Newsbot Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Preparations are under way for the arrival of the Princess Royal, who is visiting on Tynwald Day. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7486602.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I wonder if she uses fluoride on those teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 A ladder and brush would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 From the same BBC news: "She will also attend the official Beat Retreat, a historic military ceremony at Government House on 6 July." Historic? How far back does this go, and what is it? Never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Something to do with Ginsberg and Karouac, foetal figures and withdrawal from modern day living, all on the lawns of Gov House on a Sunday, I'll be bound!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I wonder if she'll be going for a burn along the mountain road - no speed limits there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I wonder if she'll be going for a burn along the mountain road - no speed limits there! But how fast can a horse gallop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 From the same BBC news: "She will also attend the official Beat Retreat, a historic military ceremony at Government House on 6 July." Historic? How far back does this go, and what is it? Never heard of it. Does this follow the ancient ceremony of Beat the Bishop at Peel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 But how fast can a horse gallop? Didn't Princess Anne win the Horse Of The Year show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I wonder if she'll be going for a burn along the mountain road - no speed limits there! But how fast can a horse gallop? I reacon she can run about 7mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Didn't Princess Anne win the Horse Of The Year show? No - she was just beaten into second place by her horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee54 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 A ladder and brush would be better. So thats why they are painting the wedding cake, is she going to finish it off, looks stupid as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPs Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 And the so called "good" and stately members of Tynwald will shake hands with Anne Windsor (Mountbatten) and feel great, which will give them some much needed respite from their legislative duties which are well paid and totally remote from the pensioners and low income groups sufferring on the IOM. And the lady herself will receive their handshakes and slurping, to then get on the plane and forget the whole thing. In 2008 could someone tell me why we put up with all this medieval pompostic bullshite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 And the so called "good" and stately members of Tynwald will shake hands with Anne Windsor (Mountbatten) and feel great, which will give them some much needed respite from their legislative duties which are well paid and totally remote from the pensioners and low income groups sufferring on the IOM. And the lady herself will receive their handshakes and slurping, to then get on the plane and forget the whole thing. In 2008 could someone tell me why we put up with all this medieval pompostic bullshite? Agree with your sentiment but if strict rules were followed Anne would apparently be a member of the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. I guess the poor woman can't help the people she is surrounded by. As for your last sentence I reckon that (per the thread on Jersey Independence) we should declare independence, cease to be a Crown Dependency and leave the Commonwealth. Whilst we are at it maybe follow Ireland's example and ban Titles and Honours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 She doesn't wish to disrupt anybody's life, so she'll get a cab from the airport, a quick half in the Tynwald and, after the ceremony when she'll walk the walk of shame holding Bill (brown ********]) Malarkey's hand back to the taxi for a speedy exit.As bloody if. http://www.manxradio.com/readNEwsItem.aspx?id=22574 Presumably it is not a disruption to everyday life for Constable Plod to be looking under bushes and lifting manhole covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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