Posted on 11/03/2005 3:15:36 PM PST by Pokey78
When Americans say "the royal _______" it's an epithet.
As if we don't have enough depressing desolation around here, Chuck and his Mare are coming to N.O. to 'see the destruction' for themselves.
Nothing like filthy-rich, inbred, adulterous 'Royals' having a photo-op in front of the remains of someones life to really make you feel all warm and 'wuvved'.
He'll probably look at the 6 story mound of debris that had been people's homes and possessions and cluck about how bloody awful it is to see all the trees that were broken and uprooted.
I don't know what his handlers were thinking, but this business about Charles giving Bush a talking-to went over like a you-know-what in the punch bowl.
Prince Charles isn't he the one that has fallen off the horses too many times?
Camilla seems more nice than Diana. Didn't Diana croak in France while partying with some Ayrab?
From the British perspective the London Times is pretty hostile to the British royal family and monarchy as the institution. Noe a surprising thing sice it is owned by Rupert Murdoch - a republican (small r).
The piece is the British way of expressing things "See Charles, even the Americans are ignoring you! Why should we let you become the head of state one day?"
An ignorant man who would never have made it in the real world and his ugly wife are visiting the US. We are underwhelmed.
an America ... would rise up in the spirit of 1776 and throw the monarchical chump out of the country
I would, if given the chance to do so, and had I been an American.
I thought the ole chap was spot on, too! Some people just don't know how to have a good chuckle these days!
This is British humour. As far as I know, British type of humour is night and day from American ones. The New Zealand government's ministry of foreign affairs and trade advises New Zealanders doing business with Americans that they should minimize the use of NZ jokes (which are very related to British humour) because few Americans would understand it.
"Britain and America are two countries separated by a common language.". The saying has nothing truer manifestion in the use of humour.
Or a sodding git...
LOL
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