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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Brave New World on July 02, 2012, 01:47 pm
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This old hag has been plastered all over our TV for the last year with the Prince's wedding and then her 80th birthday.
It is very ironic for Americans to idolize the Royal Family for obvious reasons. Sometimes I find it hysterical, other times I go nuts.
But yeah, if you Brits didn't know, the media out here loves William and Kate. Kate is on the female networks every 5 fucking minutes.
She ain't no Princess Diana, that's for damn sure. But you wouldn't know if your wife made you turn on Channel E.
Then two weeks ago you Brits are celebrating the Queen's 80th birthday. My friends and I were all watching in utter amazement. It was like North Korea when Kim Jung Il died.
All those dumb ass boats going down the Thames. You guys are as crazy as Americans.
The best part was the concert for the Queen. Like her ass wants to listen to Will.I.Am at 10:3O at night.
So I just wanted to know from the Brits whats your opinion of the Royal Family and all those over-the-top celebrations?
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hahahahah, i set that concert to record for the hell of it and was thinking the same thing. though i only watched bits of it, fastforwarded through most of it. it's so funny to watch the royal family sitting in that special box, like, what are they doing? what are they chatting about? if it was me i'd be like lol look at me i'm in a box haw haw HAW i'm elite
but i digress, i am australian.
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Kate is fit as fuck, that's all I need to know.
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Kappacino, seconded bro!! 8)
Even if she is doing it for the publicity status, my shame would go right out the window if it were me. I wouldnt kick her out of bed!
Seriously, i had to laugh at this thread. Most americans dont realize the queens relationship with the forces, or their combined histories. After all, its called The Royal Army duh.
Americans only react to our treatment of the queen because they have nothing like that. I mean, no one says anything about the unbeliveably massive security that turns up on the presidents inauguration day. Fuck me, now that shit makes me cringe.
At least here there is a lot of history behind our armed forces. Also do not forget, the queen enlisted in the army to do her part, when she was young, because she has great respect for them.
Thats why the army go all out for her, its mutual respect. How many presidents can be respected in exactly the same way?, by that i mean world wide, not just america.
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Kate is fit as fuck, that's all I need to know.
Her sister is not bad either ;)
They were actually celebrating the Queen's 60th anniversary on the throne, not her 80th birthday ;)
Her husband, Prince Philip, is hilarious!
Check out some of his quotes from over the years; if anyone else said some of them, there'd be riots!
http://listverse.com/2007/09/11/top-15-quotes-of-prince-philip/
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Prince Phillip on key problems facing Brazil
“Brazilians live there”
LIKE A FUCKING BOSSMAN
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God bless you ma'am.... but come the revolution i kill her FIRST and her reptilian spawn too!... although im keeping pippa
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I'd probably fuck the queen, just so I could always be that guy
It'd be fucking disgusting... dealing with the colostomy bag etc.. But you'd always be that guy.
You could make a cool mill on the book deal alone. "Prostate Cancer, and Me. How I fucked the Queen and gave her my Crown Jewels"
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Leave Liz and the family Windsor alone, they are a slice of fried gold.
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I like them. :)
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The royal family are a bunch of dirty inbreads. Huge waste of cash they should all get normal jobs their not special.
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The royal family get hardly anything from normal tax paying people and they do tons of work for charities all over the world.
They have wealth because it is simply their heritage, hardly the fault of any one individual.
People should really do research on the royals before posting crap like that.
Like i said, the americans havnt got a clue about history.
And also what Limitless said, seconded.
As for Kates sister, she hasnt got anything on her!!
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The royal family get hardly anything from normal tax paying people and they do tons of work for charities all over the world.
They have wealth because it is simply their heritage, hardly the fault of any one individual.
People should really do research on the royals before posting crap like that.
Like i said, the americans havnt got a clue about history.
And also what Limitless said, seconded.
As for Kates sister, she hasnt got anything on her!!
This.
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Limitless, the people who make posts like this are probably the kind who think we brits would not have won the war if it were not for the good ole us of a.
