Fish & Chips Wrappings

[Jacques Gastreaux]

My understanding is that the newspaper schtick is Brish and that the Irish in Dublin use brown paper bags.

[Al Dente]

My understanding is that the newspaper schtick is Brish and that the Irish in Dublin use brown paper bags.

That is my experience.

Interestingly, the Scottish use a bull's scrotum.

25% Scot,

Al

[Jacques Gastreaux]

25% Scot,

Al

So, we can assume that you have a lot of scotch in your blood?

[TSE]

My understanding is that the newspaper schtick is Brish and that the Irish in Dublin use brown paper bags.

They don't use newspaper in Australia, either, but rather something akin to butcher paper. This is probably just a conscious attempt to differentiate themselves from the poms.

[mdt]

They don't use newspaper in Australia, either, but rather something akin to butcher paper. This is probably just a conscious attempt to differentiate themselves from the poms.

Not to mention the Kiwis, as they use newspaper.

[TSE]

Not to mention the Kiwis, as they use newspaper.

Bah! The smaller and less self-confident Anglo-Saxon nations do tend to slavishly adhere to the more daft traditions of Mother England, don't they?