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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 17:20:58 GMT
I stopped watching terrestrial TV altogether. Phew. On a lighter note, and for those who subscribe to Netflix, I would recommend 'Resident Alien' if you are in need of something amusing.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 9, 2021 17:26:39 GMT
It is very sad. I was hoping there was going to be something decent on the telly this weekend. The whole TV network has scrubbed all the normal offerings and it has been all about the Duke since it was announced and will continue throughout the evening and possibly tomorrow too. So Stabby dig out a few DVDs and dig in. Phil Rip Philip As my son said, they could just put it on one channel for anyone who wants to watch it and leave the others for anyone who wants to watch Bargain Hunt. I guess the subliminal message is that these are "our betters" and suspension of normal life and some deferent forelock tugging by the hoi-polloi is compulsory. It used to be the same in the USSR when one of their leaders died.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 9, 2021 17:29:19 GMT
An end to an era really. Always considered him to be a bit authoritarian and quite brutal with it, but although many will say he was privileged, I’d say he worked bloody hard and basically gave up any chance of a normal life. I think we were actually the privileged. RIP I already had a 'poor taste' SO CALLED joke sent to me about it - Come on then, let's hear it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 17:30:46 GMT
The whole TV network has scrubbed all the normal offerings and it has been all about the Duke since it was announced and will continue throughout the evening and possibly tomorrow too. So Stabby dig out a few DVDs and dig in. Phil Rip Philip As my son said, they could just put it on one channel for anyone who wants to watch it and leave the others for anyone who wants to watch Bargain Hunt. I guess the subliminal message is that these are "our betters" and suspension of normal life and some deferent forelock tugging by the hoi-polloi is compulsory. It used to be the same in the USSR when one of their leaders died. You’re going to end up being a Tony Dunkley in years to come. (Obviously you won’t make the mistake of losing your boat though).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 17:33:07 GMT
The whole TV network has scrubbed all the normal offerings and it has been all about the Duke since it was announced and will continue throughout the evening and possibly tomorrow too. So Stabby dig out a few DVDs and dig in. Phil Rip Philip As my son said, they could just put it on one channel for anyone who wants to watch it and leave the others for anyone who wants to watch Bargain Hunt. I guess the subliminal message is that these are "our betters" and suspension of normal life and some deferent forelock tugging by the hoi-polloi is compulsory. It used to be the same in the USSR when one of their leaders died. Incidentally 'hoi-polloi' means 'the people' so saying 'the hoi polloi' is a bit superfluous.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 17:52:24 GMT
Speaking to a British student during a visit to China in 1986 Philip warned him: “If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes.”
Meeting the President of Nigeria, in 2003, who was clad in traditional robes he remarked: “You look like you’re ready for bed.”
In 1994 while visiting a group of businessman in the Cayman Islands he politely inquired: “Aren’t most of you descended from pirates?”
At a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986 he intoned: “If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.”
Speaking to a Scottish driving instructor in 1995 Philip asked: “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?”
Upon being shown art during a trip to Ethiopia in 1965 he remarked: “It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons.”
While Down Under at an Aboriginal culture park in Queensland in 2002 he asked William Brim, an Aboriginal businessman: “Do you still throw spears at each other.” Brim politely replied, “No, we don’t do that anymore.”
While chatting with fashion writer Serena French in 1993 he asked: “You’re not wearing mink knickers, are you?”
In 2000 Philip spoke to a group of female politicians at a Buckingham Palace party whose name tags had “Ms” on them which prompted him to announce: “Ah, so this is feminist corner then.”
At a Jubilee event in 2012, he told 25-year-old council worker Hannah Jackson who was wearing a dress with a zipper in the front: “I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress.”
Meeting Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie in 2007 he asked: That’s a nice tie… Do you have any knickers in that material?”
On the deck of the Britannia the famously short-fused Philip shouted at the Queen while she spoke to their hosts on the quay during an official visit to Belize in 1994: “Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on.”
Describing his purportedly favourite child Princess Anne he said: “If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested.”
Seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York’s Sunninghill Park abode in 1988 he remarked: “It looks like a tart’s bedroom.”
To the “Crocodile Rock” singer, who lived near Windsor Castle: “Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car is it? We often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”
While watching John sing at a Royal Variety Command Performance he was overheard saying: “I wish he’d turn the microphone off.”
Upon being told that Madonna was singing the “Die Another Day” theme in 2002 he asked: “Are we going to need ear plugs?”
On Tom Jones in 1969 he said, “It’s difficult to see how it’s possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs.”
Discussing the wealthy in Britain he noted: “What about Tom Jones? He’s made a million and he’s a bloody awful singer.”
After chatting to Tom Jones after the Royal Variety Performance in 1969 he politely inquired: “What do you gargle with, pebbles?”
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 9, 2021 18:07:15 GMT
As my son said, they could just put it on one channel for anyone who wants to watch it and leave the others for anyone who wants to watch Bargain Hunt. I guess the subliminal message is that these are "our betters" and suspension of normal life and some deferent forelock tugging by the hoi-polloi is compulsory. It used to be the same in the USSR when one of their leaders died. Incidentally 'hoi-polloi' means 'the people' so saying 'the hoi polloi' is a bit superfluous. " In English, it has been given a negative connotation to signify the masses. Synonyms for hoi polloi include "the plebeians" or "plebs", "the rabble", "the masses", "riffraff", and "the proles" (proletariat)." Source, Wiki.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2021 18:12:19 GMT
Incidentally 'hoi-polloi' means 'the people' so saying 'the hoi polloi' is a bit superfluous. " In English, it has been given a negative connotation to signify the masses. Synonyms for hoi polloi include "the plebeians" or "plebs", "the rabble", "the masses", "riffraff", and "the proles" (proletariat)." Source, Wiki. So would you say 'the the masses'?
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Post by thebfg on Apr 9, 2021 18:52:03 GMT
Thank you @nemesis I've just read your post our around the campfire and were in stitches. He was so ruthless at times.
If anyone else had said some of those things. It would have really kicked off.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 0:22:18 GMT
Thank you @nemesis I've just read your post our around the campfire and were in stitches. He was so ruthless at times. If anyone else had said some of those things. It would have really kicked off. What was anyone going to do? Sack him?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2021 4:44:32 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 10, 2021 4:49:04 GMT
It will be interesting to see if the funeral follows the usual rules re limited attendance, social distancing, face masks etc.
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Post by patty on Apr 10, 2021 6:28:41 GMT
It will be interesting to see if the funeral follows the usual rules re limited attendance, social distancing, face masks etc. Seems he wanted a no fuss send off and they have ask folk not to congregate There is also talk of the Prodigal Grandson returning for the event....wonder what quarantine rules will apply... Lovely tunes on the radio this am...apparently a day of 'remembrance' could see a ditch of all the music i am not keen on..
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Post by thebfg on Apr 10, 2021 6:35:31 GMT
Thank you @nemesis I've just read your post our around the campfire and were in stitches. He was so ruthless at times. If anyone else had said some of those things. It would have really kicked off. What was anyone going to do? Sack him? No. Which was my point. Anyone else though.
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Post by Telemachus on Apr 10, 2021 6:51:09 GMT
He would have fitted in well on here, where most people don’t give a bugger what others think of them. Personally I commend him for doing what he thought was right, saying what he wanted to say, without worrying about trial be social media and populism. Doing and saying what you think is right regardless of what other people think is commendable and is not the same as being selfish.
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