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.

[badtasteflump]

Or how about one of these to brighten up the celebrations?

www.ladyserena.co.uk/union-jack-bullet.html

[Kveta]

oh, there must be some awesome jubilee tat out there. some of the royal wedding memorabilia was just priceless.

my sister has a corgi and is getting very excited by all the corgi tat on sale now - any adverts with corgis I see I have to send her (she lives overseas). But Jubilee bog roll and pan scourers are brilliant. Must go and see if they have a jubilee bog brush to combine the two into one fabulous product :o

[JuliaScurr]

[FashionEaster]

That Jubilee tat is fantastic

There is nothing Jubilee related in our town. The dcs haven't done anything at school, apart from draw a self-portrait 4 months ago that got projected onto Buck House. Bu dc's teacher is carrying an torch so hence all things Olympian. Historically the area was Cromwellian - maybe it secretly it still is - but nobody tells the 'incomers'?

[FashionEaster]

a torch, not 'an'!

[Kitchentiles]

How about realising that life isn't always about money and is sometimes about fun? We have every day of the year to moan and stress about money - but, for once, let's push the boat out, hang the expense and do something special.

Same applies to the Olympics - who wants to tell their grandchildren '...and in 2005, we avoided having the Olympics here so we didn't have to pay any more council tax.'

[DamselInDisgrace]

Our neighbours are organising a street party on the Sunday, and the scouts are having a party on the Friday. We're going along in the spirit of community relations but we're not celebrating the jubilee. There will be no union jack anything on our table.

In fact, it's DS1's birthday on the Monday (the actual jubilee) so we're celebrating that instead. And everyone else is celebrating with us, whether they know it or not.

[DamselInDisgrace]

God, I hate the Olympics. I'd really rather tell my future grand kids that we avoided the extra council tax and let someone else deal with them instead.

[MarySA]

I am totally anti royalist I'm afraid. Can't see what's to celebrate having to having had to put up with the Queen for the last 6 decades. She's such a miserable, poe faced superior looking creature looking down her nose at us all. Sorry if this offends folk.

[LadyMontdore]

Agree with kittchentiles! I'm looking forward to a weekend of fun!

[badtasteflump]

Personally I love to 'push the boat out, hang the expense and do something special' - just that I do it for an occasion special to me, not a hideously rich old lady I've never met

And I really can't imagine my grandchildren asking about the Olympics and the Jubilee one day - if they do, I'll tell them their dear old granny didn't give a rats arse about it all

[LadyMontdore]

Mary - you are wrong about the Queen - she works very hard (and still is at 80) she has dedicated her life to the country and is very far from miserable.

[Malificence]

We're going on holiday that weekend, if there's bunting on the plane, I'm getting off.
Some saddos on the other forum I frequent are having a meetup in the UK pavilion at Epcot in Orlando on the Monday, I've been invited and politely declined their offer, I'm staying well away.

[Kveta]

bog brush?

[Malificence]

I didn't specifically book the holiday just to get out of the country for the jubilee you understand. I didn't realise at the time it would be fucking half term the airport will be a bloody nightmare I bet.

[DamselInDisgrace]

Mary: you could celebrate my DS1's birthday instead. Some random kid's 12 birthday is as relevant to you as the jubilee, but it's an excuse for cake.

[CurrySpice]

OP I feel exactly the same as you

And I don't agree it's about being patriotic to "celebrate" the fact that we have such an embarassingly anachronistic system of government.

I don't wish the queen any personal ill will. Just couldn't care less about how long she's been on the throne

And I'm not a misery guts. I am pant-wettingly excited and patriotic about he Olympics coming. It's just this load of sychophantic twaddle that gets right on my bippy

I'm leaving the country for the week

[NoOnesGoingToEatYourEyes]

I doubt that most of the parties will really focus constantly on the Royals anyway, mostly they will be about having a good time with friends and family.

Your children will probably love a street party. I can remember the one our street had for Charles and Diana's wedding when I was six and it was great. I had no interest in them but loved the games and the party food etc. The party was on our street but people from all the surrounding streets contributed and took part too. The afternoon was mostly for the children, with races and games to play etc, but as it got later it became a party for the grown-ups and I'll never forget seeing the road full of people dancing, in fancy dress, including my mum in some sort of flapper outfit and my dad as a pirate!

I would love for DS to have the same sort of memories but our street isn't doing anything like that. I think you are lucky and your neighbour sounds like she has worked incredibly hard to arrange it all.

As for the Olympics, the torch will be coming right passed our house and I have some bunting all ready to hang out on the fence and a flag for DS to wave as they pass. Although I will say it's the torch more than the games themselves that we are looking forward to.

[CurrySpice]

And while we are at it. The construction industry had it's worst month EVER last April with all the bank holidays while we were supoosed to be giving a shit about the wedding. It was horrendous.

So all this "it's great for the economy" stuff is bullshit as well

[WorraLiberty]

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

Go out then.

If I went to all the trouble of organising something like that and I found my neighbour on here moaning about it, I would really rather they buggered off and did something they really wanted to do.

[NoOnesGoingToEatYourEyes]

On the other hand, I am completely sick of seeing every item in the supermarket covered in flags and crowns packaging and watching adverts for things like tampax and pampers with their Olympic Jubilee themes.

[LtEveDallas]

I'm looking forward to the extra days off. DD is seriously excited about it all and I am happily doing whatever she asks. It's not my thing but she wants to join in:

They have a 'dressing up kings and queens day' at school so we have made a crown together and I've made a cape to go with one of her party dresses.

There is a Parents Jubilee Cake competition that DD wanted me to take part in - so I've taken an extra day off work to make and decorate one for her to take in.

The school is having a 'street party' and I am making lots of cucumber sandwiches etc.

At the weekend there will be a big party / BBQ at our caravan site so I'm making cakes and salad stuff for that.

I'm helping to make memories for DD, so I don't mind. If I said no she'd be upset and you know what, I'd rather not do that to her.

[Kitchentiles]

badtaste - I meant as a nation push the boat out etc. You haven't got to spend any money directly and you get a day off!

I just think it's nice to have something different and special from the norm. It's not like it's every year is it?