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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2009-03-05 12:09 pm
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Rain!

My lovely Quicksilver is currently getting a much-needed carwash.

...or in other words, I drove her out of the garage, and parked her in the driveway instead, and the rain is now doing its stuff.

We have rain!
Probably not much, really, but it's incredibly nice to see it.

It did, however, kill my plans of walking down to Southbank and getting a healthy lunch. Fast-food for me today, from the closest shop I could find.




In other news, after 15 years of drinking Sunkist and a lifetime of seeing it in cans and bottles right next to the Coke, I only figured out today that the name is supposed to remind you of "sun-kissed". *facepalm*
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[personal profile] deird1 2009-03-05 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Because they're sort of bubble-shaped?
Always been Rice Bubbles here. "Rice Krispies" just sounds odd.

I really do find it fascinating looking at the way the UK, America, and Australia all have these bits of language that are sometimes completely different in all three countries, and are sometimes shared by two and different in one. (And the "two" sharing the word are never the same two. Australia and America share some words, Australia and the UK share others, and then there's things like Rice Krispies, where it seems to be a Northern Hemisphere thing...)