US actress Gwyneth Paltrow prefers British dinner talk
Dec 02 1124 AM US/Eastern
Oscar-winning US actress Gwyneth Paltrow feels dinner talk is far more interesting in her adopted homeland Britain than back in her native country.
"I love the English lifestyle, it's not as capitalistic as America. People don't talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner," she told "NS," the weekend magazine supplement of daily Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias on Saturday.
http//www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/02/061202162419.xtnkgaet.html
So why is Fox News making a big deal of this...? Maybe its true.... grin
I agree about the obsession with money thing, it makes me want to vomit.
I don't know if Gwyneth has a point, but I'll tell you one thing - I never laugh over here the same way I do back home. Dinner conversation should be about wit and intelligence and I miss that. It's crass to talk about money all the time.
Is it true that when American women ask men about their job or their car they are really eying up their financial prospects? If I asked you about your job or car it would be because it could be a good conversation point if I was looking for something to converse about.
Well the radio station here decided that Gwynneth was just being clever and telling Brits what they wanted to hear about Americans.....
I think she just mixed in the wrong circles over here. We've invited an American family for Chritmas dinner and I expect to be needing the Depends ;)
Well, I'd say any American who chooses Britain as their home over their own country is likely to say something like this aren't they?
We've invited an American family for Chritmas dinner and I expect to be needing the Depends ;)
Inviting the American family and then laughing at them through dinner is guaranteed, cheap entertainment. See which Brit can keep a straight face during the cack-handed-cermonial-cutting-of the-food :wink:
Yes, I've never failed to think that using a knife must be a far more efficient method of cutting. Plus, when the meal is over, you have something to save you chasing that last mouthful around the plate.
We've invited an American family for Chritmas dinner and I expect to be needing the Depends ;)
Inviting the American family and then laughing at them through dinner is guaranteed, cheap entertainment. See which Brit can keep a straight face during the cack-handed-cermonial-cutting-of the-food :wink:
And making them wear the silly hats...... and eat that dreaful pudding thing and and and....
Here's hoping the jokes in the crackers are toilet humour at it's finest ;)
Are they expecting money in the dreadful pudding? Probably think you're trying to kill them off at that point, if not.
most americans dont talk over dinner .
They drive up to the window order their hamburger and fries stuff it in their mouths and drive off .
Are they expecting money in the dreadful pudding? Probably think you're trying to kill them off at that point, if not.
Well they may not be expecting it........ :mrgreen:
/what do you mean warn them? Spoilsports.
Stop it you lot. I think Monster & Beest have met the decent family in the neighbourhood. You shouldn't discourage them.
PS.............Are you going to make some fun Jello/Brains/Ham side dish? evil
but seriously folks, I have over many years, found I don't like money talk or business talk over dinner. I think one should appreciate the food and the company.
I first found this revulsion back in the 70's when I was living in Venezuela. People worked all day and all night and especially over dinner or any, what an English person would call 'social gathering'.
Over the years I have come to realise this is the "nanny state" conditioning.
After all, whatever happens in Uk you're supposed to be fed. Over here and in S.A., you're on your own.
I think this freedom to be amusing and interesting and fun comes from a secure feeling that one will always hit a 'safety net'
Also, Gwyneth denies giving an interview to the magazine.
Eats only with a select few.
And best of luck Monster, do you need any crackers, I have a spare box I can let you have,
regards, annie, the cracker buying loony two days after Xmas.
Stop it you lot. I think Monster & Beest have met the decent family in the neighbourhood. You shouldn't discourage them.
PS.............Are you going to make some fun Jello/Brains/Ham side dish? :evil
We were thinking Haggis with custard and jellied eels might go down a treat...
(Thanks, Annie, but got hold of 20 crackers with really nasty plastic novelties including the "false moustache" with the two spikes clipping into the nostrils -just the ticket :lol:)
Nice one Monster. We gave out crackers one Christmas and everyone came back and asked how to use them. So we subjected them to the paper hat and jollity of a festive dinner and damn me they loved it.
Best of luck, may we convert them to drunken festivity one person at a time. lol