I envy Helen

My friend Helen replied to an invitation to my house for a barbecue with the following line:

Ooh! Smashing!

Thanks to her Britishness and English accent, she can actually use the adjective “smashing” without irony.

It would be smashing if I could do that.

Joey deVilla

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