Oh, what a fukken RIPOFF. Turns out you don't actually get high at "high tea." I am SO pissed.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

High tea

High tea (also known as meat tea<6>) is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5pm and 6pm. It is now largely followed by a later lighter evening meal.

High tea would usually consist of cold meats, eggs or fish, cakes and sandwiches.

On farms or other working class environments, high tea would be the traditional, substantial meal eaten by the workers immediately after nightfall, and would combine afternoon tea with the main evening meal. See also The UK Tea Council Definition

In recent years, high tea has become a term for elaborate afternoon tea, though this is American usage and mainly unrecognised in Britain. This usage is disfavoured by etiquette advisors, such as Miss Manners (see United States below).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_%28meal%29#High_tea

[Lilith Velkor]

1. Egads!

How many of us have been doing it wrong all along!?! :wow:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Keep doin' what you're doin' just to teach 'em a LESSON!

We need to have SOME truth in labeling laws, or we plummet into ANARCHY!

:rofl:

[Lilith Velkor]

10. Good idea!

:smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

[w8liftinglady]

2. thanks for the warning!

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. High tea, like Japanese tea ceremonies...

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experiences -- the calm, the ritual, the pleasure and soothing
comfort of the tea... I don't knock it.
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I've used them before (mainly the Japanese) for very effective
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Having said that... I'm a pretty solid nonviolent person, but
I think whoever came up with dainty little cucumber sandwiches
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WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?
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[Lilith Velkor]

5. That tradition was started in Victorian England, IIRC

The high society ladies needed to do something to justify purchasing all those cucumbers.

eta: Oh, and they also got high at high tea.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. At least the Japanese don't issue misleading statements about getting high

"Japanese Tea Ceremony"...My best guess is that there will be tea served and at least a 50-50 chance that you'll be enjoying it with either actual Japanese people or Nipponophiles...maybe a combination of both. KANPAI!!!!

But "HIGH TEA?" Do the friggen MATH, dammit.

:rofl:

[Initech]

7. Spend some time in Amsterdam. I could show you how to get high off tea...

:evilgrin:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. One of my favorite episodes of "Insomniac" is the one filmed in Amsterdam...

...where Dave Attell goes to the "cafe." A trip there is definitely on the "100 things to do before I die" list.

:rofl:

[mikeytherat]

8. Some more flagrant false advertising:

It's a damn cookware and crockery store!

mikey_the_rat