Beer's only really caught on in Bulgaria in the last thirty years apparently, so what we have is a copy of the wishy washy dribble that's typical of other south European countries. But the wine here's gorgeous and also cheap and when we're out for a drink we tend to go for the rakia.
Having said all of that, I'd kill for a pint of Guinness.
It's Guinness's porter that has me this way
For it's sweeter than buttermilk and stronger than tay
But when in the morning I feel kinda rough
Me curse on Lord Iveagh who brews the damn stuff
Drink it up, men, it's long after ten
It's 2026 here and it has been for nearly two hours and the next time we leave the house we have to take a new currency with us because we changed from the lev to the euro at midnight.
It was the first day of the euro here today. We tried to spend some in a restaurant but they didn't have any in their till for giving change, so they were only accepting card payments. Everywhere else was closed. Sunny day... I love January.
I've a stack of leva and euro notes at the moment, as have most people here. We're prepared for something to go wrong. I prefer cash anyway because the banks and the government don't.
Jolly hockey sticks isn't easy to explain so I Googled it and got this... in imitations of speech associated with a type of upper-class English schoolgirl it's used to express boisterous enthusiasm or excitement.
I doubt if you know of singer-songwriter Billy Bragg over there but he writes some great lyrics. In his football innuendo-based song called The Boy Done Good, he sings…
Now I feel like I've won the cup every time that we
Make love
Forty-five minutes each way, at halftime I hear a brass
Band play
Sorry to hear of your chilliness. I'm not suffering at all, and that's because it's so bloody cold outside I haven't dared to venture beyond the door. It's snowed non-stop for the last thirty-six hours. It'll stop during the night but our road will blocked or thick with ice for a couple of days beyond that. On days like this it's good to be an old age pensioner with no responsibilities beyond the living room.
I suffered the same as a working man. Towards the end I felt I had more knowledge and experience of verruca control than the woman who claimed to be the expert. I bet she'd never even had a verruca.
I've listened more to Jazzy Nancy. Nice discovery... ta for that!
I wasn't really trying to make you laugh but I'm glad I did. They're both gorgeous places and driving distance from where I live. We've booked a holiday. We're off to Lithuania in June but that's a bit further so we'll be flying... in an aeroplane.
Ah were lakin’ at football in t’ rec wi me mates an’ then we went to t’ shop to get us sens a bit o’ spice and bottles of pop.
I was playing football with my friends at the recreation ground and then we went to the shop to buy ourselves sweets (candy) and bottles of lemonade (soda).
Translated from old Yorkshire to modern English with slight adjustments to accommodate those living in the former colonies.
canter
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riddim
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pasta
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Hector
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Travolta
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Hip-hop
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Bunny Wailer
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One heart
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sanctums (or sancta)
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Vivimus
Written on the inside of my Latin textbook at school a long long time ago...
Latin is a language
As dead as dead can be
First it killed the Romans
And now it's killing me
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Wensleydale
Beer's only really caught on in Bulgaria in the last thirty years apparently, so what we have is a copy of the wishy washy dribble that's typical of other south European countries. But the wine here's gorgeous and also cheap and when we're out for a drink we tend to go for the rakia.
Having said all of that, I'd kill for a pint of Guinness.
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Disintegrate
It's Guinness's porter that has me this way
For it's sweeter than buttermilk and stronger than tay
But when in the morning I feel kinda rough
Me curse on Lord Iveagh who brews the damn stuff
Drink it up, men, it's long after ten
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Stoma
The ditty's something I couldn't take any credit for myself. It's a verse from a traditional Irish song made popular by the Dubliners in the 1960s.
Yer Beatles and yer Stones... pah!
Drink it Up Men, the Dubliners
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Laxative
Notre Dame's also a Catholic girls' school in Leeds. Vanessa O' Connell went there. Do you know her? She's class... or at least she was in 1980.
Oh, and get well soon!
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Splendour
Our garden was too foggy and icy for working in today. I made a list of things to do out there tomorrow. So I'm exhausted now.
If someone or something is class it means they're really good or really nice in many ways.
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mangy
Thursday was abnormal in Bulgaria. All that glitter and plastic palaver. To real Bulgarians the real Christmas is on 6 January.
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flatulence
It's 2026 here and it has been for nearly two hours and the next time we leave the house we have to take a new currency with us because we changed from the lev to the euro at midnight.
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politicians
It was the first day of the euro here today. We tried to spend some in a restaurant but they didn't have any in their till for giving change, so they were only accepting card payments. Everywhere else was closed. Sunny day... I love January.
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therapists
I've a stack of leva and euro notes at the moment, as have most people here. We're prepared for something to go wrong. I prefer cash anyway because the banks and the government don't.
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mendacity
I always try to keep cash but it never seems to want to stay.
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Eleanor Rigby
Jolly hockey sticks isn't easy to explain so I Googled it and got this... in imitations of speech associated with a type of upper-class English schoolgirl it's used to express boisterous enthusiasm or excitement.
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Stone Age
Yes! Do that! It'll change your life forever.
I doubt if you know of singer-songwriter Billy Bragg over there but he writes some great lyrics. In his football innuendo-based song called The Boy Done Good, he sings…
Now I feel like I've won the cup every time that we
Make love
Forty-five minutes each way, at halftime I hear a brass
Band play
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egg nog
Sorry to hear of your chilliness. I'm not suffering at all, and that's because it's so bloody cold outside I haven't dared to venture beyond the door. It's snowed non-stop for the last thirty-six hours. It'll stop during the night but our road will blocked or thick with ice for a couple of days beyond that. On days like this it's good to be an old age pensioner with no responsibilities beyond the living room.
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northern grit
I feel for you. Work is the curse of the drinking class, as Oscar Wilde apparently said.
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banitsa
... if you can remember what you said you'd do drunk.
Reminds me of Alex Glasgow's song 'As Soon as this Pub Closes'.
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barrister
I Googled Nancy Wilson and it turns out you have two of them. A jazz singer and a rock musician. Which one's yours? I like the jazz singer best.
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parapet
I suffered the same as a working man. Towards the end I felt I had more knowledge and experience of verruca control than the woman who claimed to be the expert. I bet she'd never even had a verruca.
I've listened more to Jazzy Nancy. Nice discovery... ta for that!
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city
I might have missed that track so I've just given it a whirl now. I put her 'best of' thing up on Spotify for a couple of hours this morning.
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acropolis
I will. Tomorrow. It's almost 1:00 am here now.
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he man
Tarzan
Jet Jungle
Imagine there's no countries.
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Bryan Ferry
I'd have said Serbia or Montenegro.
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The British Royal Family
I wasn't really trying to make you laugh but I'm glad I did. They're both gorgeous places and driving distance from where I live. We've booked a holiday. We're off to Lithuania in June but that's a bit further so we'll be flying... in an aeroplane.
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mayday
I was thinking about regional dialects whilst washing the wean's nappy under the tap.
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cauliflower
Ah were lakin’ at football in t’ rec wi me mates an’ then we went to t’ shop to get us sens a bit o’ spice and bottles of pop.
I was playing football with my friends at the recreation ground and then we went to the shop to buy ourselves sweets (candy) and bottles of lemonade (soda).
Translated from old Yorkshire to modern English with slight adjustments to accommodate those living in the former colonies.
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toxic toadstool
CPL? Colon Protection Laxative?
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stud
im not a cow im a bull!!