I could murder a cup of tea - je me taperais bien une tasse de thé.


Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 10 April 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)
I was on a stroll through the trees the other day and thought of how much my wife looks after me. On the umpteenth day of social confinement, I went to the tea caddy and lo and behold it was empty. My wife heard me sighing and produced a fresh box of tea bags. I was saved.

I can’t start the day without a cup of tea. I can easily make trips to France without tins of baked beans, bottles of pale ale, Australian wine or a bottle of scotch etc. and all the other stuff British people take with them to make France a home from home.  Australian wine in France, of all places, for heaven’s sake, this is some sort of sacrilege. However, the tea that you can buy in France is usually dreadful therefore we always take tea bags with us.

My wife has bought her sister a kettle. The French never make tea. I felt that it would be a bit of an insult for a half-British visitor to bring a kettle with him, but my wife got away with it. After a long drive from London to Troyes I can always murder a cup of tea.






Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan 10 avril 2020

L'autre jour, j'étais en promenade dans les arbres et j'ai pensé à combien ma femme s'occupe de moi. Le énième jour de l'enfermement social, je suis allé au panier de thé et voici qu'il était vide. Ma femme m'a entendu soupirer et a produit une nouvelle boîte de sachets de thé. J'étais sauvé.

Je ne peux pas commencer la journée sans une tasse de thé. Je peux facilement faire des voyages en France sans boîtes de haricots au four, bouteilles de bière pâle, vin australien ou une bouteille de scotch etc. et tous les autres trucs que les Britanniques prennent avec eux pour faire de la France une maison de la maison. Le vin australien en France, de tous les endroits, pour l’amour de Dieu, c’est une sorte de sacrilège. Cependant, le thé que vous pouvez acheter en France est généralement terrible donc nous prenons toujours des sachets de thé avec nous.

Ma femme a acheté une bouilloire à sa sœur. Les Français ne font jamais de thé. Je sentais que ce serait un peu insultant pour un visiteur à moitié britannique d'apporter une bouilloire avec lui, mais ma femme s'en est sortie. Après un long trajet de Londres à Troyes, je me taperais bien une tasse de thé.



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