[Closed] Is London Bridge down?

Id bet the the suspense waiting for the announcement nearly killed Hora

Phil had probably brought cakes in, sounds like a cakeable event.

Retirement's more than cakeable, it's got to be a bacon butty event at least.

my fair lady!

probably a bit like england cricketers not to keen on a tour of the india and the subcontinent with delhi belly but up for a Carribean beach break with rum and fancies 😉

Jim: [consoling Bart] What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons

At least the Ladies and Foreigners are spared embarrassment from now on.

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Just read a bit of that Wikipedia page about operation London Bridge. Regarding this...

A footman would pin a dark-edged notice to the gates of Buckingham Palace. At the same time, the palace website would display the same notice.[1] Parliament would be recalled. If possible it would meet within hours and the Prime Minister would address the House of Commons.

Then we'd stick a bit of wood up her back like in El Cid and carry on as usual til after the election

so what "real" news story are they deflecting us from then ??

Hopefully she's been paying her £5 a month to that company that Parky advertises, so her family won't be saddled with the cost of the funeral.

I wonder who will get the Parker pen, I can see a drama of Shakespearean magnitude erupting over that.

according to the beeb..

The duke carried out 110 days of engagements in 2016, making him the fifth busiest member of the royal family, according to Court Circular listings.

at the age of 95 - got to give him some credit for that i suppose

That's the most underwhelming announcement ever

+1

I was expecting to see the royals replaced with lizard overlords. Disappointed.

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at the age of 95 - got to give him some credit for that i suppose

Yep- tbh I'm anti-monarchy, in this day and age I think it's fairly absurd but you've got to hand it to Liz and Phil, they see it as a two way street- you're queen for life, comes with huge privilege but means you keep on queening til you can't.

but means you keep on queening

Not forgetting the vacuuming.

Wince Phillip

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/04/prince-philip-most-famous-comments-and-clangers

Agreed, 95 is a proper age to keep getting in and out of cars, shaking all those unwashed hands, eating egg and cress sandwiches then drinking gallons of tea, then popping off home for a knees up and a Gin.

Good on him, many would love to be as fit as him at his age.

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but means you keep on queening til you can't.

I believe it can be quite tough on the knees but keeps your thighs quite firm.