that Aga was an old brand of stove of some sort.

HERESY! an Aga is not some sort of stove, it is the rolls royse of stoves!

i have seen 'home improvement' articles (ok, so not frequently, and i have 'done' several kitchens in my life, and read more than an average number of such magazines) devoted to re-designing a kitchen, around an Aga.

like a sub-zero refriderator, or a wolf stove (a US brand) the aga is specialty item, that is known and loved..

on the other hand, the first time i saw driving miss daisy, i 'missed' the reference to krispy kremes.. --when the power goes out, and the driver brings miss daisy hot coffee from the krispy kreme. i figure out from context that krispy creme was a local place, but i was totally unfamiliar with the chain.

i have always lived in NY, and really haven't traveled much south of philidelphia, (except for an occational trip to DC) and southern references are as likely to throw me as any!

a local fabric store chain here in Northeast is called the ragshop. (the garment industry is always refered to as the 'rag trade') the ragshop has expanded from fabric to yarns and craft items. when people from other parts of US and world first saw the name, they were stunned, "a rag shop"? who would want to buy rags? why would a store call its self a ragshop?..


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