"I'll have some of his spotted dick"

According to the 2009 census 35% of Londoners commute to work by car with everyone else taking walking, biking, taking the bus or the metro. A government tax scheme is in place which allows for a 42% discount on bikes purchased for commuting. The number of people involved in the program increased by 7.9% from 2011 to 2012. Despite the isolated usefulness of those statistics it is obvious that the bicycle is becoming a dominant means of commuting in London.

 

When it rains the royal guard gets a break from the tourists posing with him. According to the Beefeater tour guide, the guards at the tour of London had recently returned from Afghanistan.  Despite carrying an assault rifle I wonder how he feels being a tourist attraction standing at the entrance to the crown jewels.

Server: Will you be having anything for dessert?
Julian (with casual control): I will have the spotted dick.
Everyone, server included, contained their reactions well and she turned to another in my party.
Server: And anything for you?
Deanna, straight faced: I'll have some of his spotted dick.
At which point most of us at the table lost it. Even the server who, I am sure, has had plenty of orders for the steamed suet pudding with currants and custard could not contain herself.

 Yum.