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.
She hasn’t said what the dish is that Kenny is knocking up – though Boardman himself is among those wondering.
Very funny. Seriously. What is it. RT @LauraTrott31: ‘What’s for tea?’ @JasonKenny107 @Chris_Boardman https://t.co/pNs9BLIk7w
— Chris Boardman (@Chris_Boardman) August 29, 2016
18 thoughts on “Laura Trott shows Chris Boardman “What’s for tea” – and it’s Jason Kenny doing the cooking”
Tea is a drink.
Tea is a drink.
We have breakfast, luch and dinner.
Harrumph!
don simon wrote:
“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.
don simon wrote:
always known it as breakfast, dinner, tea and finally supper. This thread could become interesting with the various regional viewpoints.
Chris is right it’s
Chris is right it’s definitely Breakfast, Dinner, Tea up here in Bolton!
At our place it’s either
At our place it’s either “brunch” or “lupper”.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner,
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.
Posh people have dinner.
Posh people have dinner. Northerners, Scots and other non-Tory voters have tea.
I was invited to ‘supper’ one
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.
I think we’re totally messed
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…….
Breakfast, dinner, tea and
Breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. With reference to taking afternoon tea i.e. a bite to eat between dinner and supper , usually after school.
According to Kate Fox in her
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.
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….
psling wrote:
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!
For me dinner has always been
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
Ok, so it really should be:
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
paulrattew wrote:
So do you often dine in Hobbiton?
Not sure what’s for tea but
Not sure what’s for tea but do know that he is wearing a Meccanica Clothing cycle polo!
— Laura Trott shows Chris
— 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.
Mrs Srchar is a Londoner, so
Mrs Srchar is a Londoner, so we have “breakfast”, “lunch” and “tea” to avoid any dinner-related confusion.