Pablo wrote:

> "Tim Challenger" > wrote in message
> news:1112699065.d84774e73fa7185d4fc921bde88a5266@t eranews...
> > On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:15:37 +0100, The Reids wrote:
> >
> >> I have never actually seen a chip buttie, although
> >> i'm sure poor people eat them to fill up, at least in the past.
> >
> > They're brilliant. Especially when the butter runs down your wrist
> as you
> > eat it. On a par, if not better than sausage, bacon and fried-egg
> butties.
> > --
> > Tim C.
> *
> I've only heard the term from perhaps the best source of British pop
> culture --reruns of "Keeping Up Appearances."
>
> A typical utterance from Onslow during his breakfast beer: I could
> murder a
> bacon butty right about now!

I actually had to have the "nice bit o' crumpet" comment from "Are you
being served?" explained to me.
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JL

>
>
> Pablo
> (Basking in the merits of educational television )
> ; )