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STORY_DATE: 01/08/2025
STORY_TIME: 1934 GMT
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The 16 unofficial middle-class holiday rules… that we're getting all wrong
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So eggs, bacon and the full floor show are not merely allowed but positively recommended in the morning sun of Torremolinos. It's the finest possible setting for the best breakfast in the world. Be proud, and demand brown sauce. 4. Keep off the beaten track Wrong. The track is beaten because there's something worthwhile at the end of it. Otherwise it wouldn't be beaten. Stay off the beaten track and you'll likely end up somewhere no-one wants to go: Chernobyl, North Korea, Roubaix, Northampton, that sort of place. 5. Airline meals are dreadful Really? You're moving at 550mph, 35,000 feet above the ground… and you're complaining about the state of the lasagne? 6. You mustn't use knives and forks for Chinese food, or spaghetti Oh yes, you must. Thin sticks are uniquely ill-designed for the eating of rice and noodles. Only a totalitarian society would insist on them. 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Robert Irwin's shock new gig as he becomes the face of latest campaign
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6 hours ago
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