Loo Roll
You learn something new every day. Today I learned that in the UK, they call toilet paper loo roll. How awesome is that? In fact, everything sounds better in the Queen’s English. Take this blurb for example:
As they settled into the X Factor house today the finalists popped to the local shops to stock up on essentials, including a bumper pack of loo roll.
In American English, it would be something like this:
As they settled into the X Factor house today the finalists drove in their very large SUV to Walmart to stock up on essentials, including a super-mega-value-pack of toilet paper.
Lame!
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