On Feb 24, 7:45?pm, Sean Carroll <seanc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> TAR wrote:
> >>And potato chips in England are called Crisps.
> >>And our cookies are their biscuits
> >>and our biscuits are their scones?
>
> I've always been baffled, actually, as to why they call fries chips. I
> usually like Britishisms, and even adopt them, but this one just makes
> no sense to me.
>
> Crisps makes sense. They're crisp. But what are chips a chip of? An
> American chip looks like a chip, a British chip looks like a french fry.
> Why would anyone apply the word 'chip' to a french fry? I just don't get it.
>
> --
> --Seanhttp://spclsd223.livejournal.com/
> 'My bad.' --Dr Gregory House, after blowing up an MRI machine

indeed.....their chips are crisps, their toilets, loos, hell their
cigarettes are fags..........but their Beatles, ooh la la...........

"fishandchips" <"Kyla"
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>> Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiithrday
>> tooooooooooooooooooooooo
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>>
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>
> THANKS KYLA :-)

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Kyla
>

fishandchips wrote:
>
> indeed.....their chips are crisps, their toilets, loos, hell their
> cigarettes are fags..........but their Beatles, ooh la la...........

And then when they say, "I'm so pissed", we always answer, "Why?"

On Feb 24, 10:15?pm, TAR <tom.r...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> fishandchips wrote:
>
> > indeed.....their chips are crisps, their toilets, loos, hell their
> > cigarettes are fags..........but their Beatles, ooh la la...........
>
> And then when they say, "I'm so pissed", we always answer, "Why?"

My cousin called to wish me a happy you know what and told me I was
"losing the plot" after something I said. Of course when I go there,
they gather round to hear how funny I talk.

"TAR" <
> fishandchips wrote:
>>
>> indeed.....their chips are crisps, their toilets, loos, hell their
>> cigarettes are fags..........but their Beatles, ooh la la...........
>
> And then when they say, "I'm so pissed", we always answer, "Why?"

LOL...I was e-mailing Marty and he said I'm getting really pissed, I asked
him Why?
Then he said he was getting drunk. Wonder whatever happened to Marty???
And Croaker and Danzka, and and and.....

Kyla
who is in a pissy mood and I don't mean drunk either!!!