WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942
WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942
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Or as we Americans call it, "brunch".
80 1 ReplyThe Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as "Overfed, oversexed, and over here" (some versions have 'overpaid' instead of 'overfed')
To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!
72 1 ReplyI only see one egg.
31 3 ReplyY’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.
25 0 ReplyWait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand?
25 1 ReplyYes but it's eggceptional.
10 1 ReplyYes it is. That is an ostrich egg.
4 1 ReplyI could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!
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Including the block of sugar and the tray
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