to think this is frankly ridiculous? (warning, Royal Bloody Wedding related)

[QueenOfFlippingEverything]

DD's school, not content with having the day off for the Royal Bloody Wedding, are staging a mock-up of the event the day beforehand.

We have been asked to donate flowers. They want us to attend in our 'best finery - don't forget your hats'. The local church is hosting this charade

What a waste of sodding time and money I mean FFS.

So unless you want to wave a union jack around like a gurning chimp to the tune of God Save Our Queen, whilst a priviledged couple who wouldn't piss on us if we were on fire get hitched, we are all miserable? Righty-ho.

My DS can have as much fun as he likes. Presumably the school with have no objections if he has fun at ThomasLand or the Thinktank instead of having fun at their stupid, pro-monarchy, servile-twat parade?

gurning chimp - love it

@ gurning chimp

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I think it sounds like fun! but i can understand how it may be an issue if you normally work. My kids would love this though.

Marmalade Watkins- are you a namechanger??

[suspicious]

interesting how divided the responses are to the OP. Personally I couldn't really give a toss about the current Royals as it's hard to discern what value they actually provide. I might watch a bit of the wedding because I'm nosey if I'm at home with the children. I would not, however, be impressed if our school did something like this. Sounds like a well-meaning but ill-considered staff room idea and actually puts a lot of people in an awkward position.

Yes I am.

Can yer guess who i am yet?>

You can enjoy the spectacle without the need to wave flags like a 'gurning chimp' or otherwise!

Sounds very odd to me. YANBU.

DS's music class are doing something similar. Luckily we're on holiday at the time so don't need to think about it.

no mention of my letter today

but the weekly newsletter has come home with a request for a 'wrapped wedding gift' to be used as a raffle prize, and a plate of party food for the reception [head explodes]

Aw Queen in many ways I agree with you but your daughter will never ever forget that her mum kept her off school and she missed the party, you know. Give it twenty years and there'll be a thread on here about it!

go on write fuck that to the school and tell them a load of mums off the interweb told you to

It's Catherine Princess of blah blah isn't it not Princess Catherine same as Lady Di?

Some of you are so blooming' miserable and sanctimonious and your children will wonder why they weren't allowed to have fun while others were.

Yeah fun is banned in our house. True fact.

DD loses pocket money if she doesn't look sufficiently miserable at least five times a day.

I think I am going to have to bugger off to Netmums until after the Royal Wedding to get away from all the moaning and griping.

It is a bit of fun for the DC, most of whom will remember it as that. And those who are not allowed to go will remember the injustice of it forever - as Acanthus said.

While not being a Royalist, I have no objections to the Royal family and am quite looking forward to the wedding. As is DD. We have several items of cheap tat memorabilia. It is a good laugh.

God, this would enrage me and i would have no hesitation in removing my children from school for that day.

at threat of Going To Netmums

Look, I wasn't moaning or griping 'til school came up with this spectacular bit of twattery. As far as I am concerned, if people want to celebrate the wedding of two over privileged strangers then they are welcome to do so in any way they would like. Not my business.

But it has no place in school IMO and I object to them assuming we are all going to relish the chance for our DC to be made to participate in a charade of flag waving and mock vows. And I am NOT sending flowers, party food, or presents.

this may well send you over the edge, QOFE

I wear it all the time and have regular compliments. :o

YABU. Lighten up, it's a bit of fun FGS. You don't have to be a Royalist (I'm certainly not!) to see it as a fun thing to do for the children.
Go buy a bunch of daffs or something for the 'flowers' they cost less than £1 a bunch!

"Some of you are so blooming' miserable and sanctimonious and your children will wonder why they weren't allowed to have fun while others were."

Really, I MUST review my child's fun intake.

It's just not FUN if it's not royal endorsed FUN, is it?

p.s I went into Poundland last week to buy some, ahem, confectionary items and I swear that the Will and Kate on their bunting was a fake Will and Kate.

The british taxpayers should be furious that they have to pay for this when everyone is living in these times of cuts for all. The Queen should really be footing the bill.

Which poster said they thought most schools no longer did SATs?! Schools would have a party to rival the royal wedding the day that happens.