Jubilee Weekend

[woodrot]

Lindsey Wrote:

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> God Save The Queen, I think she's great

[the-e-dealer]

I'm a republican but will be celebrating the fact that we have a street party. God save the people.

[ianr]

I'd been wondering when the jubilee weekend was, so thanks for letting me know.

I've only just heard, on News Quiz, that Tuesday's going to be a bank holiday as well. I had to check on a government website taht it's true.

While I'm here, any news of Mafeking?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

You will be relieved to hear it's over. Dib, dib, dib.

Happy Jubile, Ma'am.

Your loyal servant,

PGC.

*curtseys*

[Guest]

Panic-buying going on in Sainsbury's this morning by the look of it. Am now the proud owner of two jars of 'Ma'amite'. That's about 20 years' supply I should think.

[Santerme]

woodrot Wrote:

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> I am so excited.

>

> Its not often you get to celebrate 60 years of a

> monarch. Usually dynasties like this are executed

> or burned at the stake for their rapacious and

> murderous legacy. Im sure the tens of millions of

> people across the world who live in abject poverty

> due to the colonial exploits of our rulers will

> also be giving thanks as well.

>

> May the offspring of middle european rape and

> pillage barons and thugs continue to rule over us

> and produce bountiful idiot offspring to keep the

> family line intact and in power.

>

> Good luck and enoy your Jubilee East Dulwich.Just

> remmeber that your Union Flag is dripping in the

> blood and tears of hundreds of millions of

> victims.

I think hundreds of millions is a bit strong.

[DulwichFox]

Just think about the Millions of Coronation Souvenirs being made by Small Children

in appauling conditions in sweat shops in China and the like.

The thousands of miles of Bunting .... The Millions of Flags...

All the Tat that people think will be worth a fortune in the future.

The true price may well be a Child's life...

Fox.

[uncleglen]

I wonder about the role that the prescribing of anti-anxiety drugs plays in the over-consumption of -everything?

[Santerme]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Just think about the Millions of Coronation

> Souvenirs being made by Small Children

> in appauling conditions in sweat shops in China

> and the like.

>

> The thousands of miles of Bunting .... The

> Millions of Flags...

>

> All the Tat that people think will be worth a

> fortune in the future.

>

> The true price may well be a Child's life...

>

>

> Fox.

Yeah, I'll be sure to bear it in mind.....good grief!

[RosieH]

Is it my imagination, or are people on here becoming more and more unhinged..?

[maxxi]

I have my feet up and am watching a lot of miserable, sodden wretches standing gazing at a river full of equally miserable, equally drenched bods on boats and listening to the BBC's finest tell me how truly, wonderfully, spectacular it all is...

I am thinking of applyng damp towelettes to the back of my neck to get in the swing of things...

[Loz]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Is it my imagination, or are people on here

> becoming more and more unhinged..?

You want to pop over the the Guradian site and see some of the mouth-frothing comments on there. The 'republicanism is not dead' article is a particularly wonderful collection of thoughts from rationally challenged..

[woodrot]

Idiot central captured for posterity. I though these fumbling shitcakes were dying out, but not it appears

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/39369/article_977ef1a81b524387_1338715889_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg

[Salsaboy]

I wondered where my mum had got to.

[Loz]

Well at least you wrapped her in cling film to keep her fresh.

[civilservant]

Small daughter and I went up to the South Bank, clutching flag designed as part of school Jubilee-related activity.

Looking back, I really can't think what possessed us, except the feeling that daughter shouldn't suffer for parent's scepticism re "historic" event. Staying home with damp towelettes a la maxxi while waving the flag might have been a lot more sensible...

The river bank was jam-packed with people clutching bottles of plonk and Sun-sponsored flags. Security staff everywhere turning people away from vantage points unless they had tickets, invites or the right corporate-sponsored wristband. Politely asked a number of people 'Can my child - not me - get around you to catch a glimpse of the flotilla. She isn't tall enough to block your view.'. Universal answer "No, we've been here for two hours and we are not going to move".

