Re: No more toast?

On 11/10/2024 00:20, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, John Williamson

>> The "spoon" in question is usually referred to as  " 'Spoons", and is a
>> chain of eateries in the UK whose full name is Weatherspoons. They are
>> not known for their quality,
>>
> And there I thought we were talking about a 'greasy spoon'.  So called
> because they had one spoon, which was used to spoon sugar out of the
> only sugar bowl and then to stir the mug of strong milky tea (no coffee
> in those days) the spoon usually tied to the table with a piece of
> string. Served permutations of bacon, eggs, sausages, black pudding (if
> yoy were lucky) and bread smeared with what passed for margarine; always
> bread. Not many such basic eateries remain, probably for the better.
>
> I feel that you are being a little unfair to Weatherspoons.
>
I was writing based on personal experience.

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Tciao for Now!

John.