are you bothered about the jubilee?

pickarooney

I think it's lovely. Lovely Jubilee.

ballsymchugh

Confab wrote: »

OP, shouldn't you be asking this question to British people, not Irish? We're not in the Commonwealth any more you know.

TL;DR: Why would I give a crap about another country's celebrations?

if you listen to the clip in the first post, you'll hear some guy who lives in kerry saying that irish people are jealous of what's going on.
i had my doubts, which is why i asked. my doubts have been confirmed.
if anyone is in kerry and sees a house with union flag bunting all around it, give it filthy looks.

Ellis Dee

I couldn't care less about the aul Windsor wan's party, why should I? But it's nice to see in the UK newspapers that the weather has changed and it looks like pissing on their picnic all weekend. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster does indeed move in mysterious ways. :D

getz

Confab wrote: »

OP, shouldn't you be asking this question to British people, not Irish? We're not in the Commonwealth any more you know.

TL;DR: Why would I give a crap about another country's celebrations?

you must be or you wouldent be posting on this thread

Duggys Housemate

I love the Queen coz I haz a day off Tuesday. Whats her name, Mary?

I love you MARY!!

Fratton Fred

Biggins wrote: »

Couldn't care less what a foreign Queen celebrates.
The fact that a woman is still willing to shake the hand of an Arab dictator that cracks down on females and their rights back home, exposes her though to higher levels of stupidity along with her supposed upper class Royalists claim she's entitled to!

I didn't realise the Pope was an Arab? they reckon she might be shaking hands with Martin Mcguinness this week as well, so I guess that proves she doesn't have a cushy job;)

We have all our bunting hung up and the union Jack plates, cups and napkins all ready for Sunday.

Cucumber sandwiches, pork pies and Pimms for everyone!!

dpe

summerskin wrote: »

I'm english and couldn't give even a single fuck

Ditto. I've managed to be elsewhere for pretty much every royal "event" that's happened in my lifetime.

Biggins

Fratton Fred wrote: »

...Pimms for everyone!!

Yuck!

golden lane

a very sad day for some boardies.....nothing else to get annoyed about...except the queen..

Duggys Housemate

The whole of AH is narked today.

Madam

golden lane wrote: »

a very sad day for some boardies.....nothing else to get annoyed about...except the queen..

Not just 'The' queen 'A' queen;)

Chuck Stone

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The Royal family generates £500 million a year from tourism

I don't believe that for a second.

Richard Hillman

There is no decent sport on tv this weekend apart form The Derby so its some entertainment at least for me.

Biggins

Originally Posted by SEPT 23 1989
The Royal family generates 625.08€ million a year from tourism

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't believe that for a second.

Not for a second - a year!

(Sorry - couldn't resist!)

I doubt myself, they pull back in that much - but if they do, what are they also costing the state in return?
And when one is taken away from the other, is there a surplus or a big deficit!

Chuck Stone

Biggins wrote: »

And when one is taken away from the other, is there a surplus or a big deficit!

Even you take the Liz and her gang out of the equation all the history, palaces and other paraphernalia that is associated with royalty remains - that's why I find the £½ billion figure hard to believe.

griffdaddy

Jubilee slouches in the settee
He's losing all will to move
He gone divvy
Too much telly
He watching 24 hours of rubbish
He got butane
He got plastic bags
His eyes are going square
He no raver
Just anti-social
He not going to cut his hair
He dresses incorrectly
No one told him how
Seventeen
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly
No one told him how
Seventeen
He not keen on being like
Anyone else

Yakult

**** the queen!!
Have no problem with people celebrating it tho, I would too if I were English.

ballsymchugh wrote: »

if anyone is in kerry and sees a house with union flag bunting all around it, give it filthy looks.

I'll keep an eye out

Fratton Fred

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Even you take the Liz and her gang out of the equation all the history, palaces and other paraphernalia that is associated with royalty remains - that's why I find the £½ billion figure hard to believe.

But she would need to be replaced by a president and they aren't cheap.

efb

Sure let lizzy on- GB haven't had a great time of it lately. I wonder will RUS beat them in the medals in the Olympics??