And, before anyone responds to that, america only got involved because of pearl harbor and they actually charged us for them helping. We only stopped paying off the monies owed in the last decade. Can you believe that shit?
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Adasel: Truth, and most Americans think were the shit, too bad were not, but at least you aren't in Japans shoes, they're stripped of an offensive military and are basically under US control, not to mention we even forced them to change their flag.
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Yeah tbh I agree with you Ad.
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Thanks guys.
Well tbh, i think even after all this time the japs and the krouts still have to be kept an eye on.
Not sure if americans know this (hehe) but germany has no official army, not allowed. Thats why when you hear an ex british army talk about his experiences he more or not mentions being stationed in germany.
Having said that, i didnt know about the japanese flag thing.
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Not sure if americans know this (hehe) but germany has no official army, not allowed.
Well I sure didn't but that's interesting, and can't say too surprising, thanks for the info :).
To be exact, it wasn't our fault they changed it, but we had a major influence, good read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Japan
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I was just going to say mate, have you seen an old movie called The Odessa File.
Basically it stars a very young John Voigt (sp?) and he is recruited by the cia to infiltrate a group of ex krout Nazis who are planning to bring germany to power again, starting by sending missles into israel.
If you havnt seen it its well worth watching and very believable, it could happen anywhere!!!
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Hmm no I haven't but that sounds like it could be good, is it by chance on IMDB? I'm at work so I can torrent just about anything so I guess I'll start downloading xD
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The Royal Family are nice enough people. I just disagree with the fact that democracy can be overruled just because you happen to come out the right vagina, and then when anyone questions it you can just say it's shiny and brings in money and that's okay. They're so outdated it's unreal we consider ourselves a leading nation in the world and still have a system with hereditary privilege.
The worst thing is that things like the Royal Wedding and Jubilee make us so proud of having them. I think it's more likely we'll decriminalize drugs in our lifetime than abolish the Royal family.
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If you're feeling patriotic watch the Battle of Britain with Michael Cain. That shit will make you want to join the air force
Its kind of a shame aerial combat has progressed to the point it has now.. where you can just take something out from afar. Obviously with the advent of modern technology that was always going to happen but there's something majestic about a real dogfight. Two men and their machines, toiling it out in the open sky, trying to out maneuver each other, trying to get the angle on each other..
What a sight to behold. Its an unfortunate business war, but its grand nonetheless.
Contrast that with missile lock-on, drone strikes etc etc. I prefer the old style where it was man vs man to the death
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I just disagree with the fact that democracy can be overruled just because you happen to come out the right vagina
Agreed, and made me laugh, thank you xD
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Kappacino i havnt seen that but i will definately check it out mate.
As for air combat, things have progressed. OF course its not what it used to be. Imagine going up there in a spitfire and only having a compass, map bearings and your eyes to look out for landmarks.
That would scare the shit out of me personally.
But, yeah of course they could have been regarded more as heroes those days.
These days, planes we have are more flown by computers and electronics as opposed to the pilot being in control.
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I just disagree with the fact that democracy can be overruled just because you happen to come out the right vagina
Agreed, and made me laugh, thank you xD
LOL this is the problem with Americans, they are under the complete delusion that the Queen actually acts in any politically-based manner in any way shape or form. She is a FIGUREHEAD and that is it. She represents us by meeting world leaders on good-will trips and does charity work and that's about it lol. She has about as much to do with actually running the country as I do lol. Totally ceremonial.
I mean if the Queen had any power at all I'd agree with you wholeheartedly, but she don't lol. No Monarch really has for about 150 odd years. What she does have is a lot of respect, which is a completely different kettle of fish.
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Actually most of us already knew that, however they do still get special treatment I'm sure plenty of poor people would love :P
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I wouldn't say she's powerless, personally. The military pretty much belongs to her, and all soldiers are indoctrinated with the whole "alleigence to the queen" doctrine. She still has fingers in a lot of pies, and is far from a harmless old lady.
I don't want to get all tinfoil hat, but I wouldn't fuck with her, that's for sure. :-X
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@Kryptoz
That is like me saying, god damn that obama gets treatment and security that id love to have!
