I'm British AMA - Toodle-pip, let's do a flip

[Xolanite]

What’s the fine for saying 42%?

 

[Spunt]

Who are your favorite writers, thinkers or shitposters?

In terms of writing, I blatantly plagarize am inspired by Dave Barry, Charlie Brooker and Jeremy Clarkson. Also Scott Adams before he became a lolcow in his own right.

And more importantly, where do you get your ideas?

I pull them out of my ass. As my avatar makes clear, that enables me to create twice as many ideas as other people.
I think the more pertinent question would be why do I get my ideas?

Is it true that July 4th happens in the UK?

July 4th is very important to the British, because our entire summer happens that day between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, then it starts raining again. You ungrateful colonials are really missing out.

What’s the fine for saying 42%?

1 Guinea, 2 groats and thruppence ha'penny. Repeat offenders have to live in Swindon.

 

[RussianParasite]

Serious question on food quality (not the hur dur bad British food kind):

Has the food quality declined (at least in London) the last couple of years? My experience was that food was dog shit 10-15 years ago, was better (even good) in the years leading up to the pandemic, and now seems to be on the decline again. Have you noticed anything like this?

 

[Spunt]

Serious question on food quality (not the hur dur bad British food kind):

Has the food quality declined (at least in London) the last couple of years? My experience was that food was dog shit 10-15 years ago, was better (even good) in the years leading up to the pandemic, and now seems to be on the decline again. Have you noticed anything like this?

I don't live in London anymore so my knowledge is a bit vague based on maybe 3 visits a year. The pandemic really did a number on the food industry, particularly sit-down restaurants who couldn't switch to delivery. The government hatched an idiotic "eat out to help out" scheme that subsidised meals at restaurants in late summer 2020, but it made the restaurants very little money and was then abandoned because people were spreading the coof in the restaurants and we had a second lockdown.

A lot of my favourite eateries have gone bust, not just in London but everywhere. Coof, 10% inflation, ludicrous energy prices and sky-high local taxation have forced a lot of places out of business and that's continuing.