Americans love Queen ELizabeth

[Belushi]

Well they didnt hang Will Carling, Hewitt or any of the other chaps who screwed Diana whilst she was married to the 'Prince of Wales' (technically a hangable offence) so I reckon were safe

 

[rekil]

Cool! Do I get to pick where I can go I've always fancied going to Israel or Australia or The Nederlands or New Zealand or Canada or.....

Wouldn't fancy the Falklands much.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Wouldn't fancy the Falklands much.

Maybe not I'm not a sheep shagger.

 

[slaar]

"Transported beyond the seas" sounds like the Grey Havens in Lord of the Rings. I could deal with that.

 

[Belushi]

Transportation was the most effective penal policy this country ever had, bacame a victim of its own success in the end.

I still think we should employ the Falkland Islands in this capacity, West Falkland could become 'Nonce Island' where the perverts can spend the rest fo their days fiddling with each other and East Falkland can become 'Wespect Island' where the gun toting kids can spend their time disrespecting and shooting each other.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Transportation was the most effective penal policy this country ever had, bacame a victim of its own success in the end.

I still think we should employ the Falkland Islands in this capacity, West Falkland could become 'Nonce Island' where the perverts can spend the rest fo their days ficcling with each other and East Falkland can become 'Wespect Island' where the gun toting kids can spend their time disrespecting and shooting each other.

Nice one.

Better than an asbo.

 

[phildwyer]

I'm opposed to the monarchy on principle, but if you've got have a Queesn, Elizabeth II is pretty darn good at it.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I feel a bit sorry for the royals. They're nothing but political prisoners of their own country. Parading around, waving, smiling at idiots like GWB, wouldn't be much of life. They'd all be better off if they had to work for a living.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

....
We could always be really radical and pick our head of state randomly off of the voters registration database. Just imagine it....

....we could have a head of state who swears at people, insults them, shags around, goes off on the sauce and wanders round with firearms

A bit like this dude.

<cough>Dick Cheney</cough>

 

[fogbat]

I'm opposed to the monarchy on principle, but if you've got have a Queesn, Elizabeth II is pretty darn good at it.

In much the same way, I'm fucking excellent at breathing.

 

[Andy the Don]

I feel a bit sorry for the royals. They're nothing but political prisoners of their own country. Parading around, waving, smiling at idiots like GWB, wouldn't be much of life. They'd all be better off if they had to work for a living.

Got to agree you have to be nice to some very unpleasant people all at the behest of the politicians, for whom you cannot vote for. Although the perks and lackeys on call 24/7 most likely make up for the lose of your vote.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

We always like it when the Queen visits Canada. Canadians feel affection for the Queen, in general.

For us, it's like a slightly dotty but beloved great aunt who comes over from time to time. It might get tiresome if she was around every day, but her visits are infrequent, and absence makes the heart grow fonder.

 

[mears]

Last night I was flipping through the teley and I saw the beginning of the Queens speech in front of the Virgina state legislature, in the capitol of Richmind Virginia.

It was like an american presidents state of the union address, but no US politician right now would get such an ovation llike the queen received in Richmond, not Bush, Obama or Clinton. They were going crazy.

I went to bad at that point but it was pretty funny.

 

[nino_savatte]

Wow, you people get so riled up over the your royal family, its quite funny.

But do you believe your opinions are it the majority in the UK? I thought opinions polls found Quenn Elizabeth highly popular in the UK, along with some of the others.

And by the way, I don't like or dislike any of them, just pointing out how popular they are here in the states.

Do you believe that your opinions are in the majority in the US? Because I know plenty of people in the States and none of them are as ignorant as you.

Did you have a real reason for starting this thread? Because, from where I'm standing, you have no point and no clue.

 

[likesfish]

like the idea of the falklands as a penal colony would piss the argies off even more
I see it being law next year though

 

[el-ahrairah]

i think, if i an take this seriously for a minute, that under blair we're more monarchist... this is because we don't trust blair to replace it with somethinggood for the people - see the HOL reform.

 

[wrysmile]

1. If a foreign dignitary visits this country, or any other, the country lays it on - state dinners, speaking to parliament, special performances of traditional stuff are all completely common to visits by dignitaries. This is no different.
2. Americans are broadlya bit politer, more excitable and enthusiastic than Brits about these things (state visits etc).... The British are not an excitable people, as a rule.
3. Americans are independent now, the Queen has no impact on them, are you suggesting they should still be bitter about the English and boycott the Queen on principle? Move on....
4. The Australian republican vote didn't fall down as a result of us being dubious about replacing the Queen with a politician, the republican vote was split over the mechanism for appointments, the model suggested for the republic and so the vote failed. But that's another long story....

 

[zion]

If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, ... to be transported beyond the seas for the term of his or her natural life

Hold on. If a person outside the United Kingdom suggests that the Queen should be deposed, he's still liable for transportation "beyond the seas"? How is that done? Do they use seas on other planets?

"Sorry mate, you proposed a republic. Now you will be transported beyond the methane seas of Titan! Bwah hah hah hah!"

Seriously, I do find it a little weird that people in what is supposed to be a revolutionary republic genuflect so enthusiastically to our royal family. When I ask them about the contradiction they tend to look really uncomfortable.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Seriously, I do find it a little weird that people in what is supposed to be a revolutionary republic genuflect so enthusiastically to our royal family. When I ask them about the contradiction they tend to look really uncomfortable.

I think you're making too much of it. This is nothing more than a continuation of the cult of celebrity. The nice thing about this celebrity is that we can throw her back when we're done.

 

[dash_two]

Bit like when a zoo borrows a panda from China for a couple of months. (Tho that is usually for breeding purposes.)

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Bit like when a zoo borrows a panda from China for a couple of months. (Tho that is usually for breeding purposes.)

Hardly likely. Especially if you saw the look in her eyes when GWB said that the last time she was here was in 1776.... George hasn't got a chance with her now.

 

[dash_two]

Indeed not! But I was thinking more along the lines of

+

Someone's got to make a man out of him.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Might be too much for 'im. Kurt Cobain didn't survive it.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Well, then,

has the hots for

Bagshot Park, meet trailer park.

 

[London_Calling]

Except Britney now looks more like Mrs Cobain.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Except Britney now looks more like Mrs Cobain.

Yes, both Britney and the Widow Cobain are looking a rough around the edges