My name is URL

Gotta love the Guardian and the 'Republican' button they have to hide all the Royal garbage

The fact they'd bother to include such a thing shows that Republicanism in the UK is growing in popularity. There's even a load of protests organised for the day of the jubilee - http://www.republic.org.uk/

bwatson

My name is URL wrote: »

Gotta love the Guardian and the 'Republican' button they have to hide all the Royal garbage

The fact they'd bother to include such a thing shows that Republicanism in the UK is growing in popularity. There's even a load of protests organised for the day of the jubilee - http://www.republic.org.uk/

Well, there is one.

The Monarchy is safe for a fair while yet

Latchy

I'm been invited to two Jubilee related events over the BH weekend here in England , one's a Barbie on sunday and the others a street party but I'll settle for just the Barbie and join in the spirt of the occasion .

Chuck Stone

Fratton Fred wrote: »

But she would need to be replaced by a president and they aren't cheap.

Yeah but at least the people of the UK would be able to choose their president and technically they could choose someone like this if they wanted to.

McChubbin

I couldn't give a single f'uck.

getzls

Confab wrote: »

OP, shouldn't you be asking this question to British people, not Irish? We're not in the Commonwealth any more you know.

QUOTE]
Don't tell Sir Terry Wogan that. And it's Her Majesty to you peasants.:D

previous user

Is there free food?

recylingbin

She must be sick to f*ckin death of hearing god save the queen by now.
Extra day off work over there, what's not to love?

J Cheever Loophole

recylingbin wrote: »

She must be sick to f*ckin death of hearing god save the queen by now.

Just saw Katherine Jenkins singing that little ditty again at Epsom. What a pair of....lungs!! Tremendous.

H2UMrsRobinson

Ellis Dee wrote: »

I couldn't care less about the aul Windsor wan's party, why should I? But it's nice to see in the UK newspapers that the weather has changed and it looks like pissing on their picnic all weekend. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster does indeed move in mysterious ways. :D

Why are you pleased to see that it will now be raining on the celebrations? That seems a bit mean-spirited for someone who couldn't care less.

Judgement Day

Great to see another 'burn everything English but their coal thread' - talk about the Brits being xenophobic. Some of the armchair provos on this thread need to get lives. :rolleyes:

recylingbin

J Cheever Loophole wrote: »

Just saw Katherine Jenkins singing that little ditty again at Epsom. What a pair of....lungs!! Tremendous.

Yes.
I would totally bajigo her bajooga

Turpentine

You's are annoyed when she comes here.

You's are annoyed when she stays at home.

You'd be better off going outside and shouting at the clouds to try and keep the rain away on this bank holiday weekend.

awec

Biggins wrote: »

Not for a second - a year!

(Sorry - couldn't resist!)

I doubt myself, they pull back in that much - but if they do, what are they also costing the state in return?
And when one is taken away from the other, is there a surplus or a big deficit!

They make more than they cost.

The Royals cost the average British tax payer less than 10 pence a year.

The problem is that the fact they aren't a financial black hole doesn't fit in with this "leeches" / "waste of money" image that certain quarters try to portray (inaccurately).

They're a money making machine, so long as that remains the case then I'm firmly of the opinion they should stay (though admittedly I no longer pay taxes to HMRC).


For what it's worth, not bothered on the Jubilee. Won't watch it on TV but would have appreciated the extra day off.

flutterflye

I have absolutely no idea what a jubilie is, and I don't care to find out.
Something to do with the queen as far as I can make out.
So that's a bit boring really isn't it.

mongdesade

stovelid wrote: »

Can we ban the Brit Outrage-themed threads from AH for a while?

You can't ban free speech just because you don't like / agree with the subject up for discussion 'stovelid'...tis a democracy after all

If the British want to celebrate their monarch with a 4 day ding dong...fair fúcks to them I say, tis their right after all !

Looking forward to the 1916 centenary celebrations meself :eek:

mattjack

https://www.google.ie/url?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DVMnjF1O4eH0&rct=j&sa=X&ei=wibKT7OtHsfBhAem0czwDw&ved=0CF0QuAIwAA&q=fat+bottomed+girls&usg=AFQjCNEjDOMrkpJFF-xk0WpPeaJE3bDJmA

I've decided to add my own tribute to the jubilee thingy..

brummytom

Can't abide the whole institution myself, but my whole neighbourhood is covered in Union Flags.

