Heading to the UK

[Horace]

Tomorrow I am going to Cambridge for work. I assume some sort of outreach program where we’ll teach them to dig wells and build huts. Not really my specialty, but any first worlder will probably seem magical to them with all that technological know how. I already preordered for two dinners where the menus featured pudding on both the starter section and the dessert section. I ordered the pudding from the dessert section because I am smart. I would like to bring back something special for my wife. Anybody have suggestions for a gift I can bring back? We would have gone together but couldn’t get a visa on time. This was short notice.

[Axtremus]

@Horace said in Heading to the UK:

I would like to bring back something special for my wife. Anybody have suggestions for a gift I can bring back?

Flowers, get them at the arrival airport for maximum freshness and minimum logistical hassle.

Have a save and pleasant trip.

[Horace]

Airport flowers. Check.

[Axtremus]

Backup plan: Jewelry.
Most major airports near big cities have jewelry stores.

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Heading to the UK:

Backup plan: Jewelry.
Most major airports near big cities have jewelry stores.

I'll bet she'd like some duty free brandy.

[Jolly]

I hear they have a nice school there. Maybe a college Tshirt?

[Horace]

@Jolly said in Heading to the UK:

I hear they have a nice school there. Maybe a college Tshirt?

That's a good idea. I could get us each one. We have a pair from her Missouri alma mater.

[Catseye3]

I don't think much of a gift from the airport.

[Aqua Letifer]

Snow globe.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Heading to the UK:

I hear they have a nice school there. Maybe a college Tshirt?

“My Husband Went To Cambridge And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt”

[Doctor Phibes]

There should be a ton of touristy shops there, it's a really nice university city.

Just don't let any of the toffs de-bag you.

If you really want to blend in, tell them it's not a patch on Oxford. They love that friendly rivalry.

[Horace]

@Catseye3 said in Heading to the UK:

I don't think much of a gift from the airport.

Yeah but I can't afford not to buy duty free gifts.

[Horace]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Heading to the UK:

There should be a ton of touristy shops there, it's a really nice university city.

Just don't let any of the toffs de-bag you.

If you really want to blend in, tell them it's not a patch on Oxford. They love that friendly rivalry.

Thanks. I'm brushing up on my English so I can fit in.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Heading to the UK:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Heading to the UK:

There should be a ton of touristy shops there, it's a really nice university city.

Just don't let any of the toffs de-bag you.

If you really want to blend in, tell them it's not a patch on Oxford. They love that friendly rivalry.

Thanks. I'm brushing up on my English so I can fit in.

English people, particularly women, love to be complemented on the tightness of their fanny. It might seem a bit forward, but remember the British are just so laid back about that kind of thing.

[Horace]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Heading to the UK:

@Horace said in Heading to the UK:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Heading to the UK:

There should be a ton of touristy shops there, it's a really nice university city.

Just don't let any of the toffs de-bag you.

If you really want to blend in, tell them it's not a patch on Oxford. They love that friendly rivalry.

Thanks. I'm brushing up on my English so I can fit in.

English people, particularly women, love to be complemented on the tightness of their fanny. It might seem a bit forward, but remember the British are just so laid back about that kind of thing.

Will keep that in mind. I'll be meeting lots of important women in positions of leadership, and I want to make a good impression.

[jon-nyc]

Tell everyone your name is Randy and introduce yourself that way. Your real first name means idiot in British slang.

[89th]

@Horace said in Heading to the UK:

Airport flowers. Check.

That made me LOL. I suggest pudding, btw

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Heading to the UK:

Tell everyone your name is Randy and introduce yourself that way. Your real first name means idiot in British slang.

That is good advice.

Alternatively you could say you're "Horace... of Jasper & Horace fame". (101 dalmations)

[Doctor Phibes]

In British business meetings, clothes maketh the man - you really need to wear suspenders, and make a point of telling everybody you're doing so.

[Catseye3]

Maybe snap them self importantly while you say it.