Prince Philip's Political Incorrectness

RATM

Came across this over on sickipedia.org I really can't believe some of the
sh1t he has come out with over the years, some true classics and cringers.

Is he the most politically incorrect individual around today, and therefore, by extension, a legend of Classic Rock?

# "Still throwing spears?" (Question put to an Australian Aborigine during a visit in March 2002)

# "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting)

# "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (Speaking to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland)

# "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (in 1999, referring to an old-fashioned fuse box in a factory near Edinburgh)

# "You are a woman, aren't you?" (in 1984, in Kenya, to a native woman who had presented him with a small gift)

# "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (in 1993, to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary)

# "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (in 1994, to an islander in the Cayman Islands)

# "You managed not to get eaten, then?" (in 1998, to a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea)

# "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting)

# "Brazilians live there” (On key problems facing Brazil)

# "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" (Sharing a joke with a blind, wheelchair-bound girl with a guide-dog)

# "In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation."

# 'Ever been on a plane before? It was just like that.' (To the leader of paraguay when asked how his flight was)

# 'Deaf? I'm not surprised with that bloody racket!' (To a class of deaf children sat next to a brass band)

# 'Do you have a licence for that?' (To a man in a motorized wheelchair)
# 'Bloody silly fool!' (To a Cambridge University car park attendant who failed to recognize him)

# 'If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.' (To British students in China during Royal visit there in 1986.)

Coriolanus

I love him. Wishe he was my uncle or something so I could have him over for dinner. It'd be a blast.

RATM

Nevore wrote: »

I love him. Wishe he was my uncle or something so I could have him over for dinner. It'd be a blast.

I know, Im in the same boat. He just swans around the world with the Queen and insults people. He just doesn't give a sh1t. You couldn't even call him racist as he discriminates against everyone with equal fervour

fitz0

Sounds like he drives a taxi around Dublin.

Beasty

"British women can't cook" said in 1966
"You have mosquitoes. I have the Press" said when on Caribbean Tour 1966
"Well, you'll never fly in it, you're too fat to be an astronaut" to a 13 year old aspiring astronaut 14/12/09

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Very likable member of the royal family, would probably fit in better with the Royale family

He's just rockin his way through the OH's monarchy with a smile on his face, a well-meant insult on the tip of his tongue and more than likely a hip flask in his pocket

Rock on

Milky Moo

He is a legend!
I mean a complete and utter racist bigot but at least he is unashamedly one, which is refreshing!

gcgirl

most old people are like that

mike65

Phil the Greek simply didn't bother waiting until he got old before insulting all and sundry.

BY all accounts he's the nearest thing to a real person in the House of Winsdor.

Dardania

His incorrectness doesn't end at politics:

http://www.myinterestingfiles.com/images/2008/03/didkingphilipfart.jpg

HelenRyan

what is political incorrectness??

who decides what is politically correct?

Quint

HelenRyan wrote: »

what is political incorrectness??

who decides what is politically correct?

If only that was Prince Philips job

Beasty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFN2iGulYOs

Dudess

It doesn't seem like there's any real malice there. I pissed myself laughing at those quotes.

Quint

The guy should do stand up! These lines were brilliant!
Particularly the "eating dogs" one.

# "You managed not to get eaten, then?" (in 1998, to a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea)

# "Brazilians live there” (On key problems facing Brazil)

# "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" (Sharing a joke with a blind, wheelchair-bound girl with a guide-dog

# 'Ever been on a plane before? It was just like that.' (To the leader of paraguay when asked how his flight was)

My name is URL

I'd say he's a great laugh.. always seemed to be likeable anyway.. I don't think he takes himself too seriously, and neither does anyone else

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

RATM wrote: »

I know, Im in the same boat. He just swans around the world with the Queen and insults people. He just doesn't give a sh1t. You couldn't even call him racist as he discriminates against everyone with equal fervour

If he registered an account with boards.ie, do you think Zohan would have the balls to ban him?

Beasty

A few more quotes

“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”

“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”

To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin
“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”

To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes
“You look like you’re ready for bed!”

When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union
“The bastards murdered half my family”

To a Briton in Budapest
“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”

"We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."

"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed."

"I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing"

CrazyRabbit

# "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting)

Insensitive timing, but I agree with the argument.

stovelid

I've always secretly found him funny.

There. I've said it.

K4t

He's an idiot.

Svalbard

K4t wrote: »

He's an idiot.

I must disagree.

His comments are so offensive as to be quite insightful, and his sense of comic timing is genius.

sky88

hes kinda awesome with some of the things he says their just so bad

Wibbs

Beasty wrote: »

“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”

To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin
“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”

Genius

K4t wrote:

He's an idiot.

I'd have to agree with Svalbard, regardless of how you feel about him or what he represents, he does have wit and timing about him. He's no fool that's for sure and given he's in his 80's he's still very sharp. From any celebrated wit who wasnt him, he would be highly enough regarded. And compared to the rest of the royals? No contest whatsoever.

dolliemix

lol! We almost had an argument about Prince Phillip at the family Christmas dinner. Looks like most boardsies here would be siding with my mum!! :eek:

IMO h'es a superior freek with no sense of reality. I almost feel sorry for him

brummytom

He's absolutely hilarious; I love funny old racist people, my nan would say exactly the same things.


He's a refreshing change from the rest of the tediously dull Royals

Gummy Panda

brummytom wrote: »

He's absolutely hilarious; I love funny old racist people, my nan would say exactly the same things.

What does your nan call a broken bottle?

brummytom

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What does your nan call a broken bottle?

