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My favourite tongue twister
Someone asked me "What is your favourite tongue twister?" recently. She sells sea shells down by the sea shore is probably the most famous tongue twister, but my answer has to be Betty Botter! Here it is, at least the version I can remember: Betty Botter bought a bit of butter , but she said "This butter's bitter! If I buy a bit of better butter, it will make my bit of bitter butter better!" So, she bought a bit of better butter and it made her bit of bitter butter better! to
Chris Walsh
Jan 10, 20251 min read


What pizza topping do you like?
I asked people from overseas this question in a survey. According to the results, ninety seven percent said they like mushrooms and ninety six percent said pepperoni. People said they like cheese the best. But pretty much everyone wants cheese on their pizza. Tomato, ham, bacon, peppers and olives were also popular (88-94%). Cream, peas, mayonnaise and fruit were the least popular (11-19%). I wasn't surprised by the results. Mayonnaise is not usually on pizza outside of Japa
Chris Walsh
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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