Quaint and Quirky continued…

Just some odd things that happened today that are worth noting…at least, I found them slightly amusing :)

-Today at Mass there was a Belgian Men’s choir singing (probably just came from a concert at the Cathedral or something).  They were really good—but the priest did not seem to be in the best of moods as Mass progressed—a) because a lady (who was probably associated with the choir) was taking flash photos DURING MASS… and b) because they sang “Old Time Religion” as the recessional.  Nothing particular bad about that song… except it’s very American Protestant sounding…not good for reverent, traditional Catholic :P  Nobody else seemed to know what to make of it either: I heard some people talking as I came outside “Old time religion, now isn’t that Judaism?”

It made me smile :)

-Subway.  Mary and I went to grab some dinner after Dicken’s World (I won’t spoil Mary’s post about it) and we got into an interesting conversation with the attendant.  It went something like this:

“I’d like a 6-in. _________”

“Alright then.” pause.  “Do I detect an American accent?”

“Yes.”

“How do you like Subway in Britain?”  rather odd question, that!  “What’s Subway like in America?”

“Well, for one thing, the wallpaper is of the New York Subway…”

“Oh yes, we’ve got one of those in London…”  At this point the thought crossed my mind that such a thing as the New York Subway on wallpaper must be confusing to Britons…

Then, of course, we had the “Twin Discussion,” are we related, who’s older, etc…

-Sprite.  We almost never drink pop, but today Mary and I decided to splurge…interesting thing, Sprite, in this country, is made with SUGAR not HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP… cool, but weird… I don’t recall ever seeing ORGANIC soda in the US of A without some sort of corn syrup!!

 

That’s all for today’s episode of Quaint and Quirky :)

Cheers!

~Laura