A pretty invalid argument mate.
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@Kryptoz
That is like me saying, god damn that obama gets treatment and security that id love to have!
A pretty invalid argument mate.
It wasn't an argument, just pointing something out, pfft I'd love to have people guard me when I walk to take a piss, have a car that won't explode if grenades are thrown on it, etc. I was just pointing out that there's luxuries that most people don't have :)
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It wasn't an argument, just pointing something out, pfft I'd love to have people guard me when I walk to take a piss, have a car that won't explode if grenades are thrown on it, etc. I was just pointing out that there's luxuries that most people don't have :)
Would you be willing to put up with the reasons for that security being there though? The fact that so many people, for whatever reasons would happily kill you, from individual nutters who hate what you stand for, to highly funded and trained assassins with the backing of various nation states? Not to mention the journalists that spend their lives trying to grab a picture of you on the shitter, or doing something you shouldn't be doing.
Fuck living life in the public eye. Security through obscurity works better for me. ;D I'd love to be rich, but not at the expense of being scrutinized by the fucking press 24/7.
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It wasn't an argument, just pointing something out, pfft I'd love to have people guard me when I walk to take a piss, have a car that won't explode if grenades are thrown on it, etc. I was just pointing out that there's luxuries that most people don't have :)
Would you be willing to put up with the reasons for that security being there though? The fact that so many people, for whatever reasons would happily kill you, from individual nutters who hate what you stand for, to highly funded and trained assassins with the backing of various nation states? Not to mention the journalists that spend their lives trying to grab a picture of you on the shitter, or doing something you shouldn't be doing.
Fuck living life in the public eye. Security through obscurity works better for me. ;D I'd love to be rich, but not at the expense of being scrutinized by the fucking press 24/7.
Lets not dig too deep here, all I said was I'd like the security, ofc theres catches but thats life now isn't it :P and the press sucks its all twisted shit nowdays
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kryptoz, i know what you are saying bro and sorry if i took your message the wrong way.
Even i would love that kind of security. However, being in the public eye 24/7 like that?, no thanks, fuck that shit.
I remember Antonio Banderas being on a chat show here in the uk some time back. He said that the paparazzi would deliberately leave bits of broken glass on their lawns, so that when the kids come out bare footed they could take shoots on them hurting themselves.
Seriously, thats probably half the reason of the security.
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kryptoz, i know what you are saying bro and sorry if i took your message the wrong way.
Even i would love that kind of security. However, being in the public eye 24/7 like that?, no thanks, fuck that shit.
I remember Antonio Banderas being on a chat show here in the uk some time back. He said that the paparazzi would deliberately leave bits of broken glass on their lawns, so that when the kids come out bare footed they could take shoots on them hurting themselves.
Seriously, thats probably half the reason of the security.
Don't even worry bout it man, just having a discussion anyways no hard feelings either way :).
And yes that's true, I'd prolly ./suicide if I had to deal with that shit on a daily basis
Lots of fucked up people in today's world, eh? >.<
PS Saw you with negative karma ratio, fixed that :)
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I was just going to say mate, have you seen an old movie called The Odessa File.
Basically it stars a very young John Voigt (sp?) and he is recruited by the cia to infiltrate a group of ex krout Nazis who are planning to bring germany to power again, starting by sending missles into israel.
If you havnt seen it its well worth watching and very believable, it could happen anywhere!!!
That wasn't the CIA who recruited him, it was Israeli Nazi hunters. In fact, one of the characters in the film and the novel, was a real Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. I can't remember if he played himself in the film or not, but I do know that he helped Frederick Forsyth research and write the book.
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Krpytoz, thanks for that bro!!!!
Hope you have had a good day today sir!
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Krpytoz, thanks for that bro!!!!
Hope you have had a good day today sir!
Lol no problem :)
Thanks man and you too ^-^
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I spotted the Queen at Churchill Downs the year before last I think. She was shredding her tickets and seemed to be having a bad day.
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We all get bad days bro, even royalty!!
You have to admit though, she does a damn fine job of hiding her emotions most of the time she is infront of the camera!! 8)