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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Flipside on September 09, 2014, 01:25:13 pm
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For 2 minutes anyway...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-29126161
There's something strangely British about the concept of trying to make a chocolate teapot that works...
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You're just all over the place with these news tidbits aren't you :P
Although this is still pretty amusing. All that effort just to make an old saying wrong!
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Hehe, I just post tidbits that people might find interesting or amusing :)
Being controversial or rage inducing is not a required criteria from my perspective, so I see something and think 'The peeps at HLP would find this funny/fascinating' and forward it on.
Besides, if I see one more thread about sexism on top of the 4 we've had in the last few weeks, I'm going to scream.
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This is the sort of thread General Discussion needs more of. :)
I'm not familiar with this "as useful as a chocolate teapot" aphorism. Is it a British saying?
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Yup, when something is obviously going to serve no purpose whatsoever. Often used when referring to Politicians :)
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'Useful' is still a bit of a stretch, really.
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This is the sort of thread General Discussion needs more of. :)
I'm not familiar with this "as useful as a chocolate teapot" aphorism. Is it a British saying?
Of course it's a British saying
It involves tea
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'Useful' is still a bit of a stretch, really.
That's kind of the point.
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Can't go wrong with chocolate and tea for that matter.
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Well, I think it'd actually be really useful. You can sell it complete with a tea bag, a paper cup, a small bottle of water and a chemical warming mat. Tea and chocolate MRE! :) It'd likely be a hit among British and Americans alike.
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I'd rather mine taste like gunpowder
Now that's manly tea
Gunpowder flavoured
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You only get a boom with Typhoo?
You may have to be British to understand that one...
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For 2 minutes anyway...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-29126161
There's something strangely British about the concept of trying to make a chocolate teapot that works...
My mother has used the phrase "as useful as a chocolate teapot" many times during my life, so this topic was right up my alley. I smiled wide when I saw it.
This is the sort of thread General Discussion needs more of. :)
Oh I agree. :)
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My (American) grandma used to say "useful as a back pocket on a t-shirt". :)
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"As much use as a chocolate fireguard" is another saying. No idea if we Brits have got dibs on it or not, but that's another one that's been thrown out a few times in my family. :)
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"A screen door on a submarine" was always my favorite.
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"Fly like a lead balloon", once the Mythbusters busted it.