It's not what it sounds like
Really:
For American readers, Spotted Dick is an English desert. The spots are currents. Quite tasty actually, especially as the name sort of lowers expectations.
Flintshire County Council has been forced to swallow dick following its ill-considered decision to rename Spotted Dick as "Spotted Richard" - a rebrand it ordered following juvenile comments from sniggering staff.
According to the BBC, the powers that be pulled Spotted Dick from the menu after "several immature comments from a few customers" at its HQ in Mold.
Cue a furious backlash from dick lovers, including Flintshire councellor Klaus Armstrong-Braun, who'd slammed the rebrand as "ludicrous" and triumphed to the BBC: "It's a great victory for Spotted Dick and for everyone who makes it."I was going to post all sorts of security goodness, political snark, and Deep Thinking, but really, who can resist Spotted Dick?
For American readers, Spotted Dick is an English desert. The spots are currents. Quite tasty actually, especially as the name sort of lowers expectations.
7 comments:
Thanks for explaining that.
:)
Okaaayyyy... The reports are humorous for their 'serious' wording, oblivious to the comments that can't help but jump to one's mind...
My inner pedant requires I point out "The spots are not currents" but currants.
Since one of the laws of the universe is that whenever I correct someone else's minor mistake, I make a bigger mistake, then I'll be brief.
I wonder what the late NASCAR driver, Dick Trickle would make of this?
for the curious
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You put the can in hot water to heat it before opening. (As I recall)
Initially, I did have it confused with this guy -- The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus)a small fish.
The Brits cook about as well as they speak the language. No, I don’t want faggots and peas, thanks... and no, I don’t want to know what’s in them or how they’re made...
:)
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