The Queen

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by Otter, Sep 8, 2022.

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  1. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    If you're lucky, they'll share their egg and cress sandwiches that have been sitting at the bottom of their bag for the last 9 hours.
     
    Cassetti's Beard, Sep 16, 2022
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  2. K9 Hornet

    K9 Hornet Border Collie Dog

    Yes. I walked past the queue on my way to work yesterday and there were portaloos. Quite a few outside Tate Modern but that could have been an art installation I suppose
     
    K9 Hornet, Sep 16, 2022
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  3. sydney_horn

    sydney_horn Squad Player

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    sydney_horn, Sep 16, 2022
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  4. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Seems they've closed The Queue™ and so there's now a queue to join The Queue™.

    It all sounds awfully British but unless a baby is born in The Queue™ and/or there's a successful marriage proposal it really isn't hitting the heights.
     
    UEA_Hornet, Sep 16, 2022
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  5. Filbert

    Filbert Leicester supporting bloke

    Or a brawl triggered by someone getting proper naughty and sticking the nut on some slag.
     
    Filbert, Sep 16, 2022
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  6. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    I can't speak for copycat versions of the The Queue™ in the provinces.
     
    UEA_Hornet, Sep 16, 2022
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  7. sydney_horn

    sydney_horn Squad Player

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::oops::oops:
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    sydney_horn, Sep 16, 2022
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  8. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    It's the Queue E II, surely?

    (I can't claim credit for this).
     
    Keighley, Sep 16, 2022
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  9. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    It’s like Terry’s Toupe’s Toupe in Viz.
     
    Jumbolina, Sep 16, 2022
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  10. fuzzy73

    fuzzy73 Squad Player

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    fuzzy73, Sep 16, 2022
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  11. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    Bwood_Horn, Sep 16, 2022
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  12. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    Bwood_Horn, Sep 16, 2022
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  13. Chewitt

    Chewitt Forum Extraordinaire

    Chewitt, Sep 16, 2022
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  14. Robert Peel

    Robert Peel Squad Player

    Food bank trolley next to a framed picture of the queen and some flowers in my local Morrisons. Sums the current madness up.
     
    Robert Peel, Sep 16, 2022
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  15. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    It's what makes Britain great. We are still great, aren't we?
     
    Happy bunny, Sep 16, 2022
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  16. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Bit surprised the public were allowed into the Hall whilst the Royals were holding a vigil ..
     
    wfc4ever, Sep 16, 2022
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  17. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Reading FC?
     
    Keighley, Sep 16, 2022
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  18. cyaninternetdog

    cyaninternetdog Forum Hippie

    The same thing happened at Edinburgh. Weird customs are beautiful and they are everywhere.
     
    cyaninternetdog, Sep 16, 2022
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  19. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Becks queued 13 hours to see a wooden box.
     
    a19tgg, Sep 16, 2022
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  20. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    He really wants that Knighthood, doesn’t he!
     
    HappyHornet24, Sep 17, 2022
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  21. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Might have to to wait till William becomes king as he is more of a football fan but give it 10-15 years.
     
    wfc4ever, Sep 17, 2022
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  22. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    William is a West Ham Villa fan though, so may have to wait longer.
     
    Moose, Sep 17, 2022
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  23. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Moose, Sep 17, 2022
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  24. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

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    Bwood_Horn, Sep 17, 2022
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  25. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

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    UEA_Hornet, Sep 17, 2022
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  26. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Seeing the homeless on the streets in dirty and tattered sleeping bags in and around Westminster the other day while the masses go past them without a thought sums it up.

    Getting bored of it all. The Queen had such a special smile. Really ? What was unique about it ? I enjoy it when anyone smiles especially my wife. And as if somehow there is a special quality to the mourning of the Royal Family. On a human level of course one does feel for the family and her children and those that were close to her. But grief at the death of a loved one is universal. It's not any different for the rest of us so called (something that grinds my gears) 'ordinary' folk.

    And one other thing. After seeing the vandalism of West Herts College art projects in the library subway by mindless yobs I was in London and saw a set of street murals that had been defaced and sprayed over with graffiti. Yobs without a modicum or artistic ability destroying some rather interesting and aesthetically pleasing work that took time to create. Ruined in a matter of seconds. People like this should be caught and made to spend years cleaning graffiti away. A veritable eyesore.
     
    Smudger, Sep 18, 2022
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  27. EnjoytheGame

    EnjoytheGame Reservist

    It's almost entirely performative.

    My Dad died in June and the proximity of that to the Queen's passing just highlights what a deeply weird week or so this has been. In normal society, when someone close to us dies we go about the business of organising a funeral and comforting our loved ones and while many employers are sympathetic and may offer bereavement leave in the main life goes on. The phone still rings, the post still arrives, the bills are still due. There is space and understanding *up to a point* at what for most of us is a very upsetting time but that's it. We are quietly expected to get back to *normal* relatively quickly and mostly that is fine.

    And then there's this. The choreography of grieving, the wall-to-wall media coverage that suggests this is the only story in town when it patently is not, the insistence that everyone feels the same way (or that they should) – corporations treading on eggshells, and the complete ignorance of the issues surrounding why certain people may not view the British Crown in anything other than glowing terms.
     
    EnjoytheGame, Sep 18, 2022
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  28. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Sorry for your loss.

    You can understand the BBC (on one channel ) having to show endless coverage of all the events but not all the commercial ones.

    ITV have got a wipeout on all their channels for tomorrow from 6am to midnight !!

    Even the BBC have got alternatives on later in the evening.

    Probably afraid they will upset someone by not showing any coverage I guess .
     
    wfc4ever, Sep 18, 2022
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  29. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    Given that Her Majesty is proving such a popular tourist attraction why not keep her there permanently? I think the London Eye was originally only supposed to be temporary but stayed due to the demand from the public
     
    Lloyd, Sep 18, 2022
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  30. Since63

    Since63 Squad Player

    I thought that was Gammeron?
     
    Since63, Sep 18, 2022
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  31. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Both of them. Some PR person must have decided that supporting Villa hit all the key demographics, though famously Cameron couldn’t remember who he supported.
     
    Moose, Sep 18, 2022
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  32. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    I do wonder how many Tourists have just joined the queue because it’s something to do.
     
    Moose, Sep 18, 2022
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  33. Hornpete

    Hornpete Squad Player

    I like Wipeout, Richard Hammond is a bit irritating but at least something else will be on.
     
    Hornpete, Sep 18, 2022
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  34. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Keighley, Sep 18, 2022
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  35. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Moose, Sep 18, 2022
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