British Bits and Bobs

Here are a few recent things said/done here that I have found amusing:

• One time when I was working out at the gym I saw a TV show that looked a lot like "The View"... same age/demographic of hosts, same format, etc. I found out it was titled, "Loose Women." Ha!
• Another time at the gym on the main screens throughout the weight room they had on a Jerry Springer-type show. The topic for that day's show was, "I can never accept you as a woman, but are you my dad?" What???
• John is learning to write in cursive and he was very excited to show me his progress. He said, "Mom look at this posh "f"!!" He went on to criticize Dave for writing in all block letters by saying, "Naughty daddy!"
• Someone once told me they could tell I was an American by my "twang." What twang? They obviously haven't met anyone from Eastern North Carolina.
• It is a pretty standard thing here to take two-week vacations. Of course not everyone can afford that, but it is a normal thing. To me that seems like a huge amount of time to be away. But most Britons react with a slight amount of shock that no one ever does that in the US. 
• I enjoy the weather forecasts here. If there is supposed to be a spot in the UK that is really nice and sunny, instead of saying it will be a beautiful day, the male forecasters get excited and proclaim, "It's going to be a crackin' day in Scotland today!"