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Nutsngum posted:If they are like Australia, their emergency services wont be covered under their health system. Ours only costs $60 a year or is included with private health cover. An ambulance ride here is like 800 bucks if you arent covered. The NHS is free at the point of need, ambulance rides aren't charged at all.
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Wouldn't be surprised if this guy tripped and fell onto something sharp in an alleyway trying not to drop his fish and chips, and then made up the entire story.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 05:45 |
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Yuncemil posted:That looks like lovely fish and chips. If I still lived in the UK, I would get a picture of what proper fish and chips looks like. None of this "shaped fillets" bullshit. They should just debone the fish and fry it. YES IT SHOULD BE OVER A FOOT LONG. Also, someone appears to have eaten 80% of the chips in this picture already. Finally, the newsprint paper is stupid. How would you rate this one? 
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quote posted:Wisbech attackers 'fought off by landlord holding chips' Not pictured is the wire service source: Dave down the pub, who knows this happened for definite. Cpt.Wacky posted:How would you rate this one? 4/10, chips and fish aren't soaked in fat, fish looks overcooked, there aren't more chips present than you know what to do with and they have a fancy plate with lemons rather than newspaper or fish shop paper.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 07:46 |
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Gatts posted:Good fish and chips are pretty loving awesome. What the hell is this crap. Shaped fillets and french fries!!!!! Anyone from blighty would be offended at such paltry offerings. The fish should be as long as your forearm and served with thick greasy chips.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 07:53 |
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And he didn't even throw chip.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 08:13 |
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Neptr posted:Can someone explain to me, a Yankee who has to pay hundreds of dollars for a ride in an ambulance, why one would turn down an excuse for a free bus ride and drive himself to the hospital? The ambulance won't drive you home after. When he was released he'd have to wait for his wife to drive out and pick him up or take public transit.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 08:33 |
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This dude is badass. I want to learn the martial arts that makes your attackers barely miss your vital organs, because that is totally skill and not luck.
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Neptr posted:Can someone explain to me, a Yankee who has to pay hundreds of dollars for a ride in an ambulance, why one would turn down an excuse for a free bus ride and drive himself to the hospital? This has been answered a few times but it's also the case that if you're reasonably well and can get to hospital safely you wouldn't want to waste the resources an ambulance has to offer to seriously ill people nearby by using it when it's not necessary. The vast majority of people who go to A&E drive, get lifts or take taxis to get there, despite ambulances being free.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:03 |
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I'm amazed at how difficult it is to find proper fish & chips pictures. I guess Google doesn't know everything, after all. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-71soucQZO...00/101_1166.JPG This one loses points for the Styrofoam box, plastic fork and idiotic wedge of lemon (instead of, say, a pickled onion as big as your fist), but it's still better than that thing that got posted at the top of Page 2. http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l...drbtbo1_500.jpg See, if only this one didn't have a sausage in batter instead of fish, it'd be perfect. Not that there's anything wrong with a sausage in batter, mind.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:09 |
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The best fish and chips are found in South Yorkshire where they are eaten for every meal except breakfast ( which is typically a pork pie ). The meal was first created here in the early 1970's as a convenient way for miners to provide food and heating after the pits were closed, a typical serving supplies enough calories to feed a family of four for an entire day and the fat soaked wrappers are usually burnt in bins to provide heat. The one handed brawling technique was actually invented in Barnsley where putting anything down for more than a few seconds is considered foolish. It's now taught in local schools to all children of fighting age ( 5+ ) and it's common to see the streets lined with passed out drunks still clutching on to their chips/kebab/Special Brew ready to be consumed the next morning.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:22 |
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Where can I get real fish and chips in the San Francisco bay area?
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:26 |
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Egg in soup posted:The best fish and chips are found in South Yorkshire where they are eaten for every meal except breakfast ( which is typically a pork pie ). I think you'll find the best fish and chips are found in Lancashire. Everything looks better in red, you inbred yokel from the wrong side of the Pennines. 404notfound posted:Where can I get real fish and chips in the San Francisco bay area? Lancashire.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:31 |
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As a Grimbarian I feel qualified to laugh at all the fish and chips pictures in this thread. I don't actually like fish. I have to make do with battered jumbo sausage at the chippy  .
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Private Eye posted:As a Grimbarian I feel qualified to laugh at all the fish and chips pictures in this thread. Do you lot not have babby's heads (steak and kidney puddings) in your chippies? If not its just more proof of the superiority of Lancashire chippies.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:37 |
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Nutsngum posted:If they are like Australia, their emergency services wont be covered under their health system. Ours only costs $60 a year or is included with private health cover. An ambulance ride here is like 800 bucks if you arent covered. Its recommended not to call an Ambulance unless you are literally dying, there's hundreds of adverts telling you so, since people treat them like free taxis. They are free by the way, NHS. EDIT: Didn't see this answered a few times above.
