It's a tea brand. Named after a Nobel man called Earl Grey. Funnily enough I am his great great great great grandson.

It's mine too. But probably just because I'm biased.

It's one of the most popular teas in the world.. Hardly an unpopular opinion.

His government ended the monopoly of the East India Company on the Chinese tea trade and he was allegedly presented with the same blend of tea that was later named after him. But the first adverts mentioning the tea by the name Earl Grey didn't appear until 40 years later. There was a tea blend before that called "Grey's Tea" but that might have just been named after a tea merchant called William Grey who may or may not have copied the blend allegedly presented to the Earl Grey.

One of the rare things of that part of my family that I can be proud of.

I think it's lovely.

I agree with Jason, Earl Grey tea tastes like boiled perfume.

Advertising - sells more if it is associated with royalty. Kind of like haagen dazs sounds Danish and therefore expensively exotic, but is instead an American company that intentionally used a foreign sounding name.

I agree with Jason, Earl Grey tea tastes like boiled perfume.

Depending on the brand, the flavor can taste like artificial flavoring. Side note: Adding milk tones down the bergamot, making it more subdued.

He left because of budget cuts.

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I agree with Jason, Earl Grey tea tastes like boiled perfume.

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Quite obviously it isn't "all she has", and the shows previous host wasn't averse to mentioning his sexuality either.

I honestly expected Alan to fire back with "its because I'm actully funny"

Ha, there's two of us. 🧐

life's a struggle, huh.

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He's just not used to being surrounded by so much wit

@Farweasel Oh, I know. Hence my surprise.

Yeah right.......... Like Clarkeson or don't he's still a very canny bloke. He might, however, have been told to keep it within a very narrow more or less PC band. His comment to Alan's 'Waht like Jesus' quip was as telling as it was funny.

Ain't *that* the truth.

Well, You can get special biscuits for Cheesus.

With your three brothers no doubt...lol

The second Earl Grey is the same Earl Grey who was Prime Minister

@Raven that was my point heh

@Neal J Roberts the legend they made up lol

"Legend has it"....

Other than the Bergamot

The only Lady Grey I know of got her head chopped off after nine days of lording it...

@TheSkyWhale Or the grey bush around her lady parts.

probably talking about a woman named Lady Grey, given Sandi's romantic preferences

I don't know, but when I heard it I thought, "Isn't that a name for heroin?"

@MegaFortinbras A. I am well aware. B. The tea had nothing to do with the other Earl Grey. C. I don’t really care. Have a nice day. Maybe a cup of tea?

@Maki Burgess But I was speaking of two entirely different people. The tea was named after the second Earl Grey, the trophy was donated by the fourth Earl Grey, his grandson.

@MegaFortinbras It’s like the Dread Pirate Roberts or Dr. Who. Many different people incarnate one person.

That Earl Grey, who was Governor General of Canada, was the grandson of the Earl after whom the tea is named.

The sport slowly evolved from rugby into Canadian football. It predates the CFL, just as the Stanley cup predates the NHL.

The steps inside seem to go on forever as there are no windows. Worth a trip up when they have open days, and I don't like heights...

@Eralen00 Gotta be loose leaf, I only ever drink bag tea when I'm a guest and I don't want to be rude lol.

I drink Earl Gray on a daily basis, and yes some of them can be pretty bad. Tea can vary widely based on the quality, just like coffee. If you get a good-quality loose-leaf version that is well-balanced, the taste and aroma can be divine. (not that it matters, but I'm an american)

@wunnell Random that the other person who likes it would also be an Aussie 😁 I always mix it with something more robust like one of the stronger breakfast teas or Darjeeling and I love it.

I generally like Earl Grey but a lot of them are a bit overdone. The tea and Bergamot flavours seem to separate to me. I have found one here in Australia that is quite mild and I have at least four cups a day.

It is utterly disgusting.

I agree he’s quite funny, but gets annoying when he tries to dominate the joke, not always his too.

You obviously don't know Lee mack

Sara's slight embarrassed glance away at the end. Even she was a bit embarrassed at the mental image of a parliament of bdsm old guys.

Sandi would have wished she'd said that!

Well, of course. People actually like Alan therefore they're more likely to laugh along with him. They view him as a good natured person. Clarkson is highly divisive and a lot of people don't like him, so they're less likely to laugh along. I guess it's to be expected when you joke about murdered prostitutes and punch people at the slightest inconvenience. Whether it's right or wrong to do so is another argument, but the fact is, that's how humans work - they're more lenient to people they like.

It's a good sign of how little good will people have left for you when they are that quick to jump at your throat.

@Maxime Ringeard me neither. I've never heard "Bob" as a euphemism, but it could be I guess. The wiki article for the expression only mentions the Cecil theory (as well as its chronology issue).

@David Gustavsson I'm not a native speaker, so I might be completely wrong, but I was taught that Bob is a colloquial name for the Devil, and that's who the expression refers to. Is that not the case ?

@EebstertheGreat but the expression could have been coined in the 1920s, using the (then) historical example of Bob Cecil. Or it could have been a personal expression used by an individual or a few individuals for 40 years before it was picked up at any scale. Yes, the Cecil theory is not definitively proven, but I don't think the counter arguments are as strong as the story is good.

Newspapers at the time did not make that joke, and although the nepotism of Robert Cecil appointing his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary of Ireland was noted, nothing like the phrase "Bob's your uncle" appears before 1924. It doesn't make sense that a famous phrase that survived well over a century would wait 40 years to show up in print, not even in the popular tabloids and magazines of the era.

the more you know!