Re: Jubillee : Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:25 pm  

She's got two birthdays - that would make the bank holiday situation a bit awkward.

Anyway, one of them is always on a saturday isn't it ?

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:04 am  

Are people allowed to suggest that Her Maj was actually 'born' - what with the connotations of blood and private parts and her mam swearing like a trooper during labour? Surely she cannot have been conceived by intercourse? She must have been immaculately conceived and delivered by a stork - or is the stork not a noble enough bird? Golden eagle perhaps.

One of the funniest things I heard recently BTW was a comment that the Queen mum was a noted society 'beauty'. I have to say I've seen a lot of photos of the old bat in her younger days, and 'beauty' isn't a word that ever springs to mind.

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:54 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

Are people allowed to suggest that Her Maj was actually 'born' - what with the connotations of blood and private parts and her mam swearing like a trooper during labour? Surely she cannot have been conceived by intercourse? She must have been immaculately conceived and delivered by a stork - or is the stork not a noble enough bird? Golden eagle perhaps.

One of the funniest things I heard recently BTW was a comment that the Queen mum was a noted society 'beauty'. I have to say I've seen a lot of photos of the old bat in her younger days, and 'beauty' isn't a word that ever springs to mind.

One can be beautiful in an equine sort of way.

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:17 am  

Without wishing to stray too far off topic: those who hark back to the mythical "golden Age" of English football need a reality check. Apart from the 1966 World Cup Final win, the England footbal team have been shit for decades. It's got buggerall to do with the amount of money in the game, when the game was skint we were shit, now with the game being incredibly awash with money, we're still shit.

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:29 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Without wishing to stray too far off topic: those who hark back to the mythical "golden Age" of English football need a reality check. Apart from the 1966 World Cup Final win, the England footbal team have been shit for decades. It's got buggerall to do with the amount of money in the game, when the game was skint we were shit, now with the game being incredibly awash with money, we're still shit.

I blame the Queen.

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:33 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

I blame the Queen.

I blame meself for somehow posting on a completely different thread

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:50 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

I blame meself for somehow posting on a completely different thread

well there is an obvious link what with Her Majesty presenting the Jules Rimet Trophy to Bobby Moore in 1966...

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:15 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

well there is an obvious link what with Her Majesty presenting the Jules Rimet Trophy to Bobby Moore in 1966...

I wonder if she'd have gone to the final had it been West Germany vs Portugal ?

Re: Jubillee : Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:36 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

I wonder if she'd have gone to the final had it been West Germany vs Portugal ?

why not ? she has german descendants and she does like a tipple of Port occasionally

Re: Jubillee : Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:49 am  

sanjunien wrote:

why not ? she has german descendants ...

A few years ago, I explained to my parents that, given one of the surnames in the family (Ingham*), we probably have a bit of German in the background too.

They were not amused.

I found it hilarious.






* Meaning 'Ing's ham', apparently. A 'ham' is a homes, in essence. And 'Ing' was one of the German names for Freya, the god of fertility. So the heritage is probably Saxon.