Best name suggestion I've seen for the newborn drain on the taxpayer...

[SolidGoldBrass]

I popped into a pub this afternoon for a wee and a pint and they had a Royal Baby Name sweepstake board behind the bar.

Someone had suggested 'Dodi.'

[Angelfootprints]

Why so Valium? Do you rebuke the fact a lack of empathy is a characteristic of being psychopath?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

usual

queen mother was a hideously rude bitch according to my deceased grandfatherwho met her numerous times during his career in the forces (he never said this to me,i was told after he'd passed). He was a man who had nothing bad to say about 99.9% of all the people he met. The Queen was apparently very nice though.

[ToysRLuv]

I don't think the Queen's life is that bad, and frankly other long serving monarchs around the world (even though I don't approve of them either) seem to be able to the same job looking less grumpy, awkward and stiff.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

toys

She might just have a serious face?

I look miserable sin when not involved in conversation, I'm not very animated.

[ToysRLuv]

Maybe, but she should have had ample training (or at least opportunity for it, even if she's not taken the offer up - she should have) to be able to try act and look less grumpy/more interested, since she's in essentially a PR job. Or maybe her grumpiness is good, since a Monarch of Great Britain should not have to look interested for no bugger. They're that important and special - and thus so is Britain.

[valiumredhead]

I'm not sure you understand what a psychopath is tbh angel.

[Angelfootprints]

Ok.

[valiumredhead]

Lol

[Angelfootprints]

This conversation is going well.

Thank goodness its not real life or we would be having a major awkward silence right now.

[Angelfootprints]

Oh geez. Would I need to give them a photo of me looking all sad? so the dm readers could say I was well ugly

[ToysRLuv]

[ToysRLuv]

They'd have to find my professor to give his official professional opinion, as well. Embarrassingly enough, I don't remember his name. Only what he looked like - sort of.

[SunshineBossaNova]

Angel they'd only say you were well ugly if you'd previously said how other women were jealous of your looks

[SolidGoldBrass]

Quite interesting that some people react with even more pants-pooing outrage at the suggestion that someone might not feel that much grief when a PITA of a family member dies. If you dislike and despise someone, you might not wish them harm, you might well be sorry that they died at a young age and feel pity for their DC if they have DC, but you might not feel much grief at the departure of someone who wasn't very nice. And it can be difficult and stressful to have morons poking at you and demanding to see you cry when you're actually quite relieved to be rid of the PITA.

[garlicagain]

generational dependence and all that

Grrr. There are NO three-generation scrounger families, the government made them up. Charities, universities and newspapers have sent teams of researchers into all the worst-deprived areas, and found nary a one. The govt eventually admitted they made it up, but forgot to tell the Daily Hate or alter the very expensive policies founded on their own lie. There aren't even many two-generation dependent families, though current economic policy will see to that shortly.

Anyways, SGB - thread topic:

Pinched from Facebook - [King] Sized Mattress.

From me - [Prince] Lee Sum.

G'night!

[JustinBsMum]

There are round here (three-generational benefits) remember that if you have your DCs at 16 or thereabouts it doesn't take many years before there are 3 generations. There are drug dependency /dealing etc involved and the ensuing mental health problems, or claims of them, which absolves people from responsibility in the eyes of the state.

[PeoplesRepublicOfBerkshire]

The queen is unbelievably sour faced. The Olympics was a classic example - she took part in that cringingly bad sketch with Daniel Craig and then once in the arena she sat looking miserable and bored for the entire opening ceremony.

I felt embarrassed watching it!

[YouTheCat]

SGB, my ex mil called me a heartless bitch for not crying about Diana. But I didn't like the woman. And whilst I didn't wish her ill, I wasn't going to start wailing and grieving for someone I had never met and couldn't care less about.

[wokeupwithasmile]

serious questions:

1- Does William work as many weeks of the year as every other commoner does? Counting the number of times he is photographed here and there, I wonder whether he has only 20/25 days of holidays per year?
2- Same for his brother.

[RatUpADrainpipe]

^^ it isn't just Royals, you know, who have more than 20/25 days of holiday per year !

[PeoplesRepublicOfBerkshire]

Wokeup, no he has way more holiday than all his colleagues and gets to nick a helicopter to fly his brother around whenever he fancies - it's ridiculous.

[Trigglesx]

There's a disturbing trend showing on MN lately (or maybe it's just always been there and I've not noticed it before).... people are angry at the poor because with their benefits they MIGHT have something more.. and they're angry at the rich because they DO have something more. It seems that some will never be happy unless the poor are pushed down into the gutter (where they think the poor belong) and the rich are dragged down to their level.

[YouTheCat]

Triggles, the people who are angry at the poor and those who are angry at the rich, are not necessarily the same groups of people.

I'm not angry at either. I just think the monarchy is outdated and no longer relevant.

[Trigglesx]

Not always, no, but sometimes they are. ANd I'm referring to all across MN, not just on this thread.

I'm not angry at either. But I do think the monarchy needs to remain, for a number of reasons. We all have differing opinions. I just hate to see the bile spewed out towards the royals, especially the main group of them - they were all "born into their positions" and are simply living their lives. They could do a lot worse. All these people that freak out over them and say nasty things about them need to calm down and re-examine their reasons for their hatred. It's unbalanced IMO.