I was busy trying to make DadsDinner feel better about the lack of good cookies in the UK today by reminding him of all the wonderful things that he can find over the Pond that we can’t find here*.
I was surprised to find that all I could come up with was Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes and Berties Bott’s Every Flavor Beans. Which means I am either crazy enough to believe that Harry Potter actually lives or stupid enough not to know about any other world cultures. I’m going with crazy over stupid. Only since I know that Harry Potter doesn’t exist, does that mean the UK is a figment of J.K. Rowlings mind as well? Did she think it all up along side Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic? I hit a couple of snags with that theory. I’ve sent mail to Edmund, where did my package go? And where does all my insomnia-inducing tea come from if Harrods doesn’t exist? AND WHERE DID MY PARENTS VACATION LAST YEAR? (Those liars better not have been in Hawaii.)
I guess I need to go with stupid.
*Shhhh…We all know that the really great treats are from here. Who can turn down Rice Krispy Treats**, Apple Pie or Krispy Kremes? Or OH! Strawberry Shortcake.
**And just so I know we are really on the same page here, are you from a family that makes Rice Krispy Treats and then carefully smooths them into a pan to cut up into perfectly proportioned squares? Or do you eat them straight from the bowl while they are still warm and gooey? My family has no clue that Rice Krispy Treats have the potential to hold a shape. I seriously doubt that they ever will.
To be fair, you have so much Geography of your own to learn about, it’s not surprising you’re a little sketchy on the rest of the world. Europeans often don’t realise how big the States are.
Just to fill you in: The English dance around waving hankies with bells strapped to their socks, everyone in Scotland wears a kilt (even in the shower) and the Welsh eat leeks. Ireland is famous for its potatoes. (Kind of like Idaho but with more leprechauns).
As for being stupid… I spent a year in Illinois. One woman told me that my English was very good for an exchange student. I pointed out that I was from England. The woman in question, in genuine surprise, said, “You mean they speak English in England!” Her friend very quickly changed the subject…
Other people were asked how we celebrate July 4th over here. Oh, and a Spanish exchange student I knew was asked if they had trees where he came from.
I suspect your knowledge of the world is better than that!
Right, I’m off for some steak-and-kidney pie and a deep-fried chocolate bar with Ron and Hermione…
Cheers,
Edmund.
PS Thanks for the link!
What! Harry Potter isn’t real! Next thing I know you will be trying to tell me that Santa isn’t real either!
Harry Potter is real.
It’s JK Rowling we made up.
Wait – I’m from Illinois …
Don’t get me wrong, the people of Illinois are very, very lovely. It’s just that Illinois itself is so big and mostly so flat and empty, that you don’t have to be there long before Missouri starts looking foreign and exotic…
What about chocolate HobNobs? Don’t those count as a cookie? Those are English and they are great.
Do they still have Hula Hoops (like a potato chip ring), those are good too.
And speaking of rice krispie treats, my favorite Italian/American fusion dish: rice krispie treats with nutella on top.