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Hmmm I seem to be back in the pub, let myself down. What a bum
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The pub that saps your body And the church who'll snatch your money.
The queen is dead boys and it's so lonely on a limb.
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I don't think the church has ever had a penny off me, tbh.
And she still isn't dead. Although she has gone a bit quiet. I suspect she may be on the way out. :-(
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Bring on the Republican's secret weapon
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They have a church tax here, although i think you can opt out now.
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I put 40 cents in the collection thing last Sunday.
Two seperate donations of 20 cent.
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I went to a christmas concert at a church here during christmas 2013. At the end they
had people at every exit with collection boxes and the locals were all chucking in 50 and 100 kronor notes (roughly 5/10 euros), so i felt pressured to do the same so as not to look like a tight english c**t :-(
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I can't pretend I view that prospect with any relish, j.
I know you think me an unthinking Royalist toady, but that man really grits my ****. Ideally, he'd drop off the perch early and then hand over to the splendidly dull and worthy Wills tout de suite.
In my opinion they should have taken the opportunity to cut him out of the succession when he married Camilla.
They looked a gift horse in the mouth and no mistake there, imo.
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Impressive stuff, sw. That'll keep 'em in incense and weird sweet red wine.
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The pub takes my money. And the church is like Africa, never had two bob off me
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He's going to look a right c**t if he takes up the throne. Chances are he'll be well into
his 70's when it happens.
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Shamed B.
Last time I went it never occured to me that I would need hard cash so when the time came I had to shuffle the wicket basket to the next person while clearly not contributing.
I was seen as tightarse Daddy.
This time I raided the **** jar in advance and took 4 x 10 cent coins, to give the effect of generosity.
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I do like the 'can it just skip a generation' monarchists, talk about miss the point
He's such a c**t we're going to see they royalty take a fair old kicking by osmosis.
Maybe Princey Phil can bump him off like he did his wife :conspirass:
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Come now j, we're all grown ups here, there's no need for euphemisms.
A republican is one who would seek to depose our anointed monarch, no? Which would make them guilty of High Treason. The word for such a person is traitor.
Hopefully you will be publicly garrotted. With a thin wire. Slowly.
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Charles Targaryan
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How do you feel about the monarchy?
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Anointed by whom?
Call me a traitor all you want, I'll take that over a servile, forelock tugging deferential eunuch any day.
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Should have just pulled your cap down over your eyes and made good your exit.
I was in the second row of the church and the collection had more or less begun with me.
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Oh, name calling now, is it?
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irrelevant I've adopted an ostrich view on things I have no control over
And I'm much more content over it
Theiving German c**ts Gawd bless her!
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Yes, servile, forelock tugging deferential eunuch.
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Same here. Friend of mine ticked the wrong box and had to prove she
actually wasn't a Catholic - ended up being excommunicated by the Pope
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I bet our RoI from the Royal Family is higher than it is from Visit Britain
when it comes to boosting the UK's image, attracting tourists here
I think Visit Britain get about 50m to spend, compared to the paltry 35m HRH has to get by on
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This doesn't factor in the cost of security though, does it?
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I am also not convinced that the tourism depends on an active, sitting monarch
All foreign tourists i see and hear are enthused by the buildings and the history. Those would remain.
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People abroad always seem to take an active interest in our Royal Family
Here in Norway for example, they screened the wedding live all day, the baby was front page news, same as in Sweden.
It's much more of a pull for tourist to visit where the queen lives, rather than an old castle that hasn't been used for 100 years
Same reason that people visit DC - they want to see where the prez lives
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If anything the heads-on-spikes would probably see an upturn
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You chaps are mad for stringing people up, aren't you?
I pray for the day you traitors gain a spine between you and turn your big words to action.
Given that the armed forces swear the oath of allegiance to the crown, it would be fun seeing you put in your place. Actually, bits of you put in lots of different places, really.
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It might've been tongue in cheek, C
That said, the Romanian army swore allegiance to Ceausescu but they opened the gates and bosh, the army lads filled their boots.
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Which is presumably why buckingham palace doesnt even feature in the top ten tourist attractions in
London.
The top attractions are museums and the tower of london. Suggests a certain historical pull doesnt it?
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See, dead royals *are* a draw
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Does that include visitors who go to look at it from the outside?
Because nobody would be sad enough to want to go in. Same with Windsor Castle
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If anything a recently removed monarchy would create a spike in revenue
If you pardon the pun :-)
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The Romanian army and general population probably had a reason for wishing harm on Ceaucescu.
What with him being an evil dictator, and all.
Did you visit Romania during the period in question, j? I did, and I really didn't see much of a comparison between the rule of a brutal tyrant and the liberal benevolant parliamentary democracy with a mildly frosty old lady as its nominal figurehead.
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No idea. I think the point is that everyone, everywhere would like to go to london
Just as hardly anyone would refuse a trip to new york.
To suggest that the royal family is somehow drawing in millions of visitors who would go elsewhere in disgust if she didnt exist is utter nonsense.
That isnt why we should keep them. We should keep them because they are pointless and powerless and that is the job specification for a head of state unless they are also head of government.
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f**k me, this post holiday blues is a deep one, isn't it?
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I dunno, I think we could get Frank Bruno to do it for a fraction of the price
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Actually I'm struggling with booking the next one j and it's making me peevish.
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yeah, I'm gonnq go ahead and disagree with you on that. every nation has a spiritual leader. ireland
has the leprechaun, you have the king or queen of england.
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Re: yeah, I'm gonnq go ahead and disagree with you on that. every nation has a spiritual leader. ireland
