Oh-ffical subsim "Royal Wedding" thread - Page 4

Oberon · 04-29-11, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Egan

I'm spending the day listening to the Sex Pistols instead, but can someone let me know when the bloody thing is done so I can put the TV or the radio back on?

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off.

You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

Egan · 04-29-11, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off.

You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

I know I know. I just put the radio on for about 10 seconds: Richard Bacon talking about the Royals: Probably the Worst Thing In The World. Ever.

I did see a little bit on the TV when I got up. They were driving all these minor Royals to the Cathedral in what basically amounted to transit vans...I take it they were the ones who are so inbred they couldn't be trusted to get there on their own?

Sod this for a lark. I'm going to go and watch the Gilmore Girls. Even that couldn't be as saccharine and nauseating - even if the people in the Gilmore Girls are richer than the Royal family.

Hottentot · 04-29-11, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off.

You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

Aye, and not only your media either. I just opened the homepage of a local big newspaper and there were at least four different articles about this event. The dumbest one was titled along the lines: "We follow this minute by minute" the format was like they were updating a freaking Facebook. One update, for example, stated: "Now they are waving for the crowd!"

Edit: Okay, I just went and counted all the articles I could find. Found 19 of them. This is ridiculous.

joegrundman · 04-29-11, 07:34 AM

Just had the flyby of Lancaster and two Spitfires.

What a sound!

Followed by a flyby by some modern zoomie nonsense.

Egan · 04-29-11, 07:45 AM

If she's a 'Commoner' I wonder what that makes us?

Oberon · 04-29-11, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Egan

If she's a 'Commoner' I wonder what that makes us?

I believe the term rhymes with pheasants.

Alex · 04-29-11, 08:10 AM

The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then

), as expected

, perfection from start to finish.

Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine !

Egan · 04-29-11, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then

), as expected

, perfection from start to finish.

Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine !

I was 6 when Charles and Di got married. My Dad decided to take me and my brother to the swimming pool for the morning. When we got there it was, of course, shut. Standing there on the steps with my swimming gear and towel under my arm I became a fervent republican. True story.

I was in the states when Diana died. I was actually out in the Yosemite back country when it happened and didn't know anything about it until we got back down to the village. When people realised we were Brits they kept giving us this look and saying 'I'm so sorry.' It was beginning to freak me out because no one said why they were sorry. I was beginning to wonder whether the UK had blown up or something. Once I found out I just sort of explained that whilst it was very nice of them to be so sympathetic I didn't actually know Dianna so I was more or less alright and did they have anything for a blister?

I was on the plane home during the funeral - first time I've ever been happy to be on a trans Atlantic flight. Missed the whole thing. I had really bad jet lag when I got back but my friends were even worse having had an entire week of media insanity.

Alex · 04-29-11, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Egan

I was 6 when Charles and Di got married. My Dad decided to take me and my brother to the swimming pool for the morning. When we got there it was, of course, shut. Standing there on the steps with my swimming gear and towel under my arm I became a fervent republican. True story.

ROFL !

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Originally Posted by Egan

I was on the plane home during the funeral - first time I've ever been happy to be on a trans Atlantic flight. Missed the whole thing. I had really bad jet lag when I got back but my friends were even worse having had an entire week of media insanity.

Personally I'd say I prefer the celebration of any royal ceremony to the constant, ubiquitous anti Khadafi american propaganda, but I guess it is no more than a matter of tastes, after all.

AVGWarhawk · 04-29-11, 08:33 AM

I watched for a few minutes. It was very nice. The carriages are beautiful. Deep in tradition in the UK. Overall it looked like a good time.

Jimbuna · 04-29-11, 09:35 AM

Gotta admit I eventually sat down and watched it and apart from the actual service I thought it was rather good.

The eyes of the world were on this and I should imagine there is many a country out there who would love the opportunity to have such a worldly respected royal family and all the pomp and tradition that goes with occasions such as this.

The real bonus was the BoB fly over....I wasn't as impressed with the tonkas and tiffies though.

Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

kranz · 04-29-11, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

there is many a country out there who would love the opportunity to have such a worldly respected royal family and all the pomp and tradition that goes with...

...all the filth and scandals showing that they are people like us.
I also watched a bit, it was nice and fancy. But being a "subject" to "them"- no, thanks.

Bakkels · 04-29-11, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

At best I'll watch it on the late evening news but as far as I'm aware they are quite popular over the pond

That's quite a U-turn you made there Jim!

But I understand, it's quite an event. A few years back when our prince married I watched it too. I'm not what you would call a real supporter of monarchy, but that doesn't mean I hate the royal family.
I don't know, in between all the wars revolutions and political quarrels (both here on the forum and in real life

), these festivities are somewhat refreshing.

Skybird · 04-29-11, 10:02 AM

Couldn't avoid to just have seen the first pics of the event myself. Maybe I am a heretic, but the sister of the bride looked even more beautiful than the bride herself already did!

frau kaleun · 04-29-11, 10:05 AM

Caught about a half hour of it live as I was getting ready for work this morning. (No, I didn't go looking for it, I turned on my usual morning news channel and there it was.)

Saw from what I assume was the end of the Archbishop's final speechifying, after which the couple and witnesses went back into a private chapel to sign all the paperwork, up until they got back to Buckingham Warehouse--er, Palace, sorry, that's what my pop always called it.

They looked a lovely couple, her dress was fabulous but not over the top (I still remember Di's, I know it was a different era but PLEASE

) and what I saw of "the spectacle" was very nicely done. Have to admit I teared up a bit when they emerged from the chapel and did the long walk down and out of the abbey.

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04-29-11, 07:34 AM	#49
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Just had the flyby of Lancaster and two Spitfires. What a sound! Followed by a flyby by some modern zoomie nonsense. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

04-29-11, 08:10 AM	#52
Alex Dominant Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,143 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then ), as expected , perfection from start to finish. Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine ! __________________

04-29-11, 08:33 AM	#55
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I watched for a few minutes. It was very nice. The carriages are beautiful. Deep in tradition in the UK. Overall it looked like a good time. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-29-11, 09:35 AM	#56
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,471 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Gotta admit I eventually sat down and watched it and apart from the actual service I thought it was rather good. The eyes of the world were on this and I should imagine there is many a country out there who would love the opportunity to have such a worldly respected royal family and all the pomp and tradition that goes with occasions such as this. The real bonus was the BoB fly over....I wasn't as impressed with the tonkas and tiffies though. Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-29-11, 07:45 AM	#50
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	If she's a 'Commoner' I wonder what that makes us?

04-29-11, 10:02 AM	#59
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Couldn't avoid to just have seen the first pics of the event myself. Maybe I am a heretic, but the sister of the bride looked even more beautiful than the bride herself already did! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

04-29-11, 10:05 AM	#60
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Caught about a half hour of it live as I was getting ready for work this morning. (No, I didn't go looking for it, I turned on my usual morning news channel and there it was.) Saw from what I assume was the end of the Archbishop's final speechifying, after which the couple and witnesses went back into a private chapel to sign all the paperwork, up until they got back to Buckingham Warehouse--er, Palace, sorry, that's what my pop always called it. They looked a lovely couple, her dress was fabulous but not over the top (I still remember Di's, I know it was a different era but PLEASE ) and what I saw of "the spectacle" was very nicely done. Have to admit I teared up a bit when they emerged from the chapel and did the long walk down and out of the abbey.