On 8/27/2016 at 1:15 AM, Kromm said:
I was hoping they'd ditch Jo Brand. She annoys me.
Honestly, this was the first episode I'd bothered to watch of Extra Slice because Jo Brand annoys me. Although, I don't mind her so much in small doses. She just tends to go back to the same well for jokes too often for my taste. I thought she was really nice in this and am looking forward to the next episode, although I did notice that the first comment was how Jo was a little more subdued this episode. So we'll see how my Jo Brand tolerance holds up through the series.
18 hours ago, halopub said:
Here's my first Anglo-American divide for the season. "Mexican" wave. It's uncomfortable to call it that. It's just a wave, folks. And it originated in the US, to boot.
This! I've heard this expression so many times and every time I go, "wait, how is that different from the wave? Oh, wait, it isn't. It is just a little cringey". Every single time.
And I do realize that nobody means Mexican Wave in a cringe inducing sort of way, it is just how it always, always, always sounds to me as an American. I suspect because so many things like Indian giver are sort of cringe inducing.
I liked Hal.
The girl with the cakes that looked like sponges and dish soap cracked me up.
My mom used to make a couple of savory cheesecakes. They were always pretty big hits. But she didn't do so many flavors at once and she never really at a desert baking type thing. They were just usually on the table with the chips and salsa or other spreads as an appetizer option when she had large parties. Because I associate savory cheesecakes with these that my mom used to make, I don't inherently have a problem with them. But her flavor combination seemed a little off. And quite frankly I don't know that I'd have been as stoked about my mom's savory cheesecakes if she'd presented it to me as "here, have some cheesecake". It was more, "hey, mom, are you making that Mexican dip thing everybody loves?" "You mean the Mexican cheesecake?"
LOL. No, seriously, the recipe in the magazine she made it from the first time was a Mexican cheesecake. I didn't find that cringe worthy. I'm seriously going to have to retrain my brain or something on the phrase Mexican wave.
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