> whilst quite amusing (whilst, Ben?)
> these are by no means uniquely British !
> almost all of them apply here in the US
I know, I know, but it's posted as I received it...
> possible exceptions:
>
> "cracker pulling" - is that the party noisemaker where you
> pull a string forcefully to make it go off like a firecracker?
Crackers seem to be a uniquely British thing
At Christmas we have Crackers on the table to pull after the meal,
they're little tubes with ties around them to hold the "gifts", sort of
shaped like this
---- ---------- ----
\ / \ /
X X
/ \ / \
---- ---------- ----
They "crack" when you pull them (one person on each end) and have
several things insdide;
A paper hat, a crap joke and a "prize" which is usually very cheap and
rubbish, such as a plastic ring, a small pack of cards, a "magic" trick,
etc.
> our cars weigh thousands of pounds and are worth thousands of
> dollars :-)
Hehehe - funny that, ours only weigh a few ounces...
> most beer bottles have twist-off caps
> (although there may be some stupid enough to try to remove
> these with their teeth)
Twist off tops are only used on certain makes over here, so some still
require a bottle-opener... Thus people breaking their teeth...
> what's a Scalextric car ??
Think a toy race car set... Where the cars run in little slots... You
have a hand controller to control the speed - and that's it!
http://www.Scalextric.com
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