#Brexit Cleansing: What's on the menu.

[Seabag]

I've got wind of a 'renaming not remaining' department being set up by No.10

The brief is to rename everyday items and foods we enjoy, with a new 'non-EU' title. The idea is that there will come a time (much like decimalisation) where 'we' will soon forget the old, and the younger generations will adopt the New British version of a much loved item.

Sainsbury's have been running a trial already, I saw it last week. Potatoes Gratin advertised on the shelf label, showed "Potato and Cheese Bake" on the new packaging. Terminally dull and horribly off putting.

The facts and details are being kept secret thus far, but I'm going to hazard a guess and imagine some of my own. Feel free to add to the list.

Penne pasta bolognese, is to become 'Carbohydrate Tubes with minced beef & tomatoes'

Coq au Vin moves to 'Cock in Wine'

And I hear Parliament are to lobby France to return 'Le Weekend' back to us, in exchange for 'cul-de-sac'

In all it's fairly depressing and makes me despise Teressa 'Vinegar Tits' May even more.

C'Est la vie!

[JohnL]

Are you comparing Theresa May to a Prison Guard in an Aussie jail ?

Watch out for punishment beatings.

[DulwichFox]

I suspect Brussels Sprouts will be off the menu. What might they become.. ?

Foxy

[Seabag]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I suspect Brussels Sprouts will be off the menu.

> What might they become.. ?

>

> Foxy

Boris Sprouts ?

[red devil]

Half our language is of French origin, we're gonna have to go back to grunting*

Eau de Cologne - Bplash It All Over

French Doors - Cor Blimeys

Premier Inn - Lenny's Doss House

Deuce - Even Stevens

Brunette - Mousey Brown

Fianc? - Bird

Entente Cordiale - We Won The War So F*ck Off

*This can already be witnessed and learnt by striking up a conversation with a Black Cab driver...

[LauraHW]

Hopefully this will mean an end to the ridiculous teaching of the metric system in schools. Who cares if it makes far more sense and that most of the world uses it. We managed an empire and single handedly won two world wars with the imperial system. Roll back decimalisation too

[rendelharris]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I suspect Brussels Sprouts will be off the menu.

> What might they become.. ?

>

> Foxy

Mini Victory Cabbages.

[TheArtfulDogger]

I for one am looking forward to ditching escargot in favour of good old British whelks that don't need garlic butter to make them edible

[JohnL]

LauraHW Wrote:

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> Hopefully this will mean an end to the ridiculous

> teaching of the metric system in schools. Who

> cares if it makes far more sense and that most of

> the world uses it. We managed an empire and single

> handedly won two world wars with the imperial

> system. Roll back decimalisation too

Three penny bit will be back sharpish

I'll make it so :)

[TheArtfulDogger]

JohnL Wrote:

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> Three penny bit will be back sharpish

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> I'll make it so :)

Does that mean the Tour de France will be replaced by a ride over the Cotswolds on a penny farthing ?

[Alan Medic]

Half the premises on Lordship Lane will need to be renamed.

[Seabag]

The words Carvanette/serviette can finally hit the bin

That said, I've revised PMTM to 'Blosblos Vinaigrette'

[rendelharris]

Well all I can say is thank goodness we'll finally be rid of that awful "joie de vivre."

ETA To be replaced by the good old English, "Mustn't grumble, I suppose..."

[jaywalker]

The real reason the ridiculously pretentious "courgettes" have disappeared from our shelves this January is now revealed: we can at last have our marrows back (at least when they have had time to demonstrate their British worth and grown to a proper size this coming October). Recipes on request ...

[malumbu]

LauraHW Wrote:

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> Hopefully this will mean an end to the ridiculous

> teaching of the metric system in schools. Who

> cares if it makes far more sense and that most of

> the world uses it. We managed an empire and single

> handedly won two world wars with the imperial

> system. Roll back decimalisation too

Exactly. I wrote to the BBC praising Planet Earth 2. Attenborough knew what he was doing by giving very cold temperatures in degrees Farenheit. It may not make any sense but it is a good British unit, and the American's love it too.

And what's all this business about using base ten. What's wrong with good old fashioned 12, or 16. It's all a European conspiracy.

[Frank]

Did anyone notice Sainsburies' "Dutch Crispbakes" became "Crispbakes" just a few weeks before the referendum?????

An inglorious Revolution ...

https://www.facebook.com/48CamberwellPeckhamEastDulwich/

[Seabag]

Removing the word 'French' from many familiar things is making me review my previous levels of excitement.

Letters

Bread

Kissing

Man

They all seem so dull and ordinary without the F bit in front. God honestly, the future looks bleak.

And the thought of not being able to elope with the Au Pair , that'll kill some

[Earl Aelfheah]

Great Britain can be renamed little Britain and the United Kingdom, the disunitited tax hvaen

[Earl Aelfheah]

Brie can be renamed 'big dairy lee'

[miga]

Train is of French origin, and Modern Toss already had a great suggestion for that - "Crawling S.it Weasel With Broken P.ss Cupboard".

[TheArtfulDogger]

Seabag Wrote:

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> Removing the word 'French' from many familiar

> things is making me review my previous levels of

> excitement.

>

> Letters

>

> Bread

>

> Kissing

>

> Man

>

> They all seem so dull and ordinary without the F

> bit in front. God honestly, the future looks

> bleak.

>

> And the thought of not being able to elope with

> the Au Pair , that'll kill some

Oh I don't know Seabag

We can go back to

French Letters replaced by johnnies

French bread replaced by long crusty roll

French kissing by snogging

French man by frog

As for the au pair , obviously you can now snog the nanny before taking her upstairs for a roll with your johnnie on in the frog position

What's not romantic about that ?

[TheArtfulDogger]

Additional thoughts, the British version of "soixante-neuf" is obviously less of a mouthful !

[DulwichFox]

Dawn F***** becomes.. Dawn..

Foxy

[Angelina]

More ice cream less gelato (more air technically)(and maybe the price will be more in line with ice cream prices!

[Earl Aelfheah]

paella - 'meaty rice pudding'.