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Oh I remember that! I think I unfollowed for those reasons (it's all very important but...) 

And I agree, as many said about the Royal Wedding, we still KNOW there's bad sh*t going on in the world, but is it the worst thing in the world if we want to pause for half an hour to look at pretty dresses? 

People who share their entire lives on Facebook in general - checking in everywhere they go, five statuses a day etc... is there really any need for it?

I wouldn't say I *enjoy* olives, or tomatoes or peppers, not really, but when you put them together in a meal, they combine very nicely.

I do genuinely enjoy Shakespeare, but at this point I'd rather eat a jar of unstoned olives than sit through King Lear again.

Me!


and they are particulary tasty when speared and bathed in Gin with just a hint of Vermouth.

For me, his year seems to be the year I discover I love things I thought I hated. Prime example: ginger. I used to hate the stuff with all my heart and now I can't get enough of it (I drink at least two cups of ginger tea a day).

Isn't this about quality, though? When I was a kid olives were these horrible sad stuffed green things that people brought back from holiday in a big jar and sat slowly bleaching on a kitchen windowledge for years with occasional outings on cocktail sticks (see also, plaits of dessicated garlic). The same with dates, prunes and figs - horrible mummified things that elderly relatives used to keep themselves 'regular', more like medicine than food.

Dates and prunes are all over the place these days. Very trendy alternative to refined sugar dontcha know. 

Nope, because it’s only in the last 5-6 years that I’ve developed a taste for them. They actually taste exactly the same to me as they did before - it’s just I used to dislike that taste and now I enjoy it.

Same thing happened with cherries - I went from being convinced I didn’t like them to really enjoying them over a course of a very hot afternoon in Paris, because a friend had bought a bag and I was thirsty enough to want some just for the juice. I went from ‘eugh’ to ‘hmm’ to ‘Nomnomnom’ over the course of about an hour! That was an extreme case.

My dad has had the same experience as he has aged, of discovering a taste for food he previously disliked. I suspect there’s something weird about our tastebuds!

Olives are evil things. As are gherkins, melons and cucumbers. Coriander is also the food of the devil - bleurgh.

Whilst I'm ranting about food.... I also hate Nandos. I just can't understand the sort of mass popularity it has. Plus the phrase 'cheeky Nandos' really winds me up for some bizarre reason!

I do agree about tastes changing with age - it's mushrooms for me. Hated them when I was younger and I absolutely love them now.



I realise I now sound like I'm a really picky eater and I'm really not, I promise!

It stuck me very late but I don't think we have much in common with American society and we do have far more with almost any European or Commonwealth country - shared values, etc.

The fact of a shared language and some shared history obscures that.

I just don't get the hype of Star Wars. I think its crap. And like, half of them are some of the highest-grossing films ever.

In the same vein, I find it really depressing most of the highest-grossing films ever are superhero films. There are other films (and better films) out there people!

I have found the US to be way more difficult to deal with. It’s all touchy feely buzzwords with very little substance behind it. Go “reach out” to who you like, we all know this is an excuse to do eff-all for a week until the next meeting. India is the most hard working at all hours and technically adept, the Philippines the most in tune with customer needs and are a delight to work with. 

I do appreciate that I’ve just totally stereotyped the workforcees of three nations, it’s just my personal experience. Forgive me.