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Goomba[_2_]

wrote:

> "from scratch", or worse "scratch" (as in "scratch cake"...oy, the
> mental image of cake made from flaky dead skin or dandruff)
>
> "tub" as in "tub of margarine" or yogurt, or worse "tub butter". What
> the hell is "tub butter" and who would want any? The word "tub"
> conjures up the idea of a large receptacle in which people bathe and
> lose their dead skin, floating in soapy water...again with the dead
> skin image.
>
> "tablespread" or the use of "spread" to mean a soft substance...I'm
> not even going there.
>
Well.. you could have an English "fry up" breakfast. Doesn't that sound
good?
And then there are those "bangers and mash" meals....or "mixed grill"

Seems to me you're just inventing a reason to whine about something. Bored?