...quoi???

*Shandy in the US is beer mixed with lemonade. I know the term is used differently elsewhere but I can't remember where and what it means.

Yes. But at fast food places, most people use the drive-through window. The rare time I go to somewhere like McDonald's (and it's always for coffee on the way to work) I always drive through.

Because we're Americans and it is OUR concept of the culture, dang it!

No really, I don't know. I haven't eaten pork in at least five years, and I've been a vegetarian for the past two. That place isn't even on my radar.

Takeaway! I was trying to think of what fast food places are called not-in-America.

I get it; I have peanut butter on toast and coffee when I wake up. My "morning" is about 1500 or 1600.

P.S. Yes, I'm American and I use military time. Hospitals here treat time and measurement like the rest of the world so, after 11 years, that's what I've adjusted to.

Ronny Dax wrote:

Is Schadenfreude an english word as well?

Not English per se, but we know what it means and use it in our speech. Just like "je ne sais quoi" and "ennui."

I've tried Vegemite. I'm sorry to say that I didn't care for it. I've never tried fries in gravy, but I've heard it's good. But if I have gravy around, I'm more likely to have my potatoes mashed!

I have a random ranty-rant. Neighbor in the next apartment has, apparently, been having a solo dance party since 0930. I work third shift. I have been awake since yesterday (Sunday) at 1830. Um, sorry guy but while I like my beats fast and my bass down low, I just don't feel like droppin' it like it's hot until I get some sleep. For CRYING OUT LOUD. AUGH! SHOUTY RANT!

It's Labor Day here in the US. National holiday, and the unofficial end of summer. So basically we're a nation of honey badgers who don't give a sh*t. <---hopefully someone else understands that reference.

hepzibah wrote:

I love swearing. I know some people think it is the sign of a limited mind, but to me. it is a way to express frustration without resorting to violence.
Especially when one of my cats throws up on my bed twice in one night (true story). The swearing was legendary.

Ugh. One of mine did that once.

Yeah, the limited mind theory is annoying. So I try to show my intelligence by coming up with clever combinations of swears, imaginative imagery, etc. Ha!

Oh. Unacceptable.

Pfft, not really. I've been holding it in because I don't want to offend, but I pretty much cuss like a drunk Irish teenager. Not a stereotype--I was actually drinking at a hostel bar in Toronto with one. He was quite sauced. I think, after a while, his only words were cuss words. He was great.