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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:13 AM Original message |
Queen Elizabeth To Be Feted On Rare Visit to the U.S. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Little Boots is skeered of horses |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. pissing and shitting down both legs |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I trust someone will show her the Virginia State motto... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Lilibet doesn't bear a grudge the way Pres. Bush does. She's okay. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The colonies were very good to her ancestors after all.. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The English are still the Top foreign landowners in the US. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I did not realize that, I assumed it was the Saudis or the Chinese. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. They came late to the game. And most folks don't think of the English as 'foreign' ... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, what was it that lost the colonies for the Brits? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The majority of colonists weren't that interested in independence. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. True, most of them were probably still concentrating on survival.. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's just disgusting! Oh wait, you said "feted", never mind. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. I wish she would get a real job. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Hey now, it's hard work being Queen... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Most of Liz's money is family money. She costs less than the Prez. costs us. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Although her role is mostly symbolic |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The British people for the most part very much respected her actions.. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep, and I think she's a very large part of the reason why the monarchy is still around |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. If they skip Charles and go to William as king, the monarchy will live on. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. 'Allowed'? You appear to be talking about a 'constitutional' revolution in the UK |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Exactly. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. There is talk that Charles is being asked to step aside. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. John Howard is more than welcome to kiss my English Arse.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It's very likely Australia will become a republic anyway |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I expect it will eventually. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yep, you said it right. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. If Charles is alive, Charles will be King. The Windsors will NOT break tradition. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. Didn't Dubya insult her the last time she was in town? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Wouldn't doubt it a bit... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. He brought his own chef and his security detail trashed the rose garden the Queen Mum had planted. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. OK, so what faux pas with Chimpie do this time? |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. OMG! The queen is coming! |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. wow, at her age? |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Feted? Does Chimpy have a new fetish? |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. Cool! She's a huge horse racing fan and has never attended the Derby. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. So Mrs. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is coming? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Nope |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I know. I know. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. In fact, it should be Mrs. Battenburg |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'd forgotten about that |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cool! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ah, the Fucking Canadian Head of State! Go home and Free Quebec! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. I wonder if Helen Mirren will be invited to the state dinner. |
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