There's no inherent reason why blends should be worse than single malts. What they usually are, of course, is cheaper. And therefore more cheaply produced. And therefore, usually, of a lower qua… (View Post)

I've just looked them both up on Wikipedia. There is a charming euphemism on Finn Russell's page: at school, Russell "did not feel drawn to academic work". I can imagine his teach… (View Post)

That's what did for Tycho Brahe. He was on a drinking binge with the king(?) and it wasn't the done thing to be the first to go to the toilet. Died of a burst bladder. (View Post)

I enjoy 'going to drop the kids off at the pool'. But I also enjoy half-euphemism, rendered useless by the inclusion of the word you've been trying to avoid e.g. just going to do a poo… (View Post)

Suggest it's because England had RP. 70 years ago, if you went to a grammar school or a private school, you'd have RP drummed into you. (I'd say that started to break down in the 60s -… (View Post)