About 10 years ago sister-in-law came back to the UK for a months visit from Oz, everywhere we went she insisted on asking for a flat white and every time I told her that no one here knew what she was talking about.
Once or twice a month we go to Costa for a toasted sarnie or panini, SWMBO loves their hot chocolate and I normally have a latte, noticed the other day that flat white isn’t good enough and they’re doing them with coconut or chocolate (so isn’t that a cappuccino?)
As far as the ripped jeans is concerned it amazes what people will wear and pay more for in the name of fashion. I want to know who first thought “if we take some perfectly goods jeans and rip the knees everyone will want to wear them”.
The trend of young guys wearing their jeans half way down their backside is even more surprising as that had its origins in all male prisons as a way of inmates showing they were “available”. I pointed that out to the step-sons but they don’t care.
The one that really got me was a few years ago when young guys would walk around with one trouser leg (yes, only one) rolled up to the knee. I’m not sure what message that was supposed to send out but reckon it was “I’m a right pillock”!!
