Re: No more toast?

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:57:35 +0100
John Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
> 
It's actually 'J.D.Wetherspoon' 
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/

and at £2.25 for a Breakfast and £1.49 a pint (at my local) during the
Autumn Festival I shouldn't moan so much.


-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.