The Queen's Jubilee

[ahinton]

To return to the subject - or at least to that part of it which relates to the quote provided by Mr Pee - I note with no small amount of dismay that no one has yet commented on the fact that the income and asset values attributed to "the firm" (however true or false they may be) are what they are because it pays no corporation tax or other taxes to which other firms are subject; there would surely be something seriously amiss if it wasn't doing pretty well after decades of such tax free operation, would there not?

[scottycelt]

It's no laughing matter Scotty!!!

Even better, Beefy ...

"You have the charisma of a damp rag, and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask, [...] that we're all going to ask, is "Who are you ?". I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you ... "

Best self-assessment I've ever come across ... though grossly insulting towards damp rags and low-grade bank clerks.

[Beef Oven]

Even better, Beefy ...

"You have the charisma of a damp rag, and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask, [...] that we're all going to ask, is "Who are you ?". I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you ... "

Best self-assessment I've ever come across ... though grossly insulting towards damp rags and low-grade bank clerks.

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flosshilde]

Even better, Beefy ...

"You have the charisma of a damp rag, and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. And the question that I want to ask, [...] that we're all going to ask, is "Who are you ?". I'd never heard of you. Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you ... "

Best self-assessment I've ever come across ... though grossly insulting towards damp rags and low-grade bank clerks.

Is there a prize for guessing who it's about?

[Nick Armstrong]

Is there a prize for guessing who it's about?

I'm coming late to this debate but it was Mr Farrago about Mr van Rumpypumpy wasn't it? In the Euro Parliament...

[Beef Oven]

I'm coming late to this debate but it was Mr Farrago about Mr van Rumpypumpy wasn't it? In the Euro Parliament...

Yes Cali, but fear not, Nigel gave a public apology for his remarks, and if I'm not wrong, low-grade bank clerks accepted his apology for the van rumpy reference!!

[ahinton]

Yes Cali, but fear not, Nigel gave a public apology for his remarks

That's something which he might care to consider doing rather more often, but it's his prerogative, of course.

I have a question about the "we seek an amicable divorce from the European Union" part of your sign-off; leaving aside who this presumably un-Royal "we" may be, it strikes me that quite a few of those who claim to seek such a divorce have long had considerable trouble in accepting that there was ever a marriage in the first place - a marriage of inconvenience, as it were. Would such people wish UK to remain a divorcee forever thereafter or might some of them be prepared to contemplate another future marriage - maybe a gay one once that's legalised?...

To return to being serious, however, can you magine the chagrin felt by other EU member states were UK to vote to leave EU? The likelihood that those to which UK owes money demand it back instantly is surely far from remote.

On the other hand, of course, if UK doesn't have a referendum on its continued EU membership soon, there may no longer be a UK to have one, so what then? Would you expect all four of the newly formed governments each to put it to their respective electorates as to whether or not they want such a referendum about severance from what will then have become a union of 30 states (unless Turkey and others have joined by then)?

[ahinton]

I'm coming late to this debate but it was Mr Farrago about Mr van Rumpypumpy wasn't it? In the Euro Parliament...

Messrs Barrage and Rumplestiltskin, was it not?

Anyway, since this is now sailing rather too dangerously close to the "UKIP if you want to" thread, shouldn't we be getting back to the topic (said he, having just run with the latest off-topicness, for which mea culpa!)? - after all, I see no more evidence that there'll be a referendum on UK's continued EU membership on the day of the jubilee than I do that the dissolution of UK will occur on that day (or even during the Olympics)...

[Flosshilde]

Perhaps there should be a referendum on who should be the next head of state - Charles, or the winner of 'Britain's got Talent' (even if it's a dog).

[ahinton]

Perhaps there should be a referendum on who should be the next head of state - Charles, or the winner of 'Britain's got Talent' (even if it's a dog).

Faced with such a choice, Dorothy Parker would probably have said "how can they tell?" - but it would save us all a whole lot of trouble if only the former entered the latter and won it (for all that the outcome might lead to something of a compromise in practical democracy).

That said, I thought that most of us already knew that Britain's got Talent is a dog...

[Beef Oven]

That's something which he might care to consider doing rather more often, but it's his prerogative, of course.

I have a question about the "we seek an amicable divorce from the European Union" part of your sign-off; leaving aside who this presumably un-Royal "we" may be, it strikes me that quite a few of those who claim to seek such a divorce have long had considerable trouble in accepting that there was ever a marriage in the first place - a marriage of inconvenience, as it were. Would such people wish UK to remain a divorcee forever thereafter or might some of them be prepared to contemplate another future marriage - maybe a gay one once that's legalised?...

To return to being serious, however, can you magine the chagrin felt by other EU member states were UK to vote to leave EU? The likelihood that those to which UK owes money demand it back instantly is surely far from remote.

On the other hand, of course, if UK doesn't have a referendum on its continued EU membership soon, there may no longer be a UK to have one, so what then? Would you expect all four of the newly formed governments each to put it to their respective electorates as to whether or not they want such a referendum about severance from what will then have become a union of 30 states (unless Turkey and others have joined by then)?

'we' is me and me mates down the local pub 'The Kebab & Calculator'. Pop in for a pint and we'll help you through all this.

[MrGongGong]

Perhaps there should be a referendum on who should be the next head of state - Charles, or the winner of 'Britain's got Talent' (even if it's a dog).

Vote Palin (NOT THAT ONE !!!)

[ahinton]

'we' is me and me mates down the local pub 'The Kebab & Calculator'. Pop in for a pint and we'll help you through all this.

Neither I nor you and your mates will do any such thing, nor do I need you to, thank you and, in any case, I don't drink beer.

By the way, it is a vital aspect of all amicable divorces that both sides are amicable.

[Beef Oven]

Neither I nor you and your mates will do any such thing, nor do I need you to, thank you and, in any case, I don't drink beer.

By the way, it is a vital aspect of all amicable divorces that both sides are amicable.

Ok, I'll get you your usual, Tia Maria and Lucozade? But you must promise to get out of parent mode while you are in our company.

[ahinton]

Ok, I'll get you your usual, Tia Maria and Lucozade?

Not only do you have evidence as to what "my usual" might be or even if I actually have one, I did point out that I would not be attending your hostelry but you are habitually selective in what you notice in others' posts (as some of us have already discovered).

But you must promise to get out of parent mode while you are in our company.

I have already clarified more han once that I will not be joining your "company" and can now only add that (a) I make you no promises of any kind and (b) it would in any case be very difficult for me to be "in parent mode" (whatever that may or may not be) when I do not have and have never had any offspring.

Checking a few pertinent facts before typing seems not to be on your agenda all that often, I must say.

If anyone here has any idea what this might have to do with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, do please save yourselves the bother of letting me know!