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[major_clanger]

The scene: the beer aisle at Crossharbour ASDA.

major_clanger: [Peruses assorted bottled real ales]
darth_hamster: I hear that James May is the new face of London Pride.
major_clanger: Really? I didn't know he was active in gay rights.
darth_hamster: Where are we standing, dear?
major_clanger: Oh, that London Pride.

Comments

[attimes-bracing.livejournal.com]

hmmm - I seem to have an excess of sarcasm brewing...

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Bwahhahhah... The Top Gear Fan girls will love that.

[andrewducker]

Of course, if you were in The Regent, here in Edinburgh, both meanings would work :->

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

I had exactly the same reaction when I first heard, btw.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

tee hee, is he the one who may or may not be gay as well?

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Giggle. (there's also a flower called London Pride)

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

And a song by Noel Coward.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Which is about the flower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pride_%28plant%29. (though there have actually been two different flowers that have used the name - the first a Sweet William and the one we know now which is a saxifrage - http://www.aboutflowers.org/londonpridesa_xbj.htm)

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

I knew that.

Although, judging by the lyrics - http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/l/londonpride.shtml - it's about both the plant and the good old cockney, bless their pickled whelks.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Lovely!