Nothing, she's dead

Beasty

On a visit to Birmingham a few years ago, after a local kid tries to pick his pocket:

"Who's that little sh!t over there - bloody thief"
A few weeks later it is established the boy has relations in Ireland, and his whole family is deported there

Could have been worse though - look what he "arranged" for Diana

RATM

Beasty wrote: »

On a visit to Birmingham a few years ago, after a local kid tries to pick his pocket:

"Who's that little sh!t over there - bloody thief"
A few weeks later it is established the boy has relations in Ireland, and his whole family is deported there

Could have been worse though - look what he "arranged" for Diana

I'd love a link to this one- Prince Philip racist against the Irish, no way :pac:
The bloody Welsh were always worse in his book than us lot! Not forgetting the Indians, Africans, Caribbeans, eastern Europeans, etc, etc...ad infinitum....



Can't wait till his next 'gaffe', in fact I almost hope it's against us....just to get the forthcoming Twickenham fixture off to a start

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

RATM wrote: »

I'd love a link to this one- Prince Philip racist against the Irish, no way :pac:
The bloody Welsh were always worse in his book than us lot! Not forgetting the Indians, Africans, Caribbeans, eastern Europeans, etc, etc...ad infinitum....



Can't wait till his next 'gaffe', in fact I almost hope it's against us....just to get the forthcoming Twickenham fixture off to a start

Linky me arse - tis fiction.

brianthebard

Svalbard wrote: »

I must disagree.

His comments are so offensive as to be quite insightful, and his sense of comic timing is genius.

As a socialist republican who believes in the extermination of the royal elites, have to agree he's one of the best.

OutlawPete

This faux pas went out on Live on Sky News ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWm0zOUDITo

I'm all for eccentricity and 'lovable rogues', but I can't get with the ironic appreciation of this guy

All those quotes of his are pretty moronic if you ask me, and I think we are crediting him with more 'wit' than he is due...

zeppe

Just another royal inbred idiot..entertaining though:)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

OutlawPete wrote: »

This faux pas went out on Live on Sky News ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWm0zOUDITo

No idea what he said...

OutlawPete

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

No idea what he said...

He said ..

"Can you tell the difference between them?"

Beasty

There are more!

"If you gave a seven-year-old a brush and paints he'd produce something like that" - In the Sudan, after viewing some of the paintings housed in the country's ethnic museum

"What do you gargle with - pebbles?" - To Tom Jones, after 1969 Royal Variety Performance

"Aren't there any male supervisors? This is a nanny city" - In San Francisco on meeting five city officials - all of whom were female

"You were playing your instruments weren't you? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?" - Congratulating a school band on their performance in Australia

"The best thing to do with a degree is to forget it." - At the University of Salford

"Are you Indian or Pakistani? I can never tell the difference between you chaps."

"If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate how much more aircraft have become. Unless you travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly."

"Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, a science which I have practiced for a good many years." - Address to General Dental Council, quoted in Time November 21, 1960.

"If it has got four legs and is not a chair, if it has two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."

and finally:
"Tolerance is the one essential ingredient … You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance."

Jeanious

OutlawPete wrote: »

He said ..

"Can you tell the difference between them?"

Just read a newspaper article about that and they seem to think he meant the russians and the chinese look alike....i took it as somethin to do with David Cameron being a communist or somethin like that!

OutlawPete

coyle wrote: »

Just read a newspaper article about that and they seem to think he meant the russians and the chinese look alike....i took it as somethin to do with David Cameron being a communist or somethin like that!

Hard to know with him, but he seemed to be chomping at the bit a split second before David Cameron was mentioned.

Who knows. Maybe he's earned the right in some ways to hold a grudge on whomever he wishes.

He reminds me of The Major in Fawlty Towers

RATM

Prince Philip strikes again.

This time he asked the Scottish Tory Leader if she was wearing tartan knickers :P

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/duke-of-edinburgh-asks-top-tory-do-you-have-tartan-knickers-2341439.html

The Duke of Edinburgh has sparked controversy during the Pope Benedict XVI's visit by asking Scotland's most senior conservative politician whether she owned a pair of tartan knickers.

During the Pope's tour of Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Duke noticed that many MSPs were wearing ties bearing a new tartan commissioned to mark the Pontiff’s visit.

Observing that Annabel Goldie, the Scottish Tory leader, was not wearing the tie, the Duke asked her: "Have you got a pair of knickers made out of this?" The astonished spinster, 60, performed a double take then quickly recovered her poise. "I cannot possibly comment and even if I had I could not possibly exhibit them," she replied.

With that, the Duke moved onto the next MSP in the line, leaving Miss Goldie and Iain Gray, her Labour counterpart, trying to digest the bizarre exchange.

Miss Goldie later travelled to Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, where the Pontiff was due to deliver an open-air mass.

Those who travelled with the Scottish Tory leader, who is renowned for her witty ripostes and double entendres in the Scottish Parliament chamber, said she was in "fits of laughter" during the car journey.

After recovering from the encounter, she said: "It's marvellous that humour is alive and well in the Royal Family."

A spokesman for Mr Gray said: "We do not comment on the Scottish Tory leader’s underwear."

CrazyRabbit

Perfectly valid question.

Beasty

Apparently he was hoping she said yes, and was then going to retort:

"Prove it"

Ickle Magoo

What's really stupid is thinking a tory in holyrood would wear tartan anything. :pac:

up for anything

It's probably an after dinner game amongst the royal family. "Let's see who can think up the worst thing for dad to say tomorrow."

fontanalis

If you were inbred, lived in a palace and didn't work you'd look down your nose at the plebs too.

mathepac

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Linky me arse - tis fiction.

No, no it simply has to be true - I read it on the interweb in Wikipedia who were quoting the Irish Mail of a Sunday who were quoting a 'normally reliable inside source', who said she overheard being discussed over a few lines in the next-door jacks - verified and true, so there, you horrible doubter you.