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Hey I just remembered another one!

I don't feel the cold nearly as quickly as most people. I can still wear shorts and t-shirt in winter unless it gets bitingly cold.

However, I feel the heat quicker than most. I have to let a cup of tea cool for about 15 minutes longer than my wife's.

CL: Pants in England means underpants! What you call pants, we call trousers.

Rob,

my British grandmother won't drink her tea
unless the temperature is roughly the same as the melting point of Platinum.

And she calls that, "refreshing".

When I visited the UK, years ago,
a guy I had just met there, a friend of my family's,
told me and my sister that he'd come by later to "knock us up".

Now,

For the benefit of any unversed North Americans reading this,
when in the UK,
the phrase "knock you up" means "I will drop by later and call on you"
IE: knock on your door.

But,

For the benefit of any unversed Brits, reading this,
please be advised that in North America,
to "knock someone up" means to get them pregnant.

I was quite electrified the first time I heard that.