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WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 78 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Or as we Americans call it, "brunch".

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 71 points 2 years ago

The Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as "Overfed, oversexed, and over here" (some versions have 'overpaid' instead of 'overfed')

To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I only see one egg.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago

Y’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 years ago

Wait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes but it's eggceptional.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yes it is. That is an ostrich egg.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Including the block of sugar and the tray