Harrods is owned by
Muhammed Al-Fayed, the father of Princess Di's boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed. The elder Al-Fayed has repeatedly charged that the couple's fatal motor accident was in fact an assassination arranged by British agents.
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To: atomic conspiracy
other customers might be intimidated by the uniform
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criminy.
2 posted on
11/21/2006 10:44:11 AM PST by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Cornyn / Kyl in '08)
To: atomic conspiracy
Burkas yes; uniforms no. Something very wrong here.
3 posted on
11/21/2006 10:44:59 AM PST by
unkus
To: atomic conspiracy
Thanks for connecting those dots - that's what I was thinking, but I wasn't 100% sure...
4 posted on
11/21/2006 10:47:51 AM PST by
Hegemony Cricket
(I'm Hegemony Cricket, and I improvised this message.)
To: Clive
Some Kipling required here!
5 posted on
11/21/2006 10:48:03 AM PST by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
To: atomic conspiracy
I think the 1st Royal House Artillery should post a soldier in dress uniform at the entrance of Harrod's providing educational pamphlets advising customers who enter the store of the store's policies.
To: atomic conspiracy
7 posted on
11/21/2006 10:49:52 AM PST by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: atomic conspiracy
RE: Rival department stores Selfridges and Harvey Nichols
Both really great stores. And less price inflated than Harrods for comparable goods.
9 posted on
11/21/2006 10:51:12 AM PST by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: atomic conspiracy
I thought I remember that it was owned by Fayed. So politics and culture or perhaps religion has entered into his economic world.
10 posted on
11/21/2006 10:52:43 AM PST by
twigs
To: atomic conspiracy
"A lot of people assume that somebody in uniform is either there on official duty, which could cause them alarm, Oh come on, the guy was in dress uniform, not battle dress with assault rifle. What BS.
To: atomic conspiracy
To hell with Harrod's - owned by the Fayed family - and do your shopping at Selfridge's or Marks and Spencer (which I always preferred anyway).
12 posted on
11/21/2006 10:53:15 AM PST by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
To: atomic conspiracy
"Rival department stores Selfridges and Harvey Nichols said they had no problem with service personnel entering their stores in uniform."
The wallet can speak. Patriots have other places to shop.
13 posted on
11/21/2006 10:53:29 AM PST by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: atomic conspiracy
A lot of people assume that somebody in uniform is either there on official duty A lot of people are idiots or histrionics.
16 posted on
11/21/2006 10:54:18 AM PST by
Silly
(Still being... Silly)
To: atomic conspiracy; MadIvan
Ping -- the lion is very ill.
17 posted on
11/21/2006 10:54:32 AM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Now we are all Massoud)
To: atomic conspiracy
There is a long-standing tradition at HarrodsLong standing? I wonder how long? I doubt this was in place when half the country was in uniform and the Nazis were raining random explosives on London.
Alarm at the sight of a uniform? I don't believe it. When did the Brits turn into such a mass of jellyfish? Or is it only the foreign customers that would be alarmed at the sight of a British uniform?
18 posted on
11/21/2006 10:55:29 AM PST by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: atomic conspiracy; Petronski
Harrods is overrated. When I visited London, my mom and I got better bargains at small shops around Harrods. We bought some Queen's Jubilee soap there. That was it. I don't get why the store management is being spineless.
19 posted on
11/21/2006 10:56:53 AM PST by
cyborg
(No I don't miss the single life at all.)
To: atomic conspiracy
I WENT into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But its "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when theres trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' foolyou bet that Tommy sees!
20 posted on
11/21/2006 10:56:55 AM PST by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Criminal Number 18F
Dogs and Soldiers, keep off the grass.
24 posted on
11/21/2006 11:00:04 AM PST by
razorback-bert
(I met Bill Clinton once but he didn?t really talk ? he was hitting on my wife)
To: atomic conspiracy
al Fayed thinks the British government killed his son.
He hates them.
Therefore, he won't let them onto his property.
If that's really what's going on, it's understandable.
Irrational, and in the end bad for publicity, but understandable.
26 posted on
11/21/2006 11:02:30 AM PST by
Vicomte13
(Aure entuluva.)
To: atomic conspiracy; nutmeg
27 posted on
11/21/2006 11:02:31 AM PST by
stanz
(Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
To: atomic conspiracy; All
Written a long tim ago, by one of their best,
and they still don't get it.
And neither do our moonbats.
Tommy
Rudyard Kipling
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But its "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when theres trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' foolyou bet that Tommy sees!
28 posted on
11/21/2006 11:04:34 AM PST by
ct_libertarian
(We inbellyfeel Democrat duckspeak doubleplusgood!!!)
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