#65

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:

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#66

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

#67

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

#68

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

#69

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.

#70

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

#71

Christopher Colombus was from Genoa

#72

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

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#73

I thought you were being serious :grin:. 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

#74

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

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#75

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

#76

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

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#77

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)

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#78

The American accent is the original English accent

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#79

He definitely got on the booze in Ireland at about age 7 though I think? Sure I remember reading in ‘A Drink With Shane MacGowan’ that he nicked a load of stout, got hammered and hallucinated.

It’s a fairly good read that book, although his (then?) wife who narrates it could do with being a bit less superlative. The best bits are the little things like when he’s describing how much he loves a beetroot binge.

#80

I think I remember reading that the recipe contains a lot more natural sugar in the Middle East, which I guess ties in with it being a good choice after Ramadan fasting.

Absolutely love Vimto.

#81

Leeds Castle is in Kent.

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#82

Tom Jones is from Wales

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#83

It’s bottled for the Irish market in my home town. It’s different here too, stronger than the stuff you’d get in Scotland.

#84

There’s a story that Pontius Pilate was born in Scotland, as his father was a Roman diplomat.