I've been to Huntington, West Virginia. It's not the remotest spot in Appalachia but its damn close. Lucky they didn't tar and feather him.
I haven't been there myself, but I have been to the 'buckle' of the Bible Belt- what was he thinking? Didn't anybody do some research before sending him over there?
"What? Some Limey who we can only understand about every third word he says is gonna come down here and teach us how to eat? Yeah, sure- send him on down."
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
HST
No big shocker here. People in West Virginia think people from Virginia are elitist snobs who look down on them. I can't imagine why this guy would go there, of all places, and I marvel that he expected other than a hostile reception. He needs to get a new promoter. And yes, I had to Google to see who/what he was, as I (probably like much of the world) had never heard of him. You can bet nobody in West Virginia had a clue.
^do you know who Keith Floyd is?
"Was" may be a better word..Originally Posted by WujouMao
^^Sorry, no. But if he is a TV personality, I don't watch TV other than BBC on occasion.
Jamie Oliver is nothing but an over rated drama queen. I watched one of his programmes on American cooking once. He was down south, Alabama I think it was, and was sitting in a trailer park chewing the fat with a bunch of red necks. It was just after Obama got elected and he asked one of the guys what he thought of the new president. The answer "You'se guys got yourself your Queen and we's got us a n*gg*r".
Poor little Jamie got real upset and skulked away into the truck and was blathering on about how he'd never heard the 'n' word and how he was deeply shocked by it. Fact was it was barely audible and the only reason most people knew what was said was that subtitles were thoughtfully provided.
Truth was it was all a set up so dear J could make a big fuss and appear as this holier than thou person of impeccable credentials.
If you go into a trailer park anywhere in the USA you are unlikely to find uber-PC people hanging around. Same as in virtually any council estate in Britain.
I don't get it with all this "celebrity" shite anyway, seems you've only got to appear once on TV and you're a celeb. Bunch of fcuking tossers most of them.
I knew him, and worked with him for ~4 years. What does Floyd have to do with Oliver's histrionic crap?Originally Posted by WujouMao
The problem with American chefs is that they feel some strange compunction to use every single ingredient available in whatever kitchen they are in, with few exceptions (Charlie Trotter..) they are like Filipino singers who can sing anything requested but nothing very well.Originally Posted by Belepheron
bibo ergo sum
If you hear the thunder be happy - the lightening missed.
This time.
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