Kebab
The kebab we used was a Donner from a local kebab shop. For those who do not know, a Donner Kebab is a collection of lamb gristle held together with only the finest fat and cholesterol. It is then squished together into something the shape of an elephant's leg, speared on a metal pole, and repeatedly heated and cooled on a cycle of a few days, before being carved and sold to extremly drunk people. They are very popular in the UK.
For anyone who has seen the "The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson" episode, think Kalkalash in a pitta bread.
Offy
Colloquialism for "off-licence", a magical place that specialises in the sale of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and snack foods. Tends to stay open very late, but has to close at 11 o'clock due to draconian English licencing laws.
The Big Room
Y'know the really big room, with broken lights and airconditioning, and a leaky ceiling.
From the Jargon File: Big Room n. (Also `Big Blue Room') The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room."
Budweiser
The name Budweiser is used for two beers:
American, very weak, nasty, gassy, chemically and artificial tasting. If you drink it at any temperature obove freezing it causes immediate vomiting and death. Widely regarded as the Microsoft of beer: you can get it anywhere, and people who don't know better drink it all the time, but the more you get to understand beer the less you like this stuff. Apparently very popular with frogs. Take our advice America, and stick to cigarettes, it's what you're good at.
Czech, the exact opposite of American Budweiser, the finest lager on the planet.
Floors
In England, we number our floors starting from zero (the ground floor) the way God intended, so a first floor window in this case is one above the ground floor.