Some cultures just don't even know how to culture
The other day I was thinking about the weekend I'll be staying with friends in England. I feel a bit impose-y, as I really don't know them that well and as I know they're busy that weekend, as that Saturday is Armed Forces Day and they'll be involved in community activities. So I've been trying to come up with ways to stay out of their hair and ways to make them not feel like they have to feed me.
And so I started thinking. "Sunday I'll have church and I want to go to the Manchester Library, so I can grab lunch on my own in there somewhere. Saturday I'll be Armed Forces Day-ing with them in some capacity or another, I'm sure, but I can grab lunch on my own, like a hot dog from a stand."
And then I stopped.
"Oh my gosh! This is England! They're not going to have a hot dog stand! Maybe fish and chips or meat pies or something. But probably not hot dogs! I just don't even know what to do with that! How does one celebrate their Armed Forces without hot dogs!?!"
And so I started thinking. "Sunday I'll have church and I want to go to the Manchester Library, so I can grab lunch on my own in there somewhere. Saturday I'll be Armed Forces Day-ing with them in some capacity or another, I'm sure, but I can grab lunch on my own, like a hot dog from a stand."
And then I stopped.
"Oh my gosh! This is England! They're not going to have a hot dog stand! Maybe fish and chips or meat pies or something. But probably not hot dogs! I just don't even know what to do with that! How does one celebrate their Armed Forces without hot dogs!?!"
posted by melilotnfosco | 12:50 AM
3 Comments:
Just FYI - libraries might not be open on Sundays.
Oh, and don't eat their pudding. It's not pudding.
The Manchester Library is open on Sundays. It has some museumness to it, too. The only thing would be if that's considered a bank holiday weekend and it's closed for that.
I came on here hoping for updates from your trip. Pre-updates are fun 😉. And, I agree, how do you celebrate a holiday like that without hot dogs??? Do they at least have something similar like bratwurst or sausages??
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