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Default False conceptions of what other countries eat.


"Alan Holbrook" > wrote in message
. 3.30...
> "Bloke Down The Pub" > wrote in
> news >
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>>>
>>> And I'm also sure that anyone who thinks the British only like bland
>>> cooking aren't aware of the national obsession for Indian and
>>> Indonesian fare. The people in the Bristol office had a rite of
>>> passage for all American visitors from headquarters that involved
>>> being taken to lunch at an Indonesian place and fed something that
>>> had the word 'Dragon' in the title. The title was well deserved...

>>
>> And the reverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdo79znnHl8
>>
>> Mike
>>

> I'm speechless. Hard to speak when you're laughing that hard. Now
> you're going to inspire a thread about the old canard that Brits don't
> have a sense of humor...(Ever watch 'Mrs. Brown'?)
>
> BTW, I already _knew_ that Australians have a sense of humor. One of the
> guys in the Sydney office invited me over for dinner once while I was
> down there and actually said to me "We'll throw another shrimp on the
> barbie".


Hehehe. That's funny!