Dame Kiri triggers gun drama as she checks in at hotel

The Telegraph ^ | December 6, 2003 | Auslan Cramb

[pbear8]

Another 'Soprano' gets into trouble.

[MEG33]

She has the voice of an angel.

[pbear8]

And she's a good shot. What more can one ask for?

[JRandomFreeper]

She did exactly what she should have done in any rational world. She wanted to secure her firearms (not guns) when staying in a hotel. Why it caused a flap is indicative of how irrational GB has become about firearms.

/john

[MEG33]

If one isn't too picky about slender,she is beautiful.

[pbear8]

If one isn't too picky about slender,she is beautiful.

Yes she is, the proportions make her sound all the better. I got to hear her one night at the Hollywood Bowl. Her voice really filled the amphitheatre. A memorable evening.

[MEG33]

I am envious.

[joesnuffy]

Not Too Shabby....

[pbear8]

I like her even though I'm an alto. I'm for diversity ;).

[jdege]

And she's a good shot. What more can one ask for?

I heard a recording of her singing songs from "The Sound of Music Once", including the song "Up in the hills was a lonely goat-herd" that revealed something critical about her.

Yes, she's rich. Yes, she's good looking. Yes, she's a shooter.

But she can't yodel.

[razorback-bert]

I just happen to be listening to her Christmas cd as I type.

[ChefKeith]

Hot gun panic over here.

[niteowl77]

The UK continues to become a more controlled but less civilized place. The treatment of a Dame traveling about with a pair of sporting shotguns in 1903 would provide quite a contrast with this incident. Should she ever come to NE Iowa, she is welcome to store her doubles at my house.

(That didn't sound right... )

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Dame Kiri, who is also a keen golfer and angler...

I hope they patted her down for illegal fish hooks and 9-irons.

[pbear8]

But she can't yodel.

Maybe it's genetic, perhaps you need snow.

[pbear8]

I just happen to be listening to her Christmas cd as I type.

Thank God it's not a 'holiday' CD.

[pbear8]

The UK continues to become a more controlled but less civilized place.

They must take away all of the knives, I'm sure you've heard how they are stabbing people right and left. My friend says they use knives in Japan as well. But, no gun violence!

[Ramius]

I'm not sure why I even see this as a story?

OK... so the hotel didn't have any protocol for storing firearms. It would have been better if she would have just taken them to her room and not asked... but she attempted to be upfront about it. Looks like even the local cops weren't all that hinked up about it. They offered to store them, they gave them back to her when she went out...

Given that brits are somewhat more paranoid about guns, this doesn't look all that off the charts to me. What's the story here?

[Tennessee_Bob]

But she can't yodel.

And the problem is???

[razorback-bert]

Yep, it lacks that favorite, I Dreaming Of A White Holiday