Can't be bothered with all this Jubilee stuff. Unreasonable?

[MaryMaryOnTheContrary]

Oh god, I wish it were over. Is it meant to cheer us up, in these cash strapped times, to witness a load of over privileged, horse faced folk, being cheered and revered? We're meant to marvel at the longevity of our sovereign? Erm, why exactly? Is it really such hard work, spending a lifetime being carried about, no money worries, eating the best/having the best/...... And all those sodding holidays?

The security alone for HM tour of her people, in her Jubilee year, must be costing a fortune. "ah yes but, they bring in millions in revenue". Really? More than they cost us?

A lovely neighbour of ours is organising a little party in our cul-de-sac. I don't want to offend, but really, I don't want to go. The whole thing gets on my nerves.

All the royalists out there will flame me but, I just don't get it, at all.

[exoticfruits]

I support the monarchy in general, but I have never gone out of my way to see the Queen, I am not going to anything- unless something unexpected turns up.

[TroublesomeEx]

exoticfruits - the voice of reason!

[exoticfruits]

It is quite simple- don't take part. You don't have to get involved in any way.

[PorkyandBess]

I don't know anyone, parents' generation included, who is remotely interested in this Jubilee other than it's a long weekend.

[outmonday]

Yawn yawn. And there will be another one along in 10 years time and probably another 10 years after that. The Queen is sure to live to past 100, like her mother, then she can send herself a telegram.

[MissRee]

I just had a flick through the Betterware catalogue (great toilet reading ) and they have dedicated the centrefold to Union Flag items! Hilarious

[funkybuddah]

Things not thugs, stupid phone. We don't throw parties for thugs

[funkybuddah]

I don't give a stuff about the jubilee or the bloody Olympics,


But

I love all the parties/bbqs etc around it all.

We have a street party for most thugs and I love going to them despite the reason, its nice to all get together.

I'm also loving all the union flag stuff, even if it is a bit overkill.

I mean custard cream cupcakes and a wrap made out of Yorkshire pud and stuffed with beef and roast spuds? Yum yum!

[LadyMontdore]

I don't understand how anyone can think that attending public engagements pretty much every day of your life for 60 years is not hard work. Can you immagine meeting a bunch of nervous people in hats day after day after day and always having to be cheerful, must be so boringl. Never, ever 'taking a sickie' and knowing you'll be doing that forever! She doesn't just 'turn up and get cheered' she talks to people. She may not write the letters herself but she spends several hours a day reading them and government documents.

What you cynics are forgetting is that for many people recieving a letter signed by the Queen is a really special thing. ANd most people who meet her are impressed and remember the occasion for the rest of their lives. So although wnat she does may not involve buses and cooking she makes a difference to people! And that is why lots of people will be having a good knees up!!

[emmanana]

When you meet Queenie, 1st time you call her Your Maj, and thereafter M'am, not as in MARMite but to rhyme with ham.
I'm not a royalist, but can't wait for the river parade. Thousands of boats on the Thames; it will take about 90 minutes to pass. Longest carnival parade I will have ever seen!

[NoOnesGoingToEatYourEyes]

I think this could be the official Jubilee food product for this thread. Love it or hate it

[NarkedPuffin]

And to OldGreyWiffleTest, I think you'll find dictators are quite keen on flag waving celebrations of their longevity

[NarkedPuffin]

Bank Holidays aren't to be sniffed at.

[Shutupanddrive]

YANBU, I won't be buying any of that tat either. I'll have the day off though!

[TroublesomeEx]

dawn that's just a bit tragic. Who came up with that idea. Can you imagine the meeting where that was proposed...

[dawnpreview]

Bought some Kingsmill bread today, it has been renamed Queensmill!

[MissRee]

I wonder whether it would be a good day to take DS to Chessington?

I live on a very steep hill so no street party here thank god

[choceyes]

and if she doesn't want to attend a particular engagement, I bet she doesn't have to. It is not a proper job.

[choceyes]

No I don't think she works very hard either. She certainly doesn't have to cook, clean, tidy up, childcare when her children were little, go on buses, trains, flights in cattle class, sit in traffic jams, etc etc some of the things that make MY life hard.

[LifeHope11]

I agree that she does NOT work hard;just adding up the total number of engagements per year to make it seem like a lot is misleading, some of them take well under an hour with nothing for her to do but turn up & be cheered.

I do not feel inclined to celebrate our anachronistic system of government and lack of democracy, I resent the public money being thrown at this to enable the vastly over-privileged 'royal' family to celebrate themselves, at a time of hardship for so many. I have a disabled DC and we are facing the prospect of having his benefits cut back; but as usual, there is always plenty of money for certain things/people in this country. Call me a curmudgeon if you like, forgive me though if I don't join in the 'jubilations'.

[MaryMaryOnTheContrary]

And let's not forget..... They don't eat the crap we eat. They don't have to wait 2 years for the same procedure Prince Phillip was whisked into hospital to have, just before Xmas. Bloody Nora! With the lifestyle/treatment they get.....they should be able to "work" well into their nineties!

It's no great feat that the Queen Motherher lived for over a century but then, she wasn't working for minimum wage, juggling 3 jobs and childcare and surely none of them have the stresses the rest of us have?

[LadyMontdore]

Mary - Er, yes she does work hard - look up how many engagements she carries out if you don't believe me + huge amount of correspondence. And she does this at an age when most women would have been retired for 20 years.

[MeKathryn]

Mary surely she deserves a rest after all her ancestors spent so much time ripping peasants off and colonising countries to make her rich