tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post7804556194678099415..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Blogging Our Europe Trip: Day Seven, Part TwoKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-52441560034544181652018-06-18T10:36:18.938-07:002018-06-18T10:36:18.938-07:00Ha, ha, ha, ha. I'm laughing out loud! Why &...Ha, ha, ha, ha. I'm laughing out loud! Why "ha, ha"? That's the way it's done.<br /><br />Mr. Brandenburg, I'm vicariously enjoying every word of your blog on England. (Along with the comments) It's the next best thing to "Escape to the Country".<br /><br />Chris LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-46454478837194745692018-06-17T07:28:43.878-07:002018-06-17T07:28:43.878-07:00Kent, Kent, Kent. You have now offended entire GE...Kent, Kent, Kent. You have now offended entire GENERATIONS of blood pudding lovers. <br /><br />You will say that there is no evidence that such people exist, and I will answer that we are talking about Britain here, and that is enough evidence. And only those who have been bred to it for generations could like the stuff, so there must be entire generations of them. QED.<br /><br />Your problem, my friend, is that you suffer from the grievous American malady of Why?ism. You ask, "But why?" That, indeed, is a question an American might ask, but a Brit would simply answer, "Because that's the way it's done." <br /><br />Why is an English breakfast served with blood pudding? Because that's the way it's done. Why drive on THAT side of the road? That's the way it's done. Why can you not have a light switch inside the bathroom? An electrician might say for safety, to prevent electric shock, but everyone knows that millions of Americans turn their bathroom lights on and off from inside their bathrooms every day without electrocuting themselves. The real reason is "That's the way it's done." <br /><br />Why have Brits historically had a hot water tap and a cold water tap, instead of a mixer tap (so you can regulate the temperature)? They've been corrupted by American influence and you see mixer taps EVERYWHERE now, it's horrible. But when we moved here, that was not the case, and I asked why. I said it's silly, you either A) freeze your hands washing them in cold water or B) scald them in hot. Why not a mixer? The answer, you guessed it, was "That's the way it's done."<br /><br />An English breakfast has baked beans, warm tomatoes, oil-fried bread, and blood pudding because that's the way it's done. Don't ask why. Just eat your castor oil or your blood pudding (whichever takes your fancy), stick your chest out, and say, "Did it again! The way it's done!"Jon Gleasonhttp://www.mindrenewers.comnoreply@blogger.com