The Queen's Jubilee

[Flosshilde]

Given the infinity of time, of course 3 hours is a moment.

& some moments seem to stretch to infinity

[Flosshilde]

What was your favourite diamond jubilee moment?

The bit where the royal barge sank.



What do you mean, it didn't?




Oh well, better luck next time.

[MrGongGong]

The bit where the royal barge sank.



What do you mean, it didn't?




Oh well, better luck next time.

[Serial_Apologist]

The bit where the royal barge sank.



What do you mean, it didn't?




Oh well, better luck next time.

For the BBC the whole thing was the one big plug many of us would happily have pulled out.

[scottycelt]

For the BBC the whole thing was the one big plug many of us would happily have pulled out.

S_A, as others have pointed out, and unlike many a republic, this is still a free country and nobody was forced to celebrate or watch the Queen's Jubilee. There was plenty of other stuff on television, or you could have gone for a long walk or read a bit of Karl Marx, whilst sipping lemon tea, to cheer you up.

Why do you, Flossie, Amsey, Mr GG etc, get so upset about the existence of an institution that has the strong support of around 80% of the people of this country?

Surely you and the others are perfectly capable of recognising a total 'lost cause' when it's standing directly in front of you and staring right into your eyes ... ?

[Nick Armstrong]

the one big plug many of us would happily have pulled out.

[Flosshilde]

My most favourite part of the jubilee was Steve Bell's 'If ...' cartoons - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ubilee-pageant

[gurnemanz]

The bit where the royal barge sank.


What do you mean, it didn't?


Oh well, better luck next time.

I was only a teenager at the time but I well remember a hilarious sketch on That Was The Week That Was in the 60s. I searched for it but it doesn't seem to be on Youtube. I found a description:

Frost came on strong as Dimbleby and ran a commentary: "It is becoming clear .. something has gone wrong" he oozed serenely .. "Royal barge ... is sinking". He goes on to describe in detail the dress she is wearing.

[MrGongGong]

My most favourite part of the jubilee was Steve Bell's 'If ...' cartoons - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ubilee-pageant

(I guess the Catholic church, "classical music" and the works of Bax are also "lost causes" then Scotty )

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Surely even sticking pins in people gets boring after a while.

[ahinton]

The bit where the royal barge sank.



What do you mean, it didn't?




Oh well, better luck next time.

Your attitude is reminiscent of the bus driver who refused to carry a passenger on the last bus of the day because she was 20p short of her £5.00 fare and the bus didn't accept card payments...

[amateur51]

S_A, as others have pointed out, and unlike many a republic, this is still a free country and nobody was forced to celebrate or watch the Queen's Jubilee. There was plenty of other stuff on television, or you could have gone for a long walk or read a bit of Karl Marx, whilst sipping lemon tea, to cheer you up.

Why do you, Flossie, Amsey, Mr GG etc, get so upset about the existence of an institution that has the strong support of around 80% of the people of this country?

Surely you and the others are perfectly capable of recognising a total 'lost cause' when it's standing directly in front of you and staring right into your eyes ... ?

Well scotty, just in my lifetime (1951- to date) we have seen a massive change in social attitudes to, say divorce, abortion, lesbian & gay rights to name but three.

So I remain both optimistic for change and thoroughly fed-up with the amount of effort and time devoted to bolstering up an outdated institution and that is required to get people like you up to speed

Back to the lemon tea

[MrGongGong]

Back to the lemon tea

Proper tea is theft innit

[french frank]

Well scotty, just in my lifetime (1951- to date) we have seen a massive change in social attitudes to, say divorce, abortion, lesbian & gay rights to name but three.

So I remain both optimistic for change and thoroughly fed-up with the amount of effort and time devoted to bolstering up an outdated institution and that is required to get people like you up to speed

Remember Spain, am51!

[amateur51]

Remember Spain, am51!

I think that the proud people of Spain have enough trouble on their plate just at the moment without my denigrating them or advocating on their behalf, french frank

I'll just carry on ordering from www.amazon.es as my way of supporting them