Harry and Meghan and the intricacies of the Monarchy

[PelicanPie]

Here's a follow on to the last thread, which was really enjoyable.

Penguin biscuits tastes too much like Blue Riband margarine.

And so it starts...

Oh this thread. Penguins In the Time of Coronavirus. Thank you. @BarleylemonPenguin I think that’s the crux of it- searching for that bit of meta-awareness.
That Omid article actually reminds me of an article I once attempted to write for the school magazine. All I could think about was the headmistress (similarly un-meta aware) reading it... ‘and as Mrs X rolled up her sleeves to flip burgers with the parents, laughing and joking with the little ones’ etc etc. I made myself quite nauseous.

It’s the circle of... something.

Or a pyramid, maybe?

Dodecahedron? Complicated, anyway

What a mischievous suggestion

In all seriousness these are the sorts of connections that would have made a part-royal role for either MM or H problematic.

Perhaps it's naivety on their part that they don't see this.

Fully detached they are free to work with what seems a very American model. I'm not sure I find it very dignified but that's another story.

Yes, in a 'who you know not what you know' world they are ripe for the picking. M probably understands this, because it's the way of the acting world, but H could be vulnerable to not seeing it.

Just musing about networking. In my professional life (such as it is/was) one criticism that always came up in performance reviews is that I am not good at networking.

This is true, I'm not particularly sociable, I don't like making small talk with people I don't know, I don't like the whole idea of OMG I met X at a party and they can help me with Y. I'd rather pitch an idea or a story on its merits, and then do the work it requires.

I couldnt be doing with a dinner with JM and 10 other women all fluffing about who knows who.

This actually makes me NOT a penguin, as they are very social birds.

I don’t really see that JM thing as proper networking though.
Perhaps you are more a solitary sandpiper, @yolofish. They’re lovely.

(Jessica Mulroney) the 39-year-old fashion stylist is offering female entrepreneurs the chance to have dinner with her next month

Don't all rush at once

I went to Waitrose and had to buy this. Why can’t a Penguin fly?

Because it’s a biscuit.

Why are Penguins hard to get along with?

I'm not particularly sociable, I don't like making small talk with people I don't know

Welcome to MN

Going back to an earlier observation, on penguin biscuits looking fuck all like their namesake......

Behold, Penguin mini biscuits.

Because they are always fishing for compliments. Are arguing!!

Love the Penguin mini biscuits - do they come in maxi? I need a good breakfast before in-laws come round this weekend!

Sussex excellent dad jokes

Puzzled

How does a group (raft/waddle) of penguins make a decision?

They flipper coin

Groan

Who is a Penguin’s favourite family member?

Aunt Artica.

Penguin minis look super cute but do they have any chocolate?

It’s the circle of... something
—delusion me thinks, or supreme arrogance—
🙄

@Bellehare099

“MM would have like to have met William first”

Here we go again.

Sigh.

Aunt Arctica