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Post by housesparrow on Aug 5, 2009 5:25:54 GMT
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2009 9:09:17 GMT
Oh yeah. Non-controversial surely?
Everyone in Glasgow knows that Chicken tikka masala was invented in Glsagow because the Weegie likes sauce/gravy with their meat.
Many, many things were invented in Glasgow. It is a very inventive historic city of great beauty and learning.
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2009 9:10:19 GMT
Off on a tangent:
Am I a 'professional Glaswegian'?
And if so, is it because of inadequacies in me, or because Glasgow really is such a generally fine city?
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2009 9:11:52 GMT
Although, having said how fine and inventive it is . . .
Last night about 11 pm outside my window. I live on a square, so the roads directly outside my flat are not busy and have cars parked on both sides, with just room for one car to drive up the middle.
Walking down the middle of this road, forcing taxis/cars etc. to reverse, swerve, avoid . . a man on crutches, arguing with a woman slugging something out a bottle, ,arguing with another man who was pushing a baby buggy with an angelic blonde boy of about 2 in it.
WTF?
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2009 9:12:10 GMT
But yes, we invented Chicken tikka masala. For sure.
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Post by everso on Aug 5, 2009 9:39:17 GMT
Although, having said how fine and inventive it is . . . Last night about 11 pm outside my window. I live on a square, so the roads directly outside my flat are not busy and have cars parked on both sides, with just room for one car to drive up the middle. Walking down the middle of this road, forcing taxis/cars etc. to reverse, swerve, avoid . . a man on crutches, arguing with a woman slugging something out a bottle, ,arguing with another man who was pushing a baby buggy with an angelic blonde boy of about 2 in it. WOE? Did you lean out of your window and harangue them? ;D |
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 5, 2009 9:41:59 GMT
Although, having said how fine and inventive it is . . . Last night about 11 pm outside my window. I live on a square, so the roads directly outside my flat are not busy and have cars parked on both sides, with just room for one car to drive up the middle. Walking down the middle of this road, forcing taxis/cars etc. to reverse, swerve, avoid . . a man on crutches, arguing with a woman slugging something out a bottle, ,arguing with another man who was pushing a baby buggy with an angelic blonde boy of about 2 in it. WOE? Did you lean out of your window and harangue them? ;D You know, I seriously did think about phoning the police, because I thought if something happened to that child (if it was hit by a car while the 3 drunken grown-ups argued and ignored it) how would I forgive myself for not intervening. But on the other hand, I thought, I should mind my own business and not be an interfering busybody, and the 3 adults, although intoxicated and loud, were still able to walk. What should I have done? |
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Post by Patrick on Aug 5, 2009 10:03:51 GMT
You know, I seriously did think about phoning the police, because I thought if something happened to that child (if it was hit by a car while the 3 drunken grown-ups argued and ignored it) how would I forgive myself for not intervening. But on the other hand, I thought, I should mind my own business and not be an interfering busybody, and the 3 adults, although intoxicated and loud, were still able to walk. What should I have done? Do the English thing and be Absolutely, Positively Sure and without any doubt that somebody must have already done so. Seemple! |
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 5, 2009 11:31:49 GMT
Eeek! Isn't that just too easy.
If what the paparazzi said was true, that is why the emergency service took so long to reach the dying Princess Diana. They all believed someone else had phoned.
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Post by everso on Aug 5, 2009 14:49:53 GMT
Did you lean out of your window and harangue them? ;D You know, I seriously did think about phoning the police, because I thought if something happened to that child (if it was hit by a car while the 3 drunken grown-ups argued and ignored it) how would I forgive myself for not intervening. But on the other hand, I thought, I should mind my own business and not be an interfering busybody, and the 3 adults, although intoxicated and loud, were still able to walk. What should I have done? I really don't know what I'd have done in your place. Probably the same as you. It's tempting to wade in and start phoning the rozzers but, as you say, at least the three adults were still walking. Far worse had one of them got his keys out to open his car door...  And doubtless then we'd let the authorities know. |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Aug 5, 2009 19:03:06 GMT
Bugger it..wade in with both feet. Make a noise. That child should have been in its bed.  |
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Post by stephan on Aug 6, 2009 11:57:33 GMT
Is it??-I have never eaten it in India but then again I might have read the menu incorrectly as I cannot speak Malayalam,Hindi or Tamil. Come to think I cannot speak Glaswedish either. I did order a `Vindaloo` in Goa once and it was bloody awful-sod the authenticity,sod the Portugese influence-think poor quality tomato soup and bits floating around in it  |
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Post by Flatypus on Aug 7, 2009 2:51:19 GMT
Chop Suey comes from San Francisco, Balti from Birmingham. Curry as we know it is basically Anglo-Indian anyway and all those typically English sauces and pickles like HP and Branston are Victorian reconstructions of Indian originals. Indian food uses chillies and tomatoes - how did they get there from Mexico? Before that they modified native Indian food to the taste of North Asians converted to Muslim dietary restrictions as per 'Leviticus'. The fusion is far too old to waste time on trying to find an 'original'. It is like trying to look for an 'original' Italian food free from Mexican tomatoes and Chinese pasta.
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 7, 2009 16:30:57 GMT
Next you will be telling us the Lea and Pennins comes from Greenland!
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Post by sinistral on Aug 7, 2009 16:39:46 GMT
Next you will be telling us the Lea and Pennins comes from Greenland! Lea and Pennins probably does....... Lea and Perrins comes from Worcestershire.  |
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Post by everso on Aug 7, 2009 17:05:54 GMT
Next you will be telling us the Lea and Pennins comes from Greenland! Lea and Pennins probably does....... Lea and Perrins comes from Worcestershire.  Sorry, Housey, that tickled me. |
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Post by housesparrow on Aug 7, 2009 17:56:11 GMT
 How on earth did I manage to type that? No, don't answer that!
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Post by everso on Aug 7, 2009 18:27:15 GMT
How on earth did I manage to type that? No, don't answer that! You were probably thinking of pens. Or something. |
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And doubtless then we'd let the authorities know.
