Wasn’t it Boston where they had a massive party. Unfortunately they, for some bizarre reason, decided to make the tea with cold salt water! They also made it WAY too weak. Qudos for trying for the world’s biggest cup of tea. But don’t complain about its taste afterwards.
The book is originally from the 80s, and if I remember correctly part of the conceit is that none of the family know what this strange “avocado pear” is (because in Britain of the 1980s no-one did). I don’t think the financial ramifications are really discussed, and the family keep feeding the little blighter avocados until he gets strong enough to beat up a burglar or something.
Marks & Spencer claim they introduced avocados to UK supermarkets, when they stocked them as ‘avocado pears’ in 1968. At the time, we Brits did not take to them.
People were confused by the name: when one customer complained after she’d stewed her avocado pear and served it with custard, M&S even started selling them with leaflets explaining they were intended to be a salad item.
I think we should start pinning the king’s bum posts. It’s important to know the status of the royal prostate.
(On a slightly serious note, I do respect him for being very public about it.
If it means one more prostate-owner gets checked early enough to prevent problems, it’s a social good)
Yeah, as far as posts about the royals go I thought this was initially as hilariously irrelevant as the usual non-stories, but if you’ve got a constant camera in your face (or up your arse) then using it to make men aware of something important they’d probably rather not think about is actually pretty decent
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