Things Seen and Heard
Some random things I've seen and/or heard in the past few days:
1. A guy driving around East London in a crappy lil' hatchback blasting out Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. Rickrollin' the neighbourhood.
2. A mint 1970's (possibly 60's) Mercedes parked in a street off Oxford Street with a top hat and umbrella in the back window.
3. Guy behind me on the train to Cambridge blaming the lack of seats first on the Tories, then on bankers. The sombre bloke beside him responding with 'it's got nothing to do with bankers' a few times before giving up.
4. A guy on the train to King's Cross who looked exactly like Toby from the US version of The Office, right down to the facial expressions.
Milk Done Right
Growing up milk always came in plastic, 1 litre bags. You'd get three bags in a pack and there were always packs that had been ravaged because people wanted to just buy a litre. There was sometimes the option to buy 1 and 2 litre cartons, but the good people wanted their milk in a bag, the way it's meant to be.
It wasn't until I think the 90s that at least P.E.I. had plastic milk jugs. What a novelty. Now I have milk packaging novelty in reverse. Yesterday my housemate and I went off to Sainsburys to pick up some food. Near the dairy section I saw something that literally made me clap and jump up and down. It was milk... in bags! And fancy pitchers! Into the cart they went. I was so excited that some lady even approached me to give me a business card for her eco-packaging business. Oh dear.
Anyhoo, let's have a look at milk bags, UK 21st century style...
Milk bag - check. Fancy pitcher - check. This one not only holds the milk bag, but also punctures it and has a lid. I'm much more used to these sort of old school pitchers. We had a yellow one at our house and my grandparents had an orange one. The bag was left exposed and you had to either cut the bag with scissors or with one of these clip snipper things.
Moving right along with the photo exposé.
The bag is secured into zee jug.
Let the good times pour.
JUGIT!
You Can Really Taste the Cuttlefish
Last night one of my house-mates cooked up a very yummy Thai red curry for dinner. To make it super authentic he also picked up some snacks at the Asian food shop. Behold, salty, fishy corn snacks!
These ones looked like bacon fries but mark my words did not taste like bacon fries. At first they were a bit salty and then a fishy aftertaste. The mascots sort of look like Earthworm Jim. Over-excited squids who look like Earthworm Jim.
Moving along...
How perfect, I had a hankering for something cuttlefish flavoured. If the flavour is authentic then they're more interesting looking than tasting. They're shaped sort of like a cuttlefish but more like a generic squid shape. These ones had a hint of scampi after taste. Certainly not as good as eating scampi proper. (For those not in the know, I discovered scampi last week, and it's sort of been my thing since then).
Needless to say, we have lots of these things left.
All Provinces Accounted For
Huzah! The Canadian embassy has finally sorted out that situation I flagged up (ah ha!) a few weeks ago. Gone is the surplus New Brunswick flag and the P.E.I. flag is back in place. Congratulations Prince Edward Island on joining Canada again. It didn't even take a massive debt caused by building a railway this time around.
P.E.I. Still Exists, Right?
I know I haven't been there for a while, but I'm pretty sure Prince Edward Island isn't A) now it's own sovereign nation separate from Canada or B) a part of New Brunswick and/or adopted the N.B. flag.
Then why on Earth for the past two weeks has Canada House, the Canadian embassy in Trafalgar Square, been sporting two New Brunswick flags and no P.E.I. flag?
March 21, 2010
I walked by weekend before last and stopped in my tracks thinking something didn't look quite right. In the place of P.E.I.'s flag was a bright new New Brunswick flag. However, a few flags down was the old faded New Brunswick flag. No 'Oiland' flag to be seen. Now I'll never be accused of being overtly pro-P.E.I. but c'mon. This is the embassy, surely someone noticed that?
Apparently not. I walked by again this past weekend and the flag situation was exactly the same.
March 28, 2010
Apologies for the crappy snap, I was in a rush. But you can see see there's no change from the first photo. Harumph! Maybe someone should tap them on the shoulder and let them know. Perhaps I'll leave a post-it note on the doors next time I'm by.
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