Longworth Cafeteria - 9:00am
Intern 1: (in bow tie): Do you think they have english muffins in England?
Intern 2: What's an english muffin? (Intern 1 shows intern 2 what an english muffin is.)
Intern 3: (in leopard print shoes): I wonder if they have regular muffins ......
Intern 3: How do you put things things in the toaster?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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that is the stupidest post i have seen.
EVER.
As a point of record, I don't think they do have English muffins in England.
what are thing things? wow you are gonna bash on people for being dumb... hello pot...or are you kettle?
They do have them, but they are refered to as crumpets.
Sorry I just saw all these comments and had to respond...there are "English Muffins" in England (really the rest of the UK too) but they are simply referred to as "muffins". What an American considers a muffin is often referred to as an "American style muffin", although this depends on what store you get them from. Crumpets are similar but have a very different texture, they are porous and "spongy" and you do not tend to slice them down the middle.
English muffins and muffins are both referred to as muffins, a crumpet is something else entirely.
Having lived in the UK for five years, I can decisively tell you that they do not have English muffins in England. They do have crumpets, and they do have muffins, but they do not have "English Muffins". One of my English friends visited in the states and upon seeing one on a brunch menu ordered it. He said that they definitely didn't have them but: "I can see why they're called English muffins, they're the miserable shits of the bread world!"
why would you reference the bow-tie?
why is this even a post? if you have never eaten an english muffin before, why would you know what it is? also they are very crumbly and maybe they didnt want to ruin a congressional toaster. people are so rude sometimes!
As "intern 1" in the above post, I would like to clarify the situation a little:
"Intern 2" is from Romania and had never heard of an English muffin.
Secondly, the question of whether or not they have English muffins in England clearly was not a terribly stupid question, evidenced by the several people who politely commented to answer the question; a question that one who has never been to Europe would have no way of answering.
And thirdly, I think my bow ties are pretty sick.
They most assuredly do have English muffins in the UK. Witness the best Wikipedia talk page ever, at the entry for Muffin (English). Sorry, for some reason I can't past the link in here.
I lived in England for a year not long ago. After having been told by many British friends that there is no such thing as an English muffin, lo and behold, I saw "eggs benedict on an English muffin" listed on the menu of a rather traditional English tea shop. When I asked my previous English muffin-denying friends how they explained this, they said that they would just call what the eggs came on as a "muffin" but they supposed it was acceptable for the restaurant to call it an English muffin too, and in any case they are rarely eaten (crumpets being a totally different food). In short, it seems many English people are quite confused about this whole muffin situation themselves. But I can say for sure that they had never heard of Thomas' brand English muffins.
Well, to answer 'Intern 1', where do you think Romania should be, as you point that Intern 2, from Romania, "has never been to Europe" ? Asia maybe ?
Sam. J, what are you talking about? My only mention of Romania was that my Romanian friend had never heard the term "English muffin." I'm well aware that Romania is in Eastern Europe, and would be more than happy to have a geography discussion with you. In fact, the word "Europe" does not even appear in my post...
I would recommend either hooked on phonics, or reading spectacles.
Wow! I am amazed by the stupidity of everyone involved. Bow Tied Intern, you did mention Europe in your post, presumably claiming that you have never been there. Sam J, the bow-tie guy was clearly referring to his own question and not that of his Romanian friend. Finally, all the people who posted so decisively that there are no (English) muffins in England, you all make me glad to no longer live/work in DC. The Hill was always overrun with conceited know-nothings.
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