where I live
The boot is what you get if you
don't do your job,,,not where keep
your spare tire[not tyre]

The bonnet is what a young lady
wears on Sunday, not where you
check the oil

And a mum is a flower you send a
girl when you don't figure she's
worth a rose,

I have a good friend Down-under
builds cropdusters, with Buick engines
,,under the bonnet 

x

Hi Bren.... ...!
The meal arrangement here in England, is something we inherited from our parents, grandparents, etc....

Breakfast, is what it says, the first meal of the day when arising. Egg, bacon, tomato, mushrooms, bread and butter.

Lunch, a cup of tea/coffee, with a biscuit or two, or maybe a cheese sandwich, at around 10 o'clock in the morning. (Always a break for workers, (manual and office), sometimes refered to as a "mid  morning break".

Dinner, at around 1 o'clock mid-day, the main meal of the day, meat pie, etc, potatoes, carrots, greens, gravy, etc, glass of wine.... ...!

Tea, around 5 o'clock, (tea-time), pot of tea, sandwiches and cake(s).

Supper, at around 10 PM, a nice tasty, small, warm meal, to settle the tummy, before going to bed.

This is what occupies my day, with reference to daily meals... ...!

It's the arrangement which goes back to the beginning of the last century in England, affected in a large part by the two world wars, and the need to have substantial,  regular, meals when food was in short supply.

It's one of those routines which parents pass on to their children...
..and is the best meal routine for our bodies... ...!

Cheers Bren, interesting subject!
ooops, nearly 9 AM, egg and bacon nearly ready...ooohhh the smell...yummy...!!

Paul.
(England).

P.S. another important note. All my meals are eaten with everyone sat around the dining table,  never in the lap, sat in front of the television....!

Thanks mates,

Some interesting replies!

as you point aut Fozzer, the body, I believe is better off and happier with regular small meals rather than the 2 or 3 larger ones that Western culture seems to have evolved over the last hundred or so years.

The "lunch" that you describe, we call "morning tea', which I'm sure is familiar to most.

Thanks Ozzy, I never considered that the 'time' of the repast would determine the name of it.........interesting!

Oh and X, how were you fortnuate enough to be the first to hit on that particular 'name'!
The 'bonnet', 'boot' and 'mudguard' (fender) debate has been mentioned in many a debate in this forum. It will be eternal!

Although, Ozzy, I like the subject you brought up about "ugly girls". There are plenty of 'civilain' terms for the same. Although here, it depends more on what era you grew up in.
(God I hope 'Stormy' doesn't see this, although I suspect she's like most women and has a way of sniffing out these kinds of 'generalised, semi-insulting posts'.............lol )

In my age group, the terms vary for girls ranging from 'plain' to 'abhorrent'
In order of the 'seriousness' of their 'condition' (least to most) we have:

Rough
F'ugly
Scrag
Leper
Horror Head
Bush Pig

What a 'charming' bunch we were! 

Our biggest occasion of the week was the good old Sunday Dinner. This was usually roast beef with all the trimmings & often took all morning to prepare. It was served around midday or whenever the old man staggered home from the pub. Woe betide him if he was late. 
Apart from special occasions this tradition is gradually dying out along with family meals of any type.

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Hi Doug....
You must pop over to my place sometime... ...!
...that's the type of meal I cook seven days a week...!!!
Much cheaper and healthier than all the fast-food c**p.
People come for miles around to sample my meals.. ...!
(Do you rember some of my recipies I have posted here)?
My beloved gas cooker comes a close second to my Honda motorbike... ...!
Everyone sits around the dining table chatting to one-another...!
I keep up the tradition with all my family and friends... 8)...!

Cheers...
Paul....for Fozzers famous meals...
(England)

The note left by Foz on B'fast, Din-Din, T, and Suppeh, is the way I grew up, and isn't foreign at all to me.
All time fav outside of Breaky has just got to be " Egg n' Chips ".........was even brought to light by Shirley Valentine while in Greece..........

I find people from the UK, especially the North, tend to scrunch words together. Sayings like "cupatea", "keytadoor", and "bloody-ell".

Americans have many strange pronounciations and spellings.
Roof =Ruff: Boston Area
Wash =Worshe: Boston Area
Color = Should be colour
That's just a taste. Of course us Canadians have Eh but that's mainly out east in the Maritimes.

hey fozzer can I have my biscuits please
I think I've got one, is a Scouser (sp) the same as a Ned?
thinks he/she is clever, drinks for the sake of it, tries to be friendly but p***es everyone off and is the arch nemissis of "giffiks".
note: female neds known as "ginas" due to exessive fake tan resulting in a close resemblence to an orange drink.

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Heh! settle down there! You forgot the 'bongwizza'.
Although the spelling's not too bad.............lol

"Ahhh.......it's just a little kick in the bum!" 

With regard to the 'Sunday Dinner' you mention, Hagar. We have much the same 'tradition' which is also dying out (if not completely gone except for some rare households). Many of our traditions are of English origin anyway, given that that's where we originated ourselves (except for us Irish! ).

Although the bit about waiting for 'dad' to get home from the pub. ON A SUNDAY MORNING?
Our pubs have only been open on Sundays for the last 20 years or so.
Also, being Catholic, there would be no time for a pub visit between Mass and Lunch..........lol

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True, but you need a translator to understand British slang, it's a totally different language