Forum menu
Junkyard - lazarus
I really don't!JHJ picture based posts are what you need then
don't really think it's don't get, rather I don't accept the point! 😀
There's not really anything to replace though, just take away the pomp.
And make the world just that little bit duller. 🙁
Do you reckon any of those crowds and pipe bands would have shown up to watch the borders railway being officially opened by someone from Scotrail middle management?
Do you reckon any of those crowds and pipe bands would have shown up to watch the borders railway being officially opened by someone from Scotrail middle management?
Yes, the Queen or a Scotrail manager are definitely the only two options available. That's the trouble with you royalists - no imagination.
[i]wwaswas bullied me into having no signature[/i]
Now I feel sad.
Yes, the Queen or a Scotrail manager are definitely the only two options available. That's the trouble with you royalists - no imagination.
Well I suppose they could just wheel out whichever C-list Scottish celebrity was available. The Festival has just finished so they might have found some still hanging about in the bars.
[i]"Ladies and Gentleman, please put your hands together for that guy who appeared in episode 11 of Still Game..."[/i]
😀
I reckon you're clearly at the wind up.GrahamS - Member
There's not really anything to replace though, just take away the pomp.
And make the world just that little bit duller.Do you reckon any of those crowds and pipe bands would have shown up to watch the borders railway being officially opened by someone from Scotrail middle management?
Although, if not, you and me have polar opposite definitions of the word dull. 😆
GrahamS - MemberDo you reckon any of those crowds and pipe bands would have shown up to watch the borders railway being officially opened by someone from Scotrail middle management?
I think the pipe bands will play the opening of a corner shop, as long as they get paid, tbh.
Thousands of people turned up in Edinburgh to see J-Lo not leave a hotel all day, it's hard to say to what extent people show up because they love the queen, and to what extent it's just a free show and a celebrity and a cool train, isn't it?
We have all been conditioned to lead a certain life from an early age, school -work -retire -die, most of us do so without the trappings of incredible wealth and choices available to the queen.
Oh, absolutely, I'm not suggesting that she's hard done by 🙂
My world would be in turmoil if when railways & buildings etc were finished they were, you know, just used!
You do have to wonder about the mental state of people who enjoy standing around waiting for someone, anyone, to officially 'open' things.
Thousands of people turned up in Edinburgh to see J-Lo not leave a hotel all day,
Are we now arguing that J-Lo is more deserving of public adoration than the Queen?
My world would be in turmoil if when railways & buildings etc were finished they were, you know, just used!
Maybe some people like a bit of recognition when they complete something that they have worked on for years which improves the lives of the local community?
I expect when the new Forth crossing is opened there will be a bit of a celebration too - maybe another royal appearance - would you [i]really[/i] rather it just opened one day and no one mentioned it?
Do official openings ever prevent real world use of functional infrastructure?
Say for example the Queen had a busy schedule and couldn't attend for 3 months after something had become operational...
Would there be 3 months downtime, with staff and utilities being paid, whilst the facility remained dormant to the public?
GrahamS - MemberAre we now arguing that J-Lo is more deserving of public adoration than the Queen?
Nope, and I've no idea why you'd think that either. TBH, I doubt you do.
Compared with Boris I reckon The Queen's been good value for money of late;
[i]
Boris Johnson's Mayoralty has cost London taxpayers at least £600million of wasted money because of poor decisions, ideological dogma and vanity schemes.[/i]
[url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/christian-wolmar/london-mayor_b_8099940.html ]http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/christian-wolmar/london-mayor_b_8099940.html[/url]
There's not really anything to replace though, just take away the pomp. You really don't need to replace that with anything.
Apparently people seem to like the idea of having someone wandering around, kissing babies, sending telegrams to grannies and standing next to foreigners while another terrible brass band marches past. I don't have a particular objection to that - there's just not need for people to be born into it, wearing gold hats with diamonds and living in palaces.
Our monarchist friend mentioned Australia. What happens there could easily happen here: on a practical basis the Governor General (chosen by the government of the day, formally appointed d by the Queen) does all hand waving duties. They have no real powers and switch around every few years. People seem to like them. I doubt there is a shortage of volunteers. There is no reason why the same system could not be done in the UK.
Personally, I've nothing against the royals as individuals, but their time is well up.
