What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"? (feddit.uk)

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I was talking with a friend who mentioned "taking tea to India". It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. "Taking coals to Newcastle" is the UK's.

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[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Kind of an odd saying, I'm 100% sure Newcastle uses gas for their grill and not a single fast food place uses charcoal grills. If you brought coal to Newcastle, they would have no use for such a thing.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Throwing gas on the fire

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