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Judge Tesla posted:Its recommended not to call an Ambulance unless you are literally dying, there's hundreds of adverts telling you so, since people treat them like free taxis. What I find quite strange is that people know we have the NHS and that it's free. But can't mentally adjust to the fact by saying we must have to pay for things like ambulance rides. Or we have to have a private medical plan. It's free and awesome. Revel in the Socialism. It's all free, except Dental care. Because the Dentists could realised they could earn more money if they went private, leading to a shortage of NHS dentists. Which lead to whichever government (I'll blame Maggie) allowing them to charge for procedures on the NHS. I think the only thing that's totally free on the NHS now children's dental care.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 09:54 |
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No such thing as "good" fish, which is why I always get a cornish pasty and chips instead.
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Iniluki posted:Lancashire. Best thing to come out of Lancashire is the road into Yorkshire. Echoing that South Yorkshire is the best place for fish and chips. When me Dad would come home from a hard day at t'pit we would huddle round next to the fire and eat the fish and chips as it was our only meal for the day. Things were different back then though, the fish were as big as a whippet and the chips were the size of spuds. Those were simpler, happier times.
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Iniluki posted:I think you'll find the best fish and chips are found in Lancashire. Everything looks better in red, you inbred yokel from the wrong side of the Pennines. Al feyt thi one handed, bag o chips int other.
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:Best thing to come out of Lancashire is the road into Yorkshire. That insult is so old it dates back to the time Yorkshire was relevant. Egg in soup posted:Al feyt thi one handed, bag o chips int other. Ah'll tek a bit o' thi 'ome in me pocket. Iniluki fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 10:03 |
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Iniluki posted:That insult is so old it dates back to the time Yorkshire was relevant. Everytime I see the Yorkshire sign on the M62 I tear up because of the realisation that I no longer have to be around such filthy, degenerate scum that inhabits your decrepit county. Yorkshire is Gods country. Name one place in Lancashire that could rival the majesty of Barnsley, Bradford or Rotherham.
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:Everytime I see the Yorkshire sign on the M62 I tear up because of the realisation that I no longer have to be around such filthy, degenerate scum that inhabits your decrepit county. Bolton 
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 10:19 |
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I could go for fish and chips right now. If only there was a delivery service to make up for the lack of a shop near me.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 10:26 |
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The home of Vernon Kay!!!! NK should have done their nuke test there instead, that would have atoned for the hellspawn it generated.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 10:29 |
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Technically he's from Horwich, but I still agree with you unfortunately.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 10:32 |
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As a scouser who's family come from Bradford, the Lancashire Yorkshire rivalry always entertains. Yorkshire does have the best fish and chips though, whenever I go over to visit family I get myself a big filthy pile of fish and chips.
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d3c0y2 posted:As a scouser who's family come from Bradford, the Lancashire Yorkshire rivalry always entertains. Traitorous woolyback. Get ye sen t'Blackpool.
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Yorkshire also has the best chippy names: The CodFather Battersea Cod's Home In Cod We Serve Oh My Cod Codrephenia Mister Chips New Cod on the Block Your move, Lancashire. 
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Wait, so, there is absolutely no proof of a single thing this man said? A single screwdriver-inflicted wound is literally the only thing corroborating the entire story? Goddamn. Well then, I just fought off an entire gang of street toughs, suffering only minor brain damage from their vicious attacks. AND I HAVE THIS lovely-rear end POST TO PROVE IT.
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404notfound posted:Where can I get real fish and chips in the San Francisco bay area? Having lived in the UK, I have to say that 'real' fish and chips really isn't that big a deal, let alone fretting if you're getting the 'authentic' stuff. It's carnival junkfood, essentially. (As is most fast food.) I could see getting worked up over getting authentic New York pizza or something, but fish & chips is pretty bottom of the barrel; it's usually very cheaply made as a matter of course. (Which means anyone can make it at home, including yourself.) Just get some fried fish and fries from a diner. Or make some yourself. The differences between it and the UK are just acquired regional subtleties - such as using vinegar on the chips. Or particular types of fish. (Much of which is ruined by overdone frying techniques used in making it.) There's an acquired taste aspect to some of it compared to what you might be used to with fries and fried food in the US. I'm not trying to disparage UK fish & chip lovers here, but I'm just saying that it's not that big a deal. It's a pretty mundane thing, really. I would be saying the same thing about a lot of junkfood. Spacedad fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 11:35 |
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People in England arguing about the best fish and chips need to get their heads out of the asses and look north: http://www.anstrutherfishbar.co.uk/ Actually, to be honest, I don't think they're very good, but maybe it's just been off the few times I've been. Also, the best fish and chips is actually from Victory Fish and Chips in Chilliwack, outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Also the best fish is Halibut.
