Posted on 05/12/2007 6:53:15 AM PDT by theothercheek
When Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited Goddard Space Flight Center, they dropped in on mission control to listen to an exchange between British-born NASA astronaut C. Michael Foale and the three astronauts aboard the international space station, and later toured an exhibit with British astronaut Piers Sellers, who explained how a spacesuit's life-support system operates. The Washington Post reports that Prince Philip inquired, "What do you do about natural functions?" and "the astronaut gave a discreet answer."
Not only this is the most unoriginal question the Prince could have thought to ask, but it is rather rude as well. No one asks him or his wife about their bodily functions, so why does he think this is a proper question to ask someone else? Instead of sending a platoon of protocol advisers to our shores to teach us bumpkins how to behave, the advisors would have done better to concern themselves with how the Royal Consort – who is clearly the product of inbreeding – behaved.
NOTE: See also: "G-d Save (Us From) The Queen" (second item, The Daily Blade).
Rather ridiculous argument. Of course no one would have asked him the same because there would be no point to - he is not engaging in something that would beg the question. It was a legitimate question, not meant to be rude or disrespectful.
Why in the world are you making such a big deal out of something this insignifcant?
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Is it really just the latest such post? I guess I should search for other posts along this vein so I can see what other small-r republicans think about what’s so “royal” about any king or queen (it’s not just England, it’s any country that still hews to this anachronism).
“Did you know that Patty Duke and her cousin from England were two different people?”
No....but I suppose you are at-the-ready with yet another “stilletoblog” link to prove it.
Maybe you will ping me if “she” has the decency to put a FreeRepublic link on “her” little obscure blog....
He was standing in front of an exhibit showing an empty space suit. No one was in it - so no one was doing anything to beg his pointless, unoriginal question. He didn’t know his question was rude, but you can bet your bippy that if someone had asked him whether the loos at Buckingham Palace are equipped with bidets or just TP, all the protocol advisers would have fainted dead away. Amd that hapless questioner would have been pilloried in the MSM (not to mention here) as a boor, or worse.
Well then can we start calling you 'not smarter than a fifth grader'? Because indoor toilets have been around a little longer than the Romans...
Sitting type toilets in human history appeared quite early. In the remains of Harappa civilisation in India, at a place called Lothal (62 Kilometers from the city of Ahmedabad in Western India) and in the year 2500 BC, the people had water borne toilets in each house and which was linked with drains covered with burnt clay bricks. To facilitate operations and maintenance, it had man-hole covers, chambers etc. It was the finest form of sanitary engineering. But with the decline of Indus valley civilisation, the science of sanitary engineering disappeared from India. From then on, the toilets in India remained primitive and open defecation became rampant.
And here's a whole listing of ancient toilets
Wow you must really not be smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps you should have how did you say it...'have asked one of your retinue to look it up for you' before posting.....
If you’re nice to me I will ping you. If not, you can keep checking the blog yourself until you find the link. After you have satisfied your curiosity (or whatever it is) you can do whatever you like.
I don’t have a retinue. But I guess I could have Goggled it like you did. Anyway I never claimed to be smarter than a fifth grader - and now I can blame The History Channel. Well so much for “educational TV.” It’s back to Fox News for me!
An Aqueduct system while necessary for the proper function of this (modern marvel), but it dose not include the "Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer" (No. 814) was a siphonic discharge system that allowed a toilet to flush effectively when the cistern was only half full. British Patent 4990 for 1819 was issued to a Mr. Albert Giblin for this product.
The Townhall article “The Queen of England Makes Me Sick” pretty much does. Add the WaPo’s breathless coverage of the sickening protocol, stir, and presto! But you have to follow the links to get the backstory.
But you can’t forget Crapper’s contribution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
why do they bother you so? get a grip. we have far more important things to be upset over than a question...that btw i would have probably asked too...guess that makes me not smarter than a fifth grader...hmmmmm
He can have his valet read it to him ...
Are Americans boorish? Well, I think about Mike Wallace. The old fahrt asked Mrs Romney of she and the governor had had premarital sex. Only our resident village atheist could be so rude.
Are Americans boorish? Well, I think about Mike Wallace. The old fahrt asked Mrs Romney of she and the governor had had premarital sex. Only our resident village atheist could be so rude.
When Lindbergh was introduced to the king of England after his 1927 flight, the king asked “How did you pee?”
I don’t see that this is a dumb question or a rude one. Arrangements for bodily functions is one of the problems engineers have to solve when planning space missions. The question wasn’t meant personally, and it is hard to believe that an astronaut brave enough to go up in space ship is too shy to answer.
Given how much it costs Brits to pay for the royal family’s lavish lifestyle - dozens of people, not just the Queen - one would expect them to distinguish themselves from you or me, seeing that we are just regular folk. So what, exactly, makes any of them royal? You prove my point that Prince Philip is not superior to you in any way by admitting that you would have asked the same question. Heck, maybe you are the “rightful” heir to the throne. You’ve got as much “right” to it as Chuckie.
Do you know Lindy’s answer? I hope it was something along the lines of “Just like you do. Or maybe not. Tell me how a king pees and I’ll tell you if I did the same.”
Didn’t someone ask Clinton what kind of underwear he wears? And he answered it. Good for her that she declined.
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