Drinking my coffee yesterday morning while listening to CNN on referendum matters of BREXIT, I literally swallowed wrongly and almost choked on it when I learnt that UK voted out.
OUT! I squeaked to my Dear Himself, who was equally not amused that he left his drink and it grew cold. They have broken my romantic European values and hurt my feelings 😞
I felt compelled at that point to put the kettle back on and fix a cup of Earl Grey or some English breakfast tea to drink – what that would accomplish, I couldn’t ascertain, but I was certainly upset even though I am not British.
Well, I guess a lot of British folks are keeping a stiff upper lip and drinking lots of cups of tea at the moment, since the belief that a good cuppa tea can soothe frayed nerves. Let’s hope so.
Have a great weekend folks. Fix yourself something warm or cold to drink and no more exits please.
P.S. Linda always seems to know where my thoughts are and gives just the right prompt like today’s word ‘drink‘ to get me brewing and spewing.
Jacqueline
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I needed something a lot stronger than tea when I knew the result.
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It was a shock to my system!
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It certainly was to mine, too. I’m still finding it difficult to believe.
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Off to make a nice cuppa…
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Enjoy your weekend Ritu 😊
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Thanks Jacqueline! You too!!!
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I still can’t believe that.I wish Britain lack though.
Nice post
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Thank you Amunala. Well I guess we watch and see what happens.
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I was surprised. The ramifications are already being felt…
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Yes indeed it’s surprising!
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In the end, I believe they will be better off.
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The 600+ Dow decline got my attention.Cuppa wine.
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What’s done is done, the vote did not go the way I wanted but oh well.
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Things are settling down now, all will be be well in the end … It has caused a lot of trouble though and the older generation are taking a huge amount of flack and taking the blame! …. Sorry should of said first great post!
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It was a shock to many here in the US, and I hope it turns out well for them, but I think it sends the rest of the world a rather negative message. And it sets the stage for our November election, and somehow, even reinforces the isolationist and bigoted words of one Donald Trump. I hope I’m wrong about that, time will tell.
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It’s been so dampening Van and sets a very negative stage like you rightly pointed out. I just hope we are wrong about this ill feeling.
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It was a surprise, to say the least! I’ve just finished my cuppa. have to wait and see what transpires.
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Indeed, it was surprising to say the least.
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Yes- it was a shock. And now the aftershocks- how will it all work out??
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It really was startling. We’ll see how it works out.
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I was shocked
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Same here.
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I can’t believe it. It was the news I woke up to and I went to work with a heavy heart. Small consolation, but the vote in my area was overwhelmingly to remain.
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I would have voted to remain if I had a choice. Let’s hope it works out well.
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I’m going to have to check CNN. I have no idea what you guys are talking about…clearly I have been working too hard…
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You’ve got to come up for air from all the work my dear Mel.
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I spent my day crying and ranting about this whole EU referendum. I’m not only British but French ,Welsh and Russian – I happened to be born in South Africa. I am disgusted at what is going on in English and American politics.
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Me too Daisy! It’s just tiring, bothersome and not amusing in the least!
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This is thing that make you go hmmmmmmm
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An unamused hmmm
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You got that right yup
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Unsure what all to think of the matter, but I certainly enjoyed the glass of iced green tea we shared as I read your post! (It wasn’t English tea 😀 )
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🙂 honestly still can’t make head or tail of it all. We’ll just wait and watch.
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…And pray and listen carefully. I agree. ❤
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I was stunned by the result. It seemed like the UK was sleepwalking off a cliff. I hope that I’m wrong about this, but from my point of view, all I can really see is a huge downside and very little upside to cutting ties with the EU.
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That’s really the phrase ‘sleepwalking.’ I hope something positive comes out of it ‘cos it doesn’t look good!
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I agree. It’s all rather worrying. 😦
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It will be a wait and see with the UK. I wish them the best of luck.
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I hope it turns out well for them.
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Nice to hear my prompt was spot-on this week. 😀 😉 Now I’m going to have a cuppa!!
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It really was spot on Linda. Have a great week 🙂
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We’re all doomed!
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I hope they turn things around.
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