Things that are from places you wouldn't expect

anon19035908 · 2020-12-15T15:02:29.446Z

Neil Young.

Ruffers · 2020-12-15T15:02:43.649Z

Mark Twain

grievoustim · 2020-12-15T15:02:45.024Z

Joni Mitchell

grievoustim · 2020-12-15T15:02:54.068Z

Just listing Canadians now

anon19035908 · 2020-12-15T15:03:15.336Z

Actually I think Man I Feel Like A Woman is by Paul Anka.

grievoustim · 2020-12-15T15:04:25.039Z

Read an article once about how loads of American Jewish people have a tradition of going out for Chinese food on Christmas Day

marckee · 2020-12-15T15:15:09.263Z

Yes, that one too. The rabbi Eli Plaut has popped up in quite a few interviews and articles about it, it being one of his research topics:

Vox – 21 Dec 18

How eating Chinese food became a Jewish Christmas tradition

In the US, Jews have been eating American Chinese food on Christmas for over 100 years.

eems · 2020-12-15T15:31:54.984Z

Buckfast is actually made in the Tennents brewery in the east end of Glasgow

jordan_229 · 2020-12-15T15:38:41.695Z

Irn Bru and Vimto used to have a factory in Mansfield. Might’ve had another one elsewhere

grievoustim · 2020-12-15T15:41:09.241Z

I’ve been to Buckfast Abbey and it’s pretty clear that they don’t have a big industrial brewing facility hiding out the back

colon_closed_bracket · 2020-12-15T15:42:37.248Z

Shows that are from Canada, not the US. Though I can only think of Schitts Creek and that Buying and Selling programme with the twins. Always just assume they’re from the US.

eems · 2020-12-15T15:43:16.330Z

oh right i have no idea where it’s actually brewed, I made this up assuming it was indeed from Buckfast Abbey

eems · 2020-12-15T15:44:00.782Z

Christopher Colombus was from Genoa

colon_closed_bracket · 2020-12-15T15:44:17.846Z

Also (one for the AQOS fans), German being in Central Europe

grievoustim · 2020-12-15T15:46:15.052Z

I thought you were being serious . I mean the Abbeys an Abbey, Maybe the monks all head to an industrial estate to make the wine then

Someone will tell us soon I’m sure

eems · 2020-12-15T15:47:20.149Z

i just half heartedly googled, i think you’re right but i didn’t see where it is actually made. the monks just license it. capitalist dogs

Abe · 2020-12-15T15:47:20.304Z

Shane MacGowan - From an Irish family but born in Kent and spent most of his formative years in London and Brighton.

anon24576931 · 2020-12-15T18:05:43.084Z

Actual true one: Lou Bega of Mambo No 5 is German.

anon24576931 · 2020-12-15T18:14:12.117Z

Scout:

Yeah, vimto has different packaging too, more like the original design. They’ve adopted it as the official drink to break Ramadan with which is why its so popular. Imagine how smug you’d be attaching your brand to something in that way where basically everyone drinks it as part of their religion.

I saw a place in Abu Dhabi doing personalised bottles - you could pay extra to have rhinestones on the letters. I wish I had taken a photo of it, but they’re a bit funny about taking photos of people there. (I absolutely hated the UAE for all of the day I was there, even more than I expected to)

dingaling · 2020-12-16T00:06:03.803Z

The American accent is the original English accent