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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I don’t have any very strong feelings about the Royal family except to find it all a bit outdated but I found this story a real sign of how out of touch they are.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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ArblemarchTFruitbat · 21/09/2021 12:07

Actually, I suspect this story might have been exaggerated for effect - I can't imagine mustard would squirt high enough to splatter a ceiling, especially the high ceilings in the old houses the Royals occupy.

HypocriteHunter · 21/09/2021 12:09

Max4u

No - I didn’t call him out for I am just as sycophantic as those you chose to scorn.

Yes - I did call him out for I speak pish.

There now.

Answered for you Grin

burritofan · 21/09/2021 12:09

I'm struggling with this. A tube of mustard. It's a common way to buy mustard. What are you acting as if it's as rare as hens teeth? It's as everyday as tubes of toothpaste.
I had honestly never heard of it, or noticed tubes in the supermarket. I’ve never seen a tube of mustard in a friend’s fridge. Clearly it’s not as everyday as toothpaste. Sorry to hear you’re struggling, though Flowers

Sleepybumble · 21/09/2021 12:11

My grandad showed me how to carefully remove the streamers from a party popper and replace them with peas, put the little cardboard lid back on and explode peas all over the table. Still do it occasionally it's funny.

PinkFootstool · 21/09/2021 12:11

Fuck sake 😂 the panic over a bloody tube of mustard:

Prince Philip’s mustard prank
SiobhanSharpe · 21/09/2021 12:12

I'd say this is absolutely on a par for Philip, it brings to mind the tasteless to offensive 'jokes' he was notorious renowned for.
Not a man given to much self-reflection, I'd say.

SickAndTiredAgain · 21/09/2021 12:12

@PartyStory

Yet you would chuck away a whole tent because of a BBQ sauce stain? Hahahahahaha

I never said I would do that. I don’t even own a tent ffs.

The royal household is not going to reuse a tent with a mustard/BBQ sauce stain on it as they often host foreign dignitaries.

Do they host them in a tent?
Fluffypastelslippers · 21/09/2021 12:13

@burritofan

I'm struggling with this. A tube of mustard. It's a common way to buy mustard. What are you acting as if it's as rare as hens teeth? It's as everyday as tubes of toothpaste. I had honestly never heard of it, or noticed tubes in the supermarket. I’ve never seen a tube of mustard in a friend’s fridge. Clearly it’s not as everyday as toothpaste. Sorry to hear you’re struggling, though Flowers

There wasn't really much need for a 'who the fuck buys tubes' though, was there? Just because you haven't heard of it. Even if you RTFT you would have seen it mentioned and even screen shot several times.

I'm struggling with people attitudes. Like you.

The sarcastic touch of flowers just makes you look ridiculous. YOU didn't not know they existed yet felt the need to be rude both when asking who buys tubes and when acknowledging you didn't know.

I would say your chip is too big for any tube of mustard.

Fluffypastelslippers · 21/09/2021 12:14

Your lack of observation does not mean it's not an 'everyday' item either.

Fetchthevet · 21/09/2021 12:15

@Marmelace

So what do you want to do about it? Shall we dig him up and make him apologise? Ffs
🤣🤣🤣
Theunamedcat · 21/09/2021 12:16

I would have thought the real prank was it wouldn't hit the ceiling and you would get coated in mustard

Its just a dumb prank

My dad used to throw invisible sweets in the sir and "catch" them in a paperbag 🤷‍♀️

DobbyTheHouseElk · 21/09/2021 12:19

This thread is hilarious.

Zara said the stain is still there. So clearly it wasn’t repainted or cleaned well.

You guys need to lighten up

Plumtree391 · 21/09/2021 12:20

You are reading too much into what is, essentially, a harmless prank, Dogmatix.

Most children have memories of food fights or similar (water fights), but that doesn't mean they happened every day.

The only thing that seems unusual and surprises me about this, is that they had 'squirty' mustard!

Comedycook · 21/09/2021 12:22

@DobbyTheHouseElk

This thread is hilarious.