Afterwards, the Festival Hall looked like a refugee camp. The loo queue snaked all the way around the ticket lobby, harrassed bar staff rushing around trying to cope and sodden people sitting exhausted on the floor, anywhere they could find a spot. The river walk itself full of enormous puddles and strewn with trash, the train stations a nightmare of overcrowding and no buses until you got to the Elephant.

Lovely!

[MrBen]

I thought long and hard (I lie..5 mins) to decide where in the UK to celebrate Jubilee weekend. Scotland. Spent today in sunshine on River North Esk fly fishing - not a soul for miles, fresh salmon in the river and kingfishers, woodpeckers and an otter. Blue skies and hit 18c here tonight. Just got back to find some rainy barge thing on telly, Gary Barlow and hysterical women draped in damp union jacks. It looked like my worst nightmare.

[the-e-dealer]

Went to Westfield STratford with 10 year old for first time It was great No rain Helpful polite staff and very busy.

They didnt trick me into wasting my day getting soaked with the plebs.

[Jah Lush]

The Royal Family is the only institution left in Europe where the Greeks and the Germans still get on.

[woodrot]

Loz Wrote:

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> RosieH Wrote:

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> -----

> > Is it my imagination, or are people on here

> > becoming more and more unhinged..?

>

> You want to pop over the the Guradian site and see

> some of the mouth-frothing comments on there. The

> 'republicanism is not dead' article is a

> particularly wonderful collection of thoughts from

> rationally challenged..

TBF, if you want sense, then cat owning Guardian readers are probabaly not going to reap a bountiful harvest. Guardian readers are paper tigers.

[????]

MrBen Wrote:

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> I thought long and hard (I lie..5 mins) to decide

> where in the UK to celebrate Jubilee weekend.

> Scotland. Spent today in sunshine on River North

> Esk fly fishing - not a soul for miles, fresh

> salmon in the river and kingfishers, woodpeckers

> and an otter. Blue skies and hit 18c here tonight.

> Just got back to find some rainy barge thing on

> telly, Gary Barlow and hysterical women draped in

> damp union jacks. It looked like my worst

> nightmare.

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . .' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming, 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'

[Santerme]

woodrot Wrote:

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> Idiot central captured for posterity. I though

> these fumbling shitcakes were dying out, but not

> it appears

>

> http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/39369/articl

> e_977ef1a81b524387_1338715889_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg

Ah, another of the minority whose only flair is in their nostrils

Ridiculous is the best description of you

[Salsaboy]

I haven't seen so much fuss about a queen on water since Michael Barrymores pool party.

[woodrot]

more idiots

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60680000/jpg/_60680351_unionjackbowlerhat.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02238/BRITAIN-QUEEN_2238082k.jpg

[Marmora Man]

Woodrot - I was on the riverside yesterday, everyone around me was having fun. It was damp but there were many smiles, much laughter, a great atmosphere and a lot of excited and animated conversations between people that had never before met from all walks of life and many different nationalities. The only downcast and saddo's to be seen were the 100 or so anti monarchy demonstrators outside City Hall - most of whom did have the decency to look a little sheepish and embarrassed.

Your reading of popular opinion, the monarchy, its history and the history of the British Empire (as was) is far too binary, those of us capable of a more nuanced look at the world can see both the enormous benefits that came out of the Britsh Empire as well as the many negatives - tho' many of those negatives are only so in the light of today's mores and not, of themselves, absolutely wrong or evil.

One telling, example is the Slave Trade. Yes, the British did take part in the slave trade - refining an existing trade that had been in existence for over a 1,000 years and, until then, dominated by native African tribal chiefs and Middle Eastern traders. However, it was also the British, and their primary instrument of policy, the Royal Navy that led the way in abolishing the trade. Britain was not coerced into giving up the slave trade - the impetus cam from within the establishment - it was not easy and there was much opposition but the right way ultimately prevailed