It's impossible to say anything against the queen personally because she has never said or done anything that is in the slightest bit illustrative of her character or intellect, despite having many opportunities to do so. She is a walking cloud of fog.
GrahamS - Member
...I expect when the new Forth crossing is opened there will be a bit of a celebration too - maybe another royal appearance - would you really rather it just opened one day and no one mentioned it?
I don't understand why anyone would GAF about "opening" it. Give a party for the people involved, fair enough, but just remove the barricades and let the traffic commence.
This ZM murdered (indirectly) so many people he became the goat (not god) of the elite in his day. Bloody ZM ...
There are equality but some are more equal than others. 🙄
What a load of ZM poo!
[img] 
[/img]
epicyclo - Member
GrahamS - Member
...I expect when the new Forth crossing is opened there will be a bit of a celebration too - maybe another royal appearance - would you really rather it just opened one day and no one mentioned it?
I don't understand why anyone would GAF about "opening" it. Give a party for the people involved, fair enough, but just remove the barricades and let the traffic commence.
That's probably what will happen. Then a week or so later, they'll cause disruption to its normal use while Liz cuts a ribbon.
Quite why the wielder of the scissors needs to have come out of a specific vagina, I'm not sure.
Compared with Boris I reckon The Queen's been good value for money of late
Though Boris hasn't recently purchased an expensive coach, despite already owning several.
Whatever you think of her, she puts on a damn fine fireworks display to keep the plebs entertained.
[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5617/21289583551_c46b301310_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5617/21289583551_c46b301310_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/yrhFtn ]Britannia Fireworks[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/gingerfox/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr
just remove the barricades and let the traffic commence.
Wow, that sounds really dull.
Nothing to celebrate. No fireworks. Don't mark the historic occasion in any way. Just move on to your next assigned task like good little drone ants. 🙁
Whatever you think of her, she puts on a damn fine fireworks display to keep the plebs entertained.
Hmm...
[img] 
[/img]
[img] http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2014-10-20/283fd3f0-58a4-11e4-9f59-f7cf266d0250_457549044.jp g" target="_blank">http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2014-10-20/283fd3f0-58a4-11e4-9f59-f7cf266d0250_457549044.jp g"/> [/img]
[img] http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20150528&t=2&i=1051861794&w=644&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXMPEB4R0KW [/img]
for illustrative purposes only...
She is a walking cloud of fog.
That's just the amount of farts she does.
Cos the queen actually has bombs dropped on her own initiative.. Of course
GrahamS - Member
Nothing to celebrate. No fireworks. Don't mark the historic occasion in any way. Just move on to your next assigned task like good little drone ants.
If we are going to mark the historic occasion then the people we should be honouring are those who designed and worked on it, and one of them should open it, not some sycophantically adored royal parasite.
Or a Scottie dog should do it because they're totes cute
There may be a position somewhere between not marking the opening at all and maintaining an expensive system of inherited power and wealth?
We had a royal visitor, who came to see some students taking part in an exercise making hovercraft. His visit was a bit of a pain, because places got repainted, he had to have a designated toilet set aside (with nice loo roll), there were security checks beforehand, etc.
I suspect the royal visitor was bored shitless, and the students didn't really benefit from his visit. A visit from someone from Scrapheap Challenge, or the Discovery Channel, or Guy Martin would have been much better for all involved.
Mike, the obvious thing would be to raise this next time someone wants some special visit and ask if Guy Martin or Dick Strawbridge could be asked instead.
The trouble is, minor royalty are easy to spot in the papers and get good status. You pick a niche celeb and the nice fans will be happy, but the rest of the population just get a bit meh.
Personally, I can't for the life of me understand why Michael Portillo wasn't chosen to open the borders railway! 😆 **** does the queen know about railways anyhow?
Mike, the obvious thing would be to raise this next time someone wants some special visit and ask if Guy Martin or Dick Strawbridge could be asked instead.
The visit wasn't initiated by us - it was a [url= http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/11062251.Prince_Andrew_praises_youth_jobs_initiative_on_visit_to_Darlington/ ]town visit[/url]* - but the date chosen happened to coincide with a bunch of partner school pupils in for an engineering challenge, and that linked with some of the other visits he was making. We already had relevant guests as it was a university engineering department running the day.
*fitted into his busy schedule of [url= http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/17/prince-andrew-britainelites.html ]flogging arms to dubious regimes and hanging around with convicted sex offenders[/url].