The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XX

[Borachio]

He's not. He's a bloke.

Boom-boom!

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I didn't even know that Prince Charles was abroad.

I'm surprised that your ignorance of his whereabouts surprises you

And not bad Borachio, not bad

 

[Camikaze]

I note that Prince Charles and Camilla are leaving today after their "highly successful" royal tour of Australia. How has it been successful?

They weren't egged?

 

[Cutlass]

Where's that hug smilie? I can't find it, and am thus increasingly irritated.

Also, not that creepy (but hilarious) one where the one being hugged pops, but the other one.

Most of the smileys that I use that aren't on the forum list I get from the Smiley Xtra extension for Firefox.

 

[The_J]

I note that Prince Charles and Camilla are leaving today after their "highly successful" royal tour of Australia. How has it been successful? In the sense that they had a great time? Maybe Charles finally stood up on a surfboard?

I've never returned from overseas and been asked how my trip was only to reply "Oh, highly successful"....people would think I'm nuts.

Was it successful because they were pleasant to the locals and successfully wined and dined them? You pay my first class airfare around the globe, but me up in the finest hotels and I promise you I'll be the best damned ambassador Australia ever saw!

They didn't make a fool out of themself, so I guess that counts as successful (might be more warranted if you were talking about Prince Phillip).

 

[Borachio]

Prince Philip gaffes

"Deaf? If you're near there, no wonder you are deaf."
- To a group of deaf children standing next to a steel band.

"People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle."
- To survivors of the Lockerbie bombing.

"Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut."
- To a 13-year-old child, while visiting the space shuttle.

"You are a woman, aren't you?"
- To a woman in Kenya.

"You can't have been here long, you haven't got a pot belly."
- To a tourist in Budapest.

"I thought it was against the law for a woman to solicit."
- To a woman solicitor.

 

[ace99]

This man should be King.

 

[Arakhor]

He's the Queen's husband, so he pretty much is already.

 

[Cutlass]

except that no one but the Queen really has to pay any attention to him.

 

[Borachio]

And more.

The Yaohnanen believe that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort to Queen Elizabeth II, is a divine being; the pale-skinned son of a mountain spirit and brother of John Frum.

Poor old bloke. He's 91. With not many years still to go, I expect. So I shouldn't really poke fun at him, should I? The dick-head.

John Frum (or Jon Frum, or John From) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

And more.



Poor old bloke. He's 91. With not many years still to go, I expect. So I shouldn't really poke fun at him, should I? The dick-head.

If I had a Vanuatuan cult that worshipped me, I wouldn't give a stuff who thought I was a dick head.

 

[Borachio]

No. Absolutely not. And, see, that's the thing about him. He plainly does not care. Probably not a lot about anyone.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

No. Absolutely not. And, see, that's the thing about him. He plainly does not care. Probably not a lot about anyone.

Oh I hope I didn't give the impression I was arguing the merits of classifying him as a dick head. Not for a minute.

 

[shadowplay]

Within the last year or so, somebody posted a thread featuring pictures people had drawn in the year 1912, imaging what the future would look like in 2012. Does anyone remember what this thread was called, or a website where I could find those pictures?

 

[Synobun]

Within the last year or so, somebody posted a thread featuring pictures people had drawn in the year 1912, imaging what the future would look like in 2012. Does anyone remember what this thread was called, or a website where I could find those pictures?

Here you go.

 

[Synobun]

Does anyone have any experience with one year certification programs in General Studies of Arts and Sciences?

What is it like?

 

[shadowplay]

Here you go.

Thank you I was telling a relative about it and she wanted the pics.

 

[dutchfire]

"Deaf? If you're near there, no wonder you are deaf."
- To a group of deaf children standing next to a steel band.

That remark fell on deaf ears.

 

[_random_]

He's the Queen's husband, so he pretty much is already.

Why is his title only Prince?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Why is his title only Prince?

Because he is Greek. Only a Briton can be a king.