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Laura Trott shows Chris Boardman "What's for tea" - and it's Jason Kenny doing the cooking

Olympic champs share joke after Rio commentary Tweetstorm

Laura Trott  turned Laura Troll on social media this afternoon in the nicest possible way with a gentle dig at Chris Boardman's "What's for tea?" comment made in Rio just after she became Great Britain's most successful ever female Olympian.

The remark was made by the former world and Olympic champion, in Rio as a pundit for BBC's cycling coverage, as Trott and fiance Jason Kenny shared a kiss and hug after winning gold medals within minutes of each other on the final night of action at the velodrome.

Referring to their respective reactions after Kenny secured his sixth career Olympic gold medal and Trott had won her fourth, Boardman said of Team GB's 'golden couple,' who marry next month: “She’s doing the emotion for both of them really, he’s looking at her going: ‘What’s for tea?’”

His comment sparked criticism of "casual sexism" on Twitter, although his wife Sally was quick to leap to his defence.

Today, Trott posted a picture of Kenny cooking to Instagram, and also tweeted it, including Boardman's Twitter handle.

 

'What's for Tea?'

A photo posted by Laura Trott (@laura_trott31) on

She hasn't said what the dish is that Kenny is knocking up - though Boardman himself is among those wondering.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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srchar | 4 years ago
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Mrs Srchar is a Londoner, so we have "breakfast", "lunch" and "tea" to avoid any dinner-related confusion.

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ConcordeCX | 4 years ago
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— Laura Trott shows Chris Boardman "What's for tea"

I must admit I thought that was a euphemism, so I was slightly disappointed reading the article.

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nwcyclist | 7 years ago
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Not sure what's for tea but do know that he is wearing a Meccanica Clothing cycle polo!

 

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paulrattew | 7 years ago
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Ok, so it really should be:

Breakfast

Second breakfast

Elevenses / Brunch

Brunch / Elevenses (order depending on time)

Lunch

Afternoon Tea

Tea

Dinner

Supper

Midnight snack

 

Anything less is just being half-arsed

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brooksby replied to paulrattew | 7 years ago
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paulrattew wrote:

Ok, so it really should be:

Breakfast

Second breakfast

Elevenses / Brunch

Brunch / Elevenses (order depending on time)

Lunch

Afternoon Tea

Tea

Dinner

Supper

Midnight snack

 

Anything less is just being half-arsed

So do you often dine in Hobbiton?

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honesty | 7 years ago
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For me dinner has always been the main meal of the day, and depending on when you have it it alters what you call the other meals.

Therefore either I have

1. breakfast, lunch, dinner

or

2. breakfast, dinner, tea

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psling | 7 years ago
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According to Kate Fox in her book "Watching the English" -

What do you call the evening meal?

And what time do you eat it?

If you call it "tea", and eat it at around half past six, you are almost certainly working class or of working class origin. (If you have a tendency to personalize the meal, calling it "my tea", "our/us tea" and "your tea" - as in "I must be going home for my tea", "what's for us tea, love?" or "Come back to mine for your tea" - you are probably northern working class.)
If you call the evening meal "dinner", and eat it at around seven o'clock, you are probably lower-middle or middle-middle class.
If you normally only use the term "dinner" for rather more formal evening meals, and call your informal, family evening meal "supper" (pronounced "suppah"), you are probably upper-middle or upper class. The timing of these meals tends to be more flexible, but a family "supper" is generally eaten at around half past seven, while a "dinner" would usually be later, from half past eight onwards
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Now, was cycling originally a form of transport for the working classes or a plaything for the upper classes; things were so much simpler before Wiggins and cycling for the masses....

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shay cycles replied to psling | 7 years ago
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psling wrote:

Now, was cycling originally a form of transport for the working classes or a plaything for the upper classes; things were so much simpler before Wiggins and cycling for the masses....

Well, cycling was originally the plaything of the upper classes until cheaper bikes (mass produced) made it a viable means of transport for the working classes whilst the better off were shifting to the new motor cars.

Plus ca change!

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Yorkshie Whippet | 7 years ago
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Breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. With reference to taking afternoon tea i.e. a bite to eat between dinner and supper , usually after school.

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nniff | 7 years ago
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I think we're totally messed up.

 

We have breakfast, lunch and dinner, although during the week 'supper' is the same thing as 'dinner', and they tend to be used interchangeably.  We will go out to dinner, but may have friends round for dinner or supper.

On Sundays, lunch is deferred until the evening and takes dinner's place to avoid spending the whole day on family stuff.   Lunch on Sundays therefore involves raiding the fridge until lunch is served in the evening.

Now, as for the rules of cricket.......

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Kapelmuur | 7 years ago
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I was invited to 'supper' one evening by a posh friend.

I turned up expecting crackers, cheese and a cup of Horlicks and was surprised to  find a 3 course meal, especially as I'd had my tea.

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stenmeister | 7 years ago
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Posh people have dinner. Northerners, Scots and other non-Tory voters have tea.

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Mike T. | 7 years ago
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At our place it's either "brunch" or "lupper".

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tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, at parent's.

 

My gran would say tea instead of dinner, though don't remember her using dinner for lunch, which is odd now that I've moved around a bit more and seen the usage.

 

Now we use breakfast, brunch (said ironically), lunch and dinner at my place. So guess our kids will drop the supper too when we have them and just raid the kitchen when they feel like it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TheGingerAce | 7 years ago
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Chris is right it's definitely  Breakfast, Dinner, Tea up here in Bolton! 

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don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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Tea is a drink.

We have breakfast, luch and dinner.

Harrumph!

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brooksby replied to don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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don simon wrote:

Tea is a drink.

We have breakfast, luch and dinner.

Harrumph!

"Luch"?

Anyway, in my house it's breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon cake, tea, cereal.

"Cereal" is a bowl of cereal or something the kids argue is roughly equivalent, and which is eaten at a quarter past six, plus or minus about ten minutes and in no case ever later than six thirty. It is due at that time even at the weekend when the kids only finished eating their pudding ten minutes earlier.

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giff77 replied to don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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don simon wrote:

Tea is a drink.

We have breakfast, luch and dinner.

Harrumph!

always known it as breakfast, dinner, tea and finally supper. This thread could become interesting with the various regional viewpoints. 

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