Love this from Charon QC [the Questionable Cove]:
Last month the news broke that Gordon Brown was making phonecalls to unsuspecting members of the British public. Yesterday, the News of The World reported that The Queen had been thinking about setting up premium rate phone lines to allow the British public to call and get a message from the Royals - to help pay for the double glazing at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.What then follows is a Charon podcast on the matter, replete with the meaning of "hice".
By the way, appropriate, wouldn't you say, that the Wikipic portrays the Duke together with that other great wordmaster, Dubya? I'd love to have been a fly on the wall [or guardsman's headgear] during that conversation.
I was once of the opinion that the Duke was just an alcohol swigging, foul-mouthed committee of 300 member, dedicated to population reduction and prone to gaffs but now I'm the first to admit I was wrong.
This has to be a mini-classic:
Personal remarks have annoyed singing stars. In 1969 The Duke said to Tom Jones after the Royal Variety Performance: "What do you gargle with, pebbles?"or:
In 1995 he asked a Scottish driving instructor: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"Now I think you'd agree it takes a special sort of mind to dream up some of those.
I rather like the Prince. He tells it straight, and if people don't like it then tough.
ReplyDeleteHe's just an overpaid parasite.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer the queen, she has dignity and has had so much to put up with over the years. Imagine all that and still have to be diplomatic when making a speech!
ReplyDeleteNow ladies and Ginro - Phil the Greek has had much to put up with too - allegations of this, allegations of that. I mean - someone even accused him of being a lizard.
ReplyDeleteHe gets to say all those barbed comments I would love to were I in his position.
ReplyDeleteRock on Phil!
By the way, love the new avatar, Ginro.
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