the weird thing about the tea ban

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And afternoon tea at three pm precisely!

Some English traditions are just inexplicably wonderful.
Like cricket!

LOL I remember! Teatime. My grandfather was raised in England. My grandmother was thoroughly American. He talked about sugar in your tea being thoroughly un-British. Well, I guess his family was American, but we still had teatime.

[_Drifting]

And afternoon tea at three pm precisely!

Some English traditions are just inexplicably wonderful.
Like cricket!

LOL I remember! Teatime. My grandfather was raised in England. My grandmother was thoroughly American. He talked about sugar in your tea being thoroughly un-British. Well, I guess his family was American, but we still had teatime.

Sugar? In tea? Have you no respect?
There are still parts of England where putting sugar in your tea counts as an act of treason.

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Sugar? In tea? Have you no respect?
There are still parts of England where putting sugar in your tea counts as an act of treason.

Thank you. Just wanted a verification. I thought it was wierd, sugar in tea is just right.

[_Drifting]

LOL! When I was young and visiting back in Hull I walked into my Uncle's house after just arriving. He and my cousin were watching a cricket test match on TV.

I asked them who was winning. He said "we won't know until tomorrow". My dad loved it and played throughout his life until moving to America. I own a cricket bat, but I think the game might be an acquired taste. Like baseball in America.

I do remember going to matches, sitting on the lawn with a picnic basket full of home baked goodies (picnic pie). Politely clapping when a ball was hit for six.

Cricket.
A game that can be played all day, every day, for five straight days and not end up with a winner.

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My mother has been drinking tea since childhood (English). She averages at least a pot a day. She will be 92 next month. I'll have to tell her of the dangers of tea and how it might shorten her life.

"Mommy, You would be 102 now without that much of poisonous thing!"