Zara said the stain is still there. So clearly it wasn’t repainted or cleaned well.

You guys need to lighten up

I suppose when you have several homes with loads of rooms you don't have to worry too much. If your only living room has a mustard stain on the ceiling, you'd probably be a bit more pissed off
burritofan · 21/09/2021 12:26

There wasn't really much need for a 'who the fuck buys tubes' though, was there? Just because you haven't heard of it. Even if you RTFT you would have seen it mentioned and even screen shot several times.

I'm struggling with people attitudes. Like you.
If a passing 0.5-second comment on an Internet forum thread about an old racist squirting spicy condiments at fancy ceilings gets you this het up, perhaps switch to mayonnaise and Take a Break magazine…

Yogsgirl · 21/09/2021 12:32

It's a funny story, the type of thing grandads do- clearly the stuff of family memories. I very much doubt there really was mustard on the ceiling- it's the kind of tale that gets exaggerated in the retelling (the ceilings in the palace are probably too high for a tube of mustard to squirt high enough anyway)

Bitter attitudes! You can't expect people who have been brought up in such wealth to worry about having to clean up some mustard! There are plenty of other non-royals who are too rich to have to worry about cleaning as well!

DaphneDeloresMoorhead · 21/09/2021 12:33

@SandlakeRd

I thought exactly the same thing! They are so out of touch! It has made me really cross.

It is rather like Kate talking about all the fun art and baking during lockdown. She certainly wasn’t cleaning all that up either.

No. She was providing a job to someone to clean up after her. If your job description is "cleaner" what is so wrong in cleaning up ?
MrsTophamHat · 21/09/2021 12:38

If your job description is "cleaner" what is so wrong in cleaning up ?

I don't disagree with you necessarily but there is a difference between paying someone to clean, and willfully making excessive mess surely?

Waiters are paid to clear tabkes in restaurants but that doesn't mean that it's ok to smear food everywhere on the table cloth and floor because "that's what they're paid for".

furbabymama87 · 21/09/2021 12:38

People like that, royals and extremely wealthy people are out of touch with reality, so will find it hilarious whereas normal people don't find it funny and it just means more work for them.

limitedperiodonly · 21/09/2021 12:38

Tomato puree does go mouldy in a tube once it's opened. You just can't see it which is why I'm fairly relaxed about it.

Toothpaste is remarkably robust to pathogens which is a relief for Prince Charles who doesn't squeeze his own.

The Royal Family do attend events with tents - polo matches and such. I imagine they get all sorts on them - mustard, swan shit. I bet they just get the servants to scrape it off.

Jaysmith71 · 21/09/2021 12:47

Probably the only Phil The Greek anecdote they could share in public.

Tanith · 21/09/2021 12:49

I have never forgotten the day my mother flicked a spoonful of jelly at the kitchen wall one lunchtime.
My flabbergasted father asked her “Why did you do that!?”
“I’ve always wanted to do it. Now I’m a grown up, I can!” she told him, gleefully.
I shall remember their faces - and our delight! - till the end of my days, I’m sure.
Of course she had to clean it off herself. Didn’t stop her, though!

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Dogmatix34 · 21/09/2021 12:51

Lots of different opinions here! It was a genuine AIBU so interesting to hear. I hadn’t really factored in the waste and would consider that fairly inconsequential, my amazement is still that their PR team decided this was a good story to run with and that we would all relate! Clearly some of you are though so maybe it has worked. It was a main story on the BBC so they clearly want us to talk about it. The thought of rotting mustard stains on the ceiling does nothing for me I’m afraid.

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Max4u · 21/09/2021 12:51

hypocrite hilarious that you think that if you don't 'call someone out' Hmmon abusive behaviour that you are sycophantic. Nice way to dodge any personal responsibility there. I think the fact she was crying and we were glaring at him got the message through as his equerry steered him away very quickly.

Oh and yeah, I got him in a headlock and kicked the shit out of him, it was in all the papers didn't you read about it?

Tanith · 21/09/2021 12:51

Oh, and my mother was a cleaner herself, so we certainly weren’t wealthy!

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