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Spacedad posted:Having lived in the UK, I have to say that 'real' fish and chips really isn't that big a deal, let alone fretting if you're getting the 'authentic' stuff. It's carnival junkfood, essentially. (As is most fast food.) I could see getting worked up over getting authentic New York pizza or something, but fish & chips is pretty bottom of the barrel; it's usually very cheaply made as a matter of course. (Which means anyone can make it at home, including yourself.) Someone hasn't eaten real fish and chips. I agree that it's not that big a deal, a lot of chip shops do a pretty bad job of it really but good fish and chips isn't something that's easily made at home and real chips are nothing like fries.
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Egg in soup posted:Someone hasn't eaten real fish and chips. I most definitely have. I've had some good ones and bad ones. They're fun to eat but the dish itself is pretty much just fairground food. You're not missing out on a mind-blowing experience if you have good quality fries with good quality fried fish in the US instead. quote:I agree that it's not that big a deal, a lot of chip shops do a pretty bad job of it really but good fish and chips isn't something that's easily made at home and High quality anything is not something that's easily made at home without practice and experience - but fish & chips is one of those dishes that's very easily made by anyone given its simplicity. If you want to make really good fish and chips, start practicing. Fortunately the bar to entry and making 'decent' F&C at home is pretty low. quote:real chips are nothing like fries. They're generally just thicker cut than typical french fries and that's it. Some places season them specially. F&C is just one of those cultural 'things' - it's less of a big deal than people think it might be. It's just a popular very cheaply made takeaway junkfood item. Spacedad fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 11:51 |
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Spacedad posted:I most definitely have. I've had some good ones and bad ones. They're fun to eat but the dish itself is pretty much just fairground food. Where? London? London does not count as England. They think England stops at Watford gap, and so do we. Only we've got it the right way round. Spacedad posted:They're generally just thicker cut than typical french fries and that's it. Some places season them specially. They should be at least as long as your palm and about 1cm square. And fried in lard.
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Spacedad posted:F&C is just one of those cultural 'things' - it's less of a big deal than people think it might be. It's just a popular very cheaply made takeaway junkfood item. What food doesn't fit into this category though? You can get cheap, junky forms of anything. I'll grant that some cultural staples have a bit more involved, like making dough or whatnot, and that some perhaps have more that you can do with it, like steak, but in the end, you can say of almost anything (barring fois gras or something) that 'it's just 'x' item prepared 'y' way', and the bar for entry is going to be pretty low, provided you have a kitchen and some money. It's all in how the item is prepared, and I think you'll get a lot of people arguing with you that you can prepare Fish and Chips quite exceptionally, and that when it's done so, it's quite damned good.
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Iniluki posted:Where? London? London does not count as England. They think England stops at Watford gap, and so do we. Only we've got it the right way round. Pretty much all over, including the north. Scotland seemed to be generally better at not over-frying the fish. Most of the places I got it from seemed to basically nuke the poor critters. This is kind of to be expected with fast food in general though... quote:They should be at least as long as your palm and about 1cm square. And fried in lard. Wasn't aware there were any special 'official' rules, since they seemed to vary drastically in size from place to place when I was in the UK. Sometimes they'd be really thin, and other times they'd be fried in vegetable oil.
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Spacedad posted:I most definitely have. I've had some good ones and bad ones. They're fun to eat but the dish itself is pretty much just fairground food. You're not missing out on a mind-blowing experience if you have good quality fries with good quality fried fish in the US instead. Fairground food!!!! My dad died getting us some fish and chips! We buried it with him. Sounds like you had those limp offerings from those soft southern ponces.
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:Fairground food!!!! My dad died getting us some fish and chips! We buried it with him. High calorie deep-fried fast-foodstuff is basically fairground food, yes. Fairground food is also fun to eat - it's also fun to share with family members. So don't take it as an insult. I shared fish and chips with my family members numerous times when I was in the UK. quote:Sounds like you had those limp offerings from those soft southern ponces. I didn't say I didn't enjoy the good F&C I had, just that it's not that big a deal and a US guy won't be missing out on anything other than local taste differences.
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Spacedad posted:Having lived in the UK, I have to say that 'real' fish and chips really isn't that big a deal, let alone fretting if you're getting the 'authentic' stuff. It's carnival junkfood, essentially. (As is most fast food.) I could see getting worked up over getting authentic New York pizza or something I agree with most of your post (as an english person) though it does seem a bit bizzare to go "Theres nothing special about a country's cultural food. MY country's cultural food however... 
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