need a special body part to be one?
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