We had them 'round Easter. I saw some for sale at Costco Saturday, so I assume someone still eats them.

The place just hangs there above the city the whole time.

I am a fantastic tour guide.

Edit: By invitation only.

Oh, yes, we also learned to play the song in recorder class in third grade. Pretty good choice for a first song, since it's only three notes.

I remember that the Underground still has some stops on the way from Heathrow into Wellington that have wooden platforms instead of concrete. Okay, and because I must share, I was on the tube at 6am, it was still dark, and I think the only other person on my car was in a disheveled tuxedo and looks in my mind's memory like Clive Owen.

I've also heard tales of the tube just randomly breaking down and stopping, full of people, and waiting 20 minutes before starting again. The reason? "Leaves on the tracks", which my respondent in this matter pointed out has been happening at least since the reign of Queen Vickie, and you'd think they would have come up with anti-leaf procedures before now!

We do have hot cross buns in the US! They're usually not sold hot, and they have little bits of fruit preserve in them like fruitcake, which is very irritating, but they do exist. I only ever see them around Fat Tuesday.

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"Leaves on the Line" is a classic, but not as good as "the wrong type of snow", which has been known to stop trains.

I thought it was also supposed to reflect native pronounciation, since several Australians have corrected me when I've begun the name with the same sound as in Austria.

odd. I say Os-tralia, Not Oz-tralia.

Which is why I'd shorten it as Aus, or Aust, if I had to do so.

Oz to me is indeed over the rainbow, rife with little people and.. provider of mythology on which Buffy theory may be based.

See, here hot cross buns are as ubiquitous as Easter Eggs. (Except I think they're officially a Holy Week food rather than an Easter food.)

I've also heard tales of the tube just randomly breaking down and stopping, full of people, and waiting 20 minutes before starting again. The reason? "Leaves on the tracks"

I've been on them when that happened. All the regular travellers are very calm, because it happens all the time, and the ones who aren't used to it start to rant.

OTOH, the London tube can be very good. When it works, it works well, and the more modern parts can be excellent. It's just that the parts that aren't stick in your mind, and those are the stories you tell people, because 'the journey was fine' isn't worth reporting.

From what I've heard, it's Oss-tralia, but the people are Ozzies (spelled Aussies).

Edit: And I rode the Tube and it was fine! t /boring-story-teller

I noticed hot cross buns when grocery shopping this past weekend. Holiday thing.

Florida public transportation is awful. They are working on it, but a car is essential. I did manage to go almost 3 years with rarely driving when I lived in downtown Fort Lauderdale, I biked to work and shopping. Only used the car when leaving town.