Shocking Peas

A recent Daily Mail article about a woman who is suing her lawyer for failing to explain to her that "finalising her divorce would terminate her marriage" contains another little nugget of weirdness toward the end:

Just one week after getting married, a woman in Kuwait has filed for divorce after discovering her husband prefers to use bread, rather than a fork, to eat peas. Traumatised by the 'shocking sight', she said she could no longer live with him, owing to his lack of etiquette.

At least he doesn't use his fingers. That would be really barbaric.

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 16, 2014
Category: Food | Wives

Comments

Reminded me of the kids poem, I eat my peas with honey, I've done so all my life. It makes my peas taste funny. But it keeps them on my knife! :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 01/16/14 at 09:33 AM

Great minds, Ty, I was just going to go look that up.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/16/14 at 10:33 AM

I eat my peas with bread.
I've done so all my life.
My Bride said, "That's disgusting".
Now, She won't be my Wife! :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 01/16/14 at 11:33 AM

Me, too. I believe that poem was written by Spike Milligan.

If he was using his left hand for the bread, that may really be a deal-breaker.

Posted by TheCannyScot on 01/16/14 at 12:34 PM

Left hand?! Urk!

I want whirled peas. Doesn't everyone?

Posted by KDP on 01/16/14 at 02:48 PM

The thing that disturbs me is they don't bring up that if you are Catholic or Roman Catholic (which I think she is, according to the info I've seen), divorcees are not allowed to have Communion/Eucharist. Sad fact... social issue...

Posted by Mini Golf Kid on 01/16/14 at 06:53 PM

She should be grateful. He could've used the fork to mash the peas. That would really mark him out as a cad.

Posted by Richard Bos on 01/17/14 at 08:41 AM

Richard, your comment reminded me of this ODE TO A PEA!
Thanks! I hadn't thought of that in a while! :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 01/17/14 at 09:09 AM

Holy cow! I'm glad my wife isn't so finicky!

Posted by Billy C on 02/01/14 at 04:53 PM

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