Ahoy, sailor in Stuff
- June 21, 2015, 5:56 a.m.
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Bit of a rough week at work. Just so, so busy and haven’t stopped, but have worked so hard to make sure everything is done to the best of my ability, so I have to be proud of that at least.
Night-fill have been leaving so much extra work for the day staff to do, which is just annoying as all hell. The manager was forced to take this week off on leave, so it’s obvious the 2IC and staff are struggling.
Today was hell. I didn’t even get to the investigations because there was still too much load to fill. I did well though, and was asked to stay back a few hours, but geez it wasn’t easy. I had the headache from hell. A pounding, steady headache that just would not quit. I have no idea what caused it. I tried eating a healthy lunch and juice and popped some paracetamol before returning to work, but it was only a homebrand so took forever to kick in.
I thought I was gonna be sick.
Anyway, shift was up and I could finally go home.
At least the sailors have been really friendly. All the Facebook Gays flood their panties each time the American Sailors arrive on our shores. They are here until Tuesday, 6000 of them, so it makes sense that at least some of them would come into my work. Hearing all these American accents has been cute and me not being able to help them when they ask me for things like Peanut Butter and Jelly lol. It doesn’t exist here! I was trying to think if maybe it’s called something different here, but the only thing I could think of is that Americans call jelly ‘jello’, so what do they call actual jelly?
Perpetually Plump ⋅ June 21, 2015
So, let's have a quick less on American food. Jello is this bizarre stuff made with gelatin. It's usually colored and flavored. It's like a solid, jiggly food. People do weird stuff like put fruit into it or cut it into shapes. Or mix it with liquor and make Jello shots. Jello is weird and I don't eat it. Jelly is just jam. Like cooked down fruit made into a spread. You put it on toast with butter. Or bread with peanut butter. I put it on goat cheese and crackers. I have never been to a country that doesn't have jelly. Thailand had jelly! I know the Brits have it. The Germans have it. Etc etc. Two popular american brands are Polaner's and Smuckers. Y'all probably don't have peanut butter though. It's just ground peanuts in a jar. (well, with sugar and oil and crap if you don't buy the natural peanut butter). Now, go get them seamen some jelly! (fuck Jello. Shit is gross.)
KissOfLife! Perpetually Plump ⋅ June 22, 2015
We have peanut butter and we have jelly. But it's confusing because our jelly is America's jello, and our jam is America's jelly.
So wtf is peanut butter and jelly? Both are separate products here but American's speak as though it's the one product?
AlexYourAlterEgo KissOfLife! ⋅ June 22, 2015
You can get a jar with both swirled together in it. Sort of like when you could get that nutella (or was it Milo?) spread that had the white chocolate also swirled through. I would think, though, they were asking where they'd find those products, seeing as they're usually in the same aisle, peanut butter and jam.
Perpetually Plump KissOfLife! ⋅ June 22, 2015
Lol! I see the confusion now! You can get them swirled, but oh disgusting. It's something called goober. I don't know. But most people eat em together. My kid being the exception. But it's cheap protein.
~Octopussy~ ⋅ June 21, 2015
Peanut Butter doesn't seem to exist outside the U.S. As for those lovely sailors, God bless.
kmh. ⋅ June 22, 2015
I remember back in the late 90s I think they did make a jar which was peanut butter and "jelly" swirled together. I think 'jelly' is more jelly-like and processed than our jam, isn't it? Who knows lol.