I like to think I have grown out of a reflexive fixation on British quirkiness, that strange combination of mascotization, obsessive pigtail-pulling, and lack of perspective that characterizes so much of white American interest in white Britishness, that focuses almost exclusively on oddities in nomenclature.
I love this. Also true story, I exclaimed "oh!" out loud at my desk when I opened this and the first thing I saw was Chris Miles. Everytime I rewatch this video I laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFDTYvSXJ00
"you've just drawn a picture of a snail." "yeah."
"do you think the title 'renaissance man' sounds a bit wanky?"
I love this. Also true story, I exclaimed "oh!" out loud at my desk when I opened this and the first thing I saw was Chris Miles. Everytime I rewatch this video I laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFDTYvSXJ00
"you've just drawn a picture of a snail." "yeah."
"do you think the title 'renaissance man' sounds a bit wanky?"
The first graders at my son's (American) school are called "chums", which makes me wonder if they're about to be thrown to the sharks in a bucket.
you have to many maths you have to give some of them back