Definitely not a Betty Windsor thread (4 Viewers)

[ann post]

They really don't like democracy, do they

 

[ann post]

Also

Gotta be one of the biggest SEO wars in a while.

The plucky govt funded beeb and a few english and irish mouthpieces rolling out all sorts of ahistorical hagiography vs bloggers and indies and etc etc trying to keep it remotely grounded in reality.

 

[Deadmanposting]

They really don't like democracy, do they

It is fucking MAD that you get a new head of state imposed on you, and you're happy about it

But they happily call themselves 'subjects', so who knows how it works in their head?


We are actually too close to them to fully understand them
If this was Kharkistan or Japonesia or whatever, you'd get a better bead on it.

We're too used to seeing them doing this stupid shit

 

[pete]

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[therealjohnny]

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

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the tommies have gone pure kerazzzzy loco

 

[Unicron]

But they happily call themselves 'subjects', so who knows how it works in their head?

AFAIK the subject thing was done away with for the most part in the 80s.

I was over there last week, I found out when I was in an Indian restaurant waiting to pick up a takeaway.

Went to Oxford on Friday and despite years of thinking "they'll lose their shit when she dies" I was taken by how normal it seemed. A city going about it's day.

Asmolean museum is really good BTW, I'd go back to Oxford to spend a whole day there.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

AFAIK the subject thing was done away with for the most part in the 80s.

I was over there last week, I found out when I was in an Indian restaurant waiting to pick up a takeaway.

Went to Oxford on Friday and despite years of thinking "they'll lose their shit when she dies" I was taken by how normal it seemed. A city going about it's day.

Asmolean museum is really good BTW, I'd go back to Oxford to spend a whole day there.

I used to go to Oxford for 1-2 weeks at a time a few times a year for work and I loved it. The high academic vibe was somewhere between impressive and hilarious but generally found the university staff and students to be pretty grounded. Obviously, it’s no TCD but they do what they can with what they have.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

AFAIK the subject thing was done away with for the most part in the 80s.

I was over there last week, I found out when I was in an Indian restaurant waiting to pick up a takeaway.

Went to Oxford on Friday and despite years of thinking "they'll lose their shit when she dies" I was taken by how normal it seemed. A city going about it's day.

Asmolean museum is really good BTW, I'd go back to Oxford to spend a whole day there.

The only ones losing their shit are the bbc and the tory media. Everyone else is a bit like, well yeah she was 96.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

 

[David Kronenbourg]

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[magicbastarder]

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there's a video of the interaction a couple of tweets under that.

 

[pete]

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[ann post]

I wonder is the mourning a bit long and will even the people with queen crockery tea sets get a wee bit tired of it all. 17 days is more of a global statment than anything you'd actually want to do

 

[rettucs]

I wonder is the mourning a bit long and will even the people with queen crockery tea sets get a wee bit tired of it all. 17 days is more of a global statment than anything you'd actually want to do

nah I think the 17 days is cos one of the monarchs came back to life after that long before and they're hoping lizzy does too

 

[magicbastarder]

i once read that the long gap between death and funeral is traditional to allow heads of state from other nations time to make their way to attend (and see the body)

 

[Anthony]

That's the way they do it in Britland.

 

[taubstumm]

i once read that the long gap between death and funeral is traditional to allow heads of state from other nations time to make their way to attend (and see the body)

I sure hope that coffin is refrigerated

 

[rettucs]

yeah, so the American company I work for sent out their 'aw the poor queen' email and said that 'affected' countries were being given a day off on monday. They included Ireland in the list of countries and, despite it being a free day off, we were livid. So I decided to e-mail HR with a few home truths, but didn't I only go and e-mail the whole fucking company.

I'm glad I did. I received several private messages from people thanking and congratulating me for standing up as I did.

Its fucking hilarious

 

[therealjohnny]

An English Facebook friend boasting about he's been enjoying unfriending people who said mean things about his Queen. I saved him the bother and unfriended him. What a stupid time to be alive.