Cosmic Joe Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 f**k this mopefest. I'm off to stick on The Pogues. Full blast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: That really does beg questions about why anybody would bother with a constitutional monarchy then. If the monarch's job is literally to do and say nothing, then why not just have a republic? If you wanted to keep the 'subsidising old b*****d to do hee-haw' angle, we could have the entire country pitch in a tenner and give it all to some random OAP to live out their last in luxury, with a bank holiday when they snuff it. If we could apply a chicken farming efficiency approach to it and start busting them out the hospices for a final fortnight in the Playboy Mansion, could be looking at a day off every 3 weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Cosmic Joe said: f**k this mopefest. I'm off to stick on The Pogues. Full blast. Don’t let @Ric read that last sentence…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: If the monarch's job is literally to do and say nothing, then why not just have a republic? Be careful what you ask for. There'll be some alternative monarch-less universe in which the the Scottish parliament was officially opened by some Jade Goody and Des Clarke clown duo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Speaking of pubs, I was in a fairly busy pub in Dundee yesterday and they'd been told to not play any music. We shortly left for the pub across the street that was just about to start karaoke... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Be careful what you ask for. There'll be some alternative monarch-less universe in which the the Scottish parliament was officially opened by some Jade Goody and Des Clarke clown duo. They'd be cheaper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 6 hours ago, WeAreElgin said: An extra bank holiday. Fucking sound. Good lads all round, those royals. No they're not. I already had a local public holiday on 19th September and I now feel robbed of one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: They'd be cheaper. goodbye england's rose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Be careful what you ask for. There'll be some alternative monarch-less universe in which the the Scottish parliament was officially opened by some Jade Goody and Des Clarke clown duo. Exactly - just as in Ireland and Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Speaking of pubs, I was in a fairly busy pub in Dundee yesterday and they'd been told to not play any music. We shortly left for the pub across the street that was just about to start karaoke... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, oaksoft said: We've just had probably the single greatest scientific breakthrough in living memory with a team from the Francis Crick Institute finding the smoking gun in the role of pollution in causing cancer and also how cancer develops in the first place. They have up-ended decades of how we thought cancer operated. This has the potential of being a Nobel Prize winning discovery. A stunning example in the wake of the endless stream of covid frauds masquerading as scientists, of how valuable real, actual science can be. And the BBC have buried it amongst 31 (thirty-one) articles about this fucking dead pensioner. I am honestly close to a complete and utter heads gone right now. You are correct. Just read about this on BBC. It does indeed appear to be a major breakthrough and certainly not a good idea to be living in a heavily polluted area if it can be avoided. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, carpetmonster said: goodbye england's rose One of my favourite things remains Stephen Fry (in one of his sporadic bouts of earnest but hilarious lunacy) writing a newspaper column which called sweet Jade “a Princess Diana from the wrong side of the tracks”. Edited September 10, 2022 by Antlion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Speaking of pubs, I was in a fairly busy pub in Dundee yesterday and they'd been told to not play any music. We shortly left for the pub across the street that was just about to start karaoke... What pubs? The barmaid in the Phoenix was in full funeral garb this afternoon. Stopped just short of the black veil. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 The whole point of a constitutional monarchy is that you don’t DO or SAY anything.No it's not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: Although I find it strange when people get upset when famous people they've never met die, I can kind of understand it on a certain level. A famous athlete, actor or musician will have produced moments or pieces art that will stay with you forever. Significant policiticians will have a profound impact on your life. The Queen? Abstract nouns: constsistency, stability, duty. I think most people, even the most fervent royalists, would struggle to recall more than half a dozen things she's ever actually said or done. Mental. If it wasn't for her we wouldn't have money or stamps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Some teenagers have cum-socks. Oor Adam has a cum-flag. And remember, the monarchy’s “continuity” of ancient and modern only includes the sparkly, flag-waving, faux-medieval cosplaying stuff - it doesn’t apply to the centuries of corruption, genocide, and colonisation. Just forget about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Some teenagers have cum-socks. Oor Adam has a cum-flag. And remember, the monarchy’s “continuity” of ancient and modern only includes the sparkly, flag-waving, faux-medieval cosplaying stuff - it doesn’t apply to the centuries of corruption, genocide, and colonisation. Just forget about that.Extraordinary except for the other countries with monarchies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Antlion said: Some teenagers have cum-socks. Oor Adam has a cum-flag. And remember, the monarchy’s “continuity” of ancient and modern only includes the sparkly, flag-waving, faux-medieval cosplaying stuff - it doesn’t apply to the centuries of corruption, genocide, and colonisation. Just forget about that. "Continuity across the centuries"(apart from the 3 days she pretended not to exist following the death of Diana, we're all supposed to have forgotten about). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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