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Prince Philip’s mustard prank

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Dogmatix34 · 21/09/2021 10:12

I don’t have any very strong feelings about the Royal family except to find it all a bit outdated but I found this story a real sign of how out of touch they are. The thought of my grandfather encouraging me to squirt mustard on to his ceiling! Since he a) wouldn’t have an army of cleaners to clear it up b) only had a small number of rooms to go in to and would not have wanted disgusting mustard all over the place c) didn’t have incredibly high ceilings where perhaps you wouldn’t have noticed.
I could understand if it was squirting mustard outside or maybe on clothes that could be washed but I found that story really jarring. They don’t need to be house proud, they haven’t worked for what they have and have so much.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58628865

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cazisalittlenuts · 21/09/2021 17:35

@2389Champ unlikely, as I believe that match was a Scotland rugby match, and Anne is actually patron of the SRU if I recall correctly.

TheFoundations · 21/09/2021 17:38

@georgarina

I for one am outraged about this. Buying mustard in a plastic tube, wasting food, and making a mess. Everyone involved should be executed.
This comment surely wins the thread Grin Grin
ElvisPresleyHadABaby · 21/09/2021 17:41

We pay for the cleaning up too...

Goshitstricky · 21/09/2021 17:42

I don't understand the horror of the fact that someone else would clean it up... I assume the Royal's have employed cleaners like a lot of non royals have.

When I was a cleaner, I cleaned whatever mess there was, sometimes the families homes were already tidy and needed basic cleaning and sometimes they were a state! I remember one Mum had made a volcano with her son and the orange vinegar/baking soda mix had gone everywhere (including the ceiling!) so I cleaned it up... because it was my job. ConfusedConfused

Sommernacht89 · 21/09/2021 17:42

The royals are outdated.A rude,entitled bunch of people,that are not even worth the "entertainment" they provide.The most disfunctional family in Britain for sure.

HarrisonStickle · 21/09/2021 17:46

@derxa

He makes the gardeners saw off any plastic handles on garden tools and refit them with wooden handles This makes no sense in any way whatsoever.
Not least because there are many wooden handled options for garden tools!
derxa · 21/09/2021 17:51

[quote cazisalittlenuts]@2389Champ unlikely, as I believe that match was a Scotland rugby match, and Anne is actually patron of the SRU if I recall correctly.[/quote]
That's right and she's a loyal and well loved patron at that. She sits freezing at Murrayfield with the rest of the supporters usually.

cabingirl · 21/09/2021 18:01

FFS - there's no stain on the ceiling - when you tell a funny anecdote like this you of course end with a punch line like "I think the stains are still there" - it's part of the rhythm of telling a funny story.

When you watch chat shows like Graham Norton you can see the similar patterns in the way people tell amusing stories for entertainment.

The mustard clearly mainly went over the person holding it - that was also part of the fun for the grandkids - especially when your grandparents are very formal a lot of the time.

This thread is insane.

Dasher789 · 21/09/2021 18:07

I have visited a few palaces in my time and the ceilings are colossal. I doubt the mustard was shooting 20foot in the air by hitting together a small child's hands.

stringerb · 21/09/2021 18:07

It's not funny though is it?

AlwaysLatte · 21/09/2021 18:17

How funny! I think having memories of a fun Grandfather outweigh the messy side of it.

00100001 · 21/09/2021 18:21

@stringerb

It's not funny though is it?
🙄
StormzyinaTCup · 21/09/2021 18:25

@cabingirl

FFS - there's no stain on the ceiling - when you tell a funny anecdote like this you of course end with a punch line like "I think the stains are still there" - it's part of the rhythm of telling a funny story.

When you watch chat shows like Graham Norton you can see the similar patterns in the way people tell amusing stories for entertainment.

The mustard clearly mainly went over the person holding it - that was also part of the fun for the grandkids - especially when your grandparents are very formal a lot of the time.

This thread is insane.

That's exactly how I took it too, a bit 'ooh I bet there is some still on the ceiling ha ha' [tongue in cheek exaggeration]. It's unlikely to be what actually happened.

I really don't thing you could get that sort of height out of a tube of mustard, it's a metal tube in small hands, that would take some doing. I imagine the youngsters had a good laugh over it at the time and its obviously a fond memory they all share. It's just a bit of messing around with Grandad during family down time.

MN can be bonkers.

Blossomtoes · 21/09/2021 18:35

@stringerb

It's not funny though is it?
It is if you’re four, it’s hilarious. And the memory makes the grandchildren laugh fondly.
TheFoundations · 21/09/2021 18:44

@stringerb

It's not funny though is it?
Well, all the people who were there that we've heard from were telling the story because they found it funny.

But you know better?

burritofan · 21/09/2021 18:48

I’d rather rub mustard powder in my eye than find anything about that old racist hilarious. Team po-faced fun sponge!

embolass · 21/09/2021 18:51

Doubt he’d have been so keen to make the grandkids laugh if he’d had to clean up the mess!

Arrowheart · 21/09/2021 18:55

Hugh Edwards reading about this on the news at 6pm looked suitably unamused by this. I love Hugh Edwards!

sst1234 · 21/09/2021 19:07

This thread shows that the professionally offended are having a slow news day today.

MythicalBiologicalFennel · 21/09/2021 19:45

@Arrowheart

Hugh Edwards reading about this on the news at 6pm looked suitably unamused by this. I love Hugh Edwards!
Brilliant Grin
VestaTilley · 21/09/2021 19:54

You’re being ridiculous- I think they said in one interview that the Queen didn’t like him doing it, and that some mustard is still on the ceiling, so it’s clearly not been cleaned off by the staff.

Life round yours must be a laugh a minute if you never play any sort of games or have fun with your children.

ineedsun · 22/09/2021 07:57

Christ, if you want to be annoyed with the royal family there’s enough to go at without making up stuff about a daft game so that you’ve got something to froth about.

Focus on the paedophile for example

Blossomtoes · 22/09/2021 08:26

@ineedsun

Christ, if you want to be annoyed with the royal family there’s enough to go at without making up stuff about a daft game so that you’ve got something to froth about.

Focus on the paedophile for example

There isn’t a paedophile. There’s a disgusting man who’s attempting to avoid justice for having sex with a trafficked woman, that’s quite bad enough without over egging it.
PinkFootstool · 22/09/2021 08:34

@Blossomtoes trafficked at the age of 17, so a child not a woman but agree paedophilia is a stretch - by definition it's about prepubescent children.

KittenKong · 22/09/2021 08:36

Mum did this by accident. She dropped a huge jar (catering size) of mustard that she has just taken the lid off and it splattered in the ceiling (quite impressive - it was a very high ceiling). This was back in the day of textured ceilings, so we needed up having it repainted.