It's obviously an awful thing to have happened and my heart goes out to everyone involved. I did however want to make a note of the fact this man is so British he measures the seriousness of a situation on how much of a good idea it is to get a tea.
Posted Mar 22, 2016, 3:18 PM UTC
That's brilliant. In a crisis, the first thought is about how to get a cup of tea and wait for it all to blow over.
Depriving an Englishman of tea is of course an act of war. We invaded America for doing it, a few uppity nutballs shouldn't present much of a problem.
Actually, he was headed to Starbucks to get a cuppa when the first bomb went off. That's when he decided to not get a tea. While the situation is dire, I started smirking to myself at his apparent thought process - "Ooh, well, Starbucks has just exploded, so perhaps the tea can wait".
perhaps the tea can wait".
NEVER
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender OUR TEA!
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
The entire British empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think I'm going to war without one, mate, you're mistaken.
thankfully our boys have it covered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_vessel
Apparently one of the most successful German bombing raids of WW2 in terms of damaging British morale was when they hit Mincing Lane in London (the centre of the tea trade), which meant that the tea ration had to be cut.
That's a common symptom of shock. The best treatment is to sit down and have a nice cup of tea while you wait for the feeling to pass. Then, go and have a nice cup of tea.
I've been told that Irn Bru is the appropriate treatment for shock
I can empathise.
I was at a fatal crash a few years ago, a female motorcyclist had missed a turn lost control and died instantly. Her husband and daughter were on the bike in front.
While waiting for the emergency services, which were about 30 minutes away (remote part of Scotland) we went to a nearby farm and arranged tea for everyone.
Is it just me that gets really aggravated by people saying "a tea", or even worse "cup of teas"? It's a cup of tea, a singular cup, filled with an unspecified amount of the beverage tea. "A tea" would be to talk about a particular blend in the absract, and "cup of teas" is not the plural of "cup of tea", it in fact sounds like you are talking about a single cup filled with many teas. Which you might be, but probably not. Tea is bloody important gents, we should all know how to quantify it correctly.
My five year old niece thought the word was "cuppatea", pluralised to "cuppateas". I saw confusion on her face followed by a lightbulb moment when I used the phrase "cups of tea" in front of her.
As a child I thought that people were saying Agean Tea when they asked for a G & T on Eastenders.
This confused me as I had never heard of Agean Tea and I didn't understand why all these people were ordering tea in a pub.
My mother calls cheap tea (which includes ALL commercial brands) "British Rail", which needs explaining to absolutely everybody. She's an utter snob about everything, so always turn down any offer of anything or you'll never hear the end of it.
My father calls tea "char". I have no idea which of them is worse.
My mother calls cheap tea (which includes ALL commercial brands) "British Rail", which needs explaining to absolutely everybody.
I think you might need to explain it to me too, because I don't get it.
my uncle insitsists on calling it theft. I'm sure that was funny the first 500 times he said it -_-
No, silly. That's just the type of tea they drink in Greece.
Why it's popular in London I don't know.
I feel there's one exception. If I were to get multiple cups for the office or friends, I'd probably say "Shall I get some teas in?".
I'd just say, "Shall I get some tea?"
How is that even a question?
Its not a question, its just the standard start for the tea making ritual.
Why would you even need to ask? You should be saying, "I'll go get the tea."
You seem a little aggravated, maybe you need a some cups of teas to calm you down.
Cup's of tea's, surely ;)
Do you even English?
But the desire for a cuppa increases proportionally to the direness of the situation! This British guy is actually supporting the terrorists!
I can only imagine how disappointed I would be if some back pack toting suicide bomber had just blown my bacon and eggs all over Belgium. It could only get worse if you returned for your tea and Jonny foreigner had made it with cream and a glass. This must be why we are wanting out of europeland I feel.
Stopped being a good idea and started being the only reasonable course of action.
Strong, hot sugared tea. Best thing when you're in shock.
Rest of the time it's:
Earl grey, hot.
With an extra sugar on top of whatever you'd normally have. For me, it'd be four big sugars.
Surely at such a point you're just drinking tea flavoured golden syrup?
Nope, that'd be with, like, ten sugars in it. I'm a sugar fiend but I haven't crossed that line yet!
Tea is actually a really good idea if you've just suffered something catastrophic. They even taught it to use during my First Aid course. After the dust has settled and everything's calmed down, go and get yourself a cup of tea and have a sit down.
Tea isn't mentioned anywhere in this article....
35 seconds into the first video
ahh silly me. Apologies everyone
That's when you know the terrorists have won.