Pancake Day, Easter, bank holidays and the heatwave
Pancake Day, Easter, bank holidays and heatwave small talk.
It's Pancake Day! Lemon and sugar for me.
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Pancakes and Easter4
- It's Pancake DayShrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent).
- Are you giving anything up for Lent?Chocolate, alcohol and social media are common choices, whether or not people are religious.
- Hot cross bunsSpiced fruit buns at Easter, eaten toasted with butter.
- We're doing an Easter egg huntHiding chocolate eggs for kids.
Bank holidays3
Summer8
- Shall we sit in the beer garden?A pub's outdoor area, packed the moment the sun comes out.
- It's Pimm's o'clockJokey line for summer drinks time.
- Wimbledon's onWimbledon tennis (late June to July) is a summer tradition and office small talk.
- I'll get you a 99A soft-serve ice cream cone with a chocolate Flake, from the ice cream van.
- It's light till tenLong summer evenings, especially around late June.
- It's boiling, I can't sleepThe heatwave complaint.
- There's a hosepipe banAfter dry spells, water companies can ban using a hose for gardens and cars (officially a 'temporary use ban').
- Don't forget suncreamThe UK word for sunscreen.
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