I find it depressing people care about the redundant, unelected, privileged sponges.

pjdkeane

I'm from Ireland also and i read The UK Times everyday to see all about the celebrations. It's great to see a celebration of this magnitude. Hope to see more on Sky News over the weekend. It's a bit like the olympics....excitement

Turpentine

mongdesade wrote: »

You can't ban free speech just because you don't like / agree with the subject up for discussion 'stovelid'...tis a democracy after all

If the British want to celebrate their monarch with a 4 day ding dong...fair fúcks to them I say, tis their right after all !

Looking forward to the 1916 centenary celebrations meself :eek:

They can ban what they want to from this forum. Try starting a football thread here and tell the mods all about your rights when it's closed.

ProudDUB

awec wrote: »

They make more than they cost.

The Royals cost the average British tax payer less than 10 pence a year.

The problem is that the fact they aren't a financial black hole doesn't fit in with this "leeches" / "waste of money" image that certain quarters try to portray (inaccurately).

They're a money making machine, so long as that remains the case then I'm firmly of the opinion they should stay (though admittedly I no longer pay taxes to HMRC).

I'd agree with that. I was in London for 4 days for the Heineken Cup. Last year, I was there about a week before the Wills & whatsherface wedding. The amount of jubilee crap (this year) and wedding crap (last year) in the shops that people were falling all over each other to buy, was just unreal. And I'm not talking about dodgy dudes on street corners selling tea towels and flags, I mean the likes of Harrods & Fortnum & Masons. Even the gift shop beside Westminster Abbey was selling wall to wall jubilee stuff. Add in the hordes of tourists who invade London at times like this, spending money in hotels, shops, tourist attractions, restaurants and pubs, and its ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching all the way around imo.

Am by no means a fan of monarchies, especially this one, but I do think that Lizzie and her crew contribute more to the financial health of London in particular, then they cost it. It's just hard to measure it in any quantifiable terms as they largely have a knock on effect on businesses more than they do on the wallet of the average person in the street or the exchequer.

Cantona's Collars

Couldn't care less about the jubilee.

Was told by a newsagent that magazines with coverage of it are being snapped up by the local Protestants who normally never buy magazines of any sort.

questionmark?

Going on the people I work with about 10% care and the other 90% are going great, 4 day piss up. Most of the country doesnt care not that the media would suggest other wise.

I've seen reports in local papers saying whole areas are decked out for the celebrations. Ah ya cause 10 houses in an estate of 500 makes a whole area decked out. I've seen more flags for a ballybackarseway u14 football county final.

Basically its a day off work for those that work to celebrate somebody that has never worked and hasn't died yet.

*, four day weekend, cracks open can, cheers lizzy*

kowloon

I'm very bloody bothered, it's a four day weekend and I run out of drugs before the pharmacy gets deliveries on Wednesday.

bwatson

zerks wrote: »

Couldn't care less about the jubilee.

Was told by a newsagent that magazines with coverage of it are being snapped up by the local Protestants who normally never buy magazines of any sort.

How the hell does he know if a customer is a protestant?

paddyandy

She's a harmless old Lady doing diplomatic work and she gives them a sense of themselves .

J Cheever Loophole

Judgement Day wrote: »

Great to see another 'burn everything English but their coal thread' - talk about the Brits being xenophobic. Some of the armchair provos on this thread need to get lives. :rolleyes:

You ain't seen nothing yet - the English / Brits get off light.

It's whole swathes of our own population that the strongest vitriol is set aside for.

Cantona's Collars

bwatson wrote: »

How the hell does he know if a customer is a protestant?

Small town & everybody knows everybody else.So it's no mystery as to peoples religion.
They never buy those type of magazines but are going wild for Jubilee specials.

bwatson

zerks wrote: »

Small town & everybody knows everybody else.So it's no mystery as to peoples religion.
They never buy those type of magazines but are going wild for Jubilee specials.

Oh right, that sounds fair enough!

And good on them if they want to enjoy the event.

beks101

I work in a Canadian TV station and for the past two weeks I've had to produce daily news specials on the Queen, her life and work, her daily routine, who she's met, countries she's visited, what she did during her trips to Canada, what's in her handbag, who preceded her and who will succeed her, her parents, her son, her grandkids, the Jubilee Trust.

I hate the Queen.

shopaholic01

I find the pageantry surrounding royalty fascinating. I would imagine it's dreary for those involved though. Imagine being the Queen, you have all the wealth you could possible want but no personal freedom.


I doubt she cares about the jubilee - it's just more boring public engagements.