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Rashers
Thick, streaky bacon strips. ‘Streaky bacon’ is American style as far as I can tell.
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A Day to be Thankful
There are very few evils in the world that can’t be eased by the cuteness of kittens and puppies. And seriously, that is one lean, mean hand turkey.
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Filth
The police, in general.
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Tennessee Calling
I am blinking and shaking my head as if I’ve been ‘tetched’ – is Tennessee following me to London? Perhaps it’s the missing you that has caused me to see you out of the corner of my eye everywhere I go.
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Kit
A collection. Of something. Or anything. We’ll report back if we figure it out.
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Dolly Parton and Ladyhawke
Ok look. The Tower of London is not to be missed. The Tate, the LSO, Globe Theatre – they are all great. Lunch with friends at your favorite pub, priceless.
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Mucking About
Goofing off, wasting time, fooling around.
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Oh. My. Marksman.
I like food and good people – The Marksman has both, the neighborhood pub that tempts me to move farther east.
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Pinch
Steal.
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Plain Flour
All-purpose flour.
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Self Raising Flour
Self Rising Flour.
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The Poppy Appeal
Drew and Jen here- waxing philosophical. Ok, maybe more ‘grateful’ than ‘philosophical’, but sometimes I get those two things a little mixed up.
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Chocker
Chock full. i.e. ‘Let’s schedule something soon because my schedule is chocker.’
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Brought
In some parts of England, ‘brought’ is used interchangeably with the word ‘bought’.
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Tea
In addition to its other meaning, ‘tea’ is sometimes used to refer to the evening meal.
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Done and Dusted
Completely finished.
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Heartache for Everyone
It would be so very easy [for me and/or Drew] to write 2009 off as a hopeless, heartless, insincere pile of dog crap. However, I feel I am forced to consider that I am not the center of the universe, quite contrary to popular belief.
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Brekkie
Brekkie=Breakfast, though I have only ever heard it used when speaking to a child.
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MuTATE
There are some days a girl wishes she had combat boots and an attitude to match. As if I have ever been that cool in my whole life.
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42
Gina is rehearsing for The Price is Right Auditions. Meanwhile, I am seeking deep meaning in the most unlikely places.
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Zip
Zipper.
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For Every Season
I know, right? You wish you had my mad baking skills. And you wish you were here with cupcake crumbs on your jumper, eh?
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Brill
Brilliant; see brilliant.
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Round Two
Happy after Halloween, ya’ll! Now put down that fun size Snickers and consider how many minutes you’ll need to spend on the treadmill to work off your next bite… Still hungry?
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Brilliant
Awesome, rad, wicked, cool, and/or phat.