My old dad's boss
Absolutely minted. Big house in the country, a garage filled with vintage cars, you know the drill.

Invited my mum and dad, plus little me (aged maybe about 8) out to their sprawling estate for tea.

After small talk in the sitting room, we were beckoned into their vast banqueting hall.

What were we served?

Jam fucking sandwiches. Also egg.

I kid you not. Strawberry to be precise.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 29 Oct 2008, 16:14, 12 replies)

jam
sandwiches ftw!
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 16:20, closed)

What were expecting at tea?
Did you think you were going for dinner?

cf last week's QOTW
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 16:36, closed)

but no, pedantry aside,
was this tea as in 'morning or afternoon tea', or tea as in 'the main meal of the day'?

Pretty bad either way, but much more so in the latter case.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 16:51, closed)

Evening meal
Long time ago now, but it was definitely dark when we got there, so I would estimate that it was around 5/6pm ish.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 30 Oct 2008, 8:53, closed)

Strawberry and egg sandwiches?
His Mum wasn't Mrs. Cropley, was it?.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 17:08, closed)

Maybe, just maybe
They liked jam sandwiches, it is manner from heaven after all.
(Avalanche - Purveyor of sexual deviancy since 1976, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 17:11, closed)

manner from heaven?
is it a polite jam?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:11, closed)

That's what posh people eat for tea.
They have little tiny cakes too and very small brews. Were there sugar cubes and tongs to pick them up? Posh people have them too.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 17:19, closed)

If there had been cakes
it would have been 'high tea'.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 29 Oct 2008, 17:57, closed)

Ooooh 'ark at 'er
an' 'er 'igh tea.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 21:25, closed)

We had high tea when I was a child.
But I could never reach.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:59, closed)

ah I see
It wasn't because you were so high at the time that you needed tasty comestibles to satisfy your munchies then.
(Lurkaloid awarded wanking black belt on, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:44, closed)