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[moon_custafer]

China mourns British man “Old Dry Keith” made famous by his bland sandwiches: This reminded me of Arthur Dent becoming “The Sandwich Maker,” although Keith’s fans appear to have regarded his sandwiches with horror, and him with mildly ironic affection. Thing is, I watched a couple of the videos and those are just perfectly normal sandwiches (albeit on whole-wheat bread). Everyone keeps treating this like a “ha ha British food is terrible” story, but I think it’s more a “everything is exotic to somebody” story.

Meanwhile, for an actual UK eccentric, Ivor Cutler: Whose works could also be quite beautiful. His fans included the Beatles, who cast him as the bus driver in Magical Mystery Tour.

a_t_rain, Ceremonies for Civil Wars 


A particularly delightful goth xmas tree.

Comments

[a_t_rain]

Thanks for reccing! Also, that salmon sandwich looks very nice, and I am confused about why anyone would have a problem with it.

[moon_custafer]

I gather there are large geographical areas where the whole concept of putting stuff between two slices of bread and eating it cold, as a meal, strikes people as abject self-denial.