visit announced by symbolic head of state of our main trade partner and neighbour

moonpurple

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alwaysadub

what?!

civis_liberalis

alwaysadub wrote: »

what?!

It was a mildly amusing attempt at informing us that Queen of England is coming for a visit.

WesternZulu

Time to get some mini Union jacks to symbolise how we have matured as a nation :pac:

brummytom

I wonder if she's got any room to give us a lift

alwaysadub

civis_liberalis wrote: »

It was a mildly amusing attempt at informing us that Queen of England is coming for a visit.

Oh right. Has is been confirmed then? Or still at the probably stage..

Trashbat

She better bring those huge toblerones that only seem to be available in airports, or else she's not welcome.....

Cavehill Red

visit announced by symbolic head of state of our main trade partner and neighbour

Oh, so when is President Van Rompuy arriving?

Morlar

This is going to be the most expensive security operation in Ireland in decades & nice to know that we will be paying for it.

brummytom

OP, I can't see anything on RTÉ or the BBC; where's your source?


EDIT: Sorry, found one http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/10399494.stm
God that was hidden

bonerm

She's pretty old. She might die before the event and save us the expense.

SV

Ugh.


Hope it's pissing rain for her when she gets here and her plane ride is the most turbulent one ever, yes, that's how much I hate her :mad:

AnonoBoy

She won't make it past the Germans to the quarter finals.

Also - when did we start referring to football teams as 'she' - are they like boats now?

Bob the Seducer

Wonder if she'll bring Phil the Greek with her. If she does I expect some epic paddy and potato jokes. :pac:

bodun

Our former landord is coming back to re-possess us,seeing as we've made such a balls of the place recently!

The_Minister

I think the Taoiseach can use this moment to recapture his popularity


*A hush falls as the Taoiseach approaches the Queen*

*He puts out his hand to greet her*

"Good evening, Mrs Windsor"

*Silence*

*Crowd goes mad*

The_Minister

SV wrote: »

Ugh.


Hope it's pissing rain for her when she gets here and her plane ride is the most turbulent one ever, yes, that's how much I hate her :mad:

Why do you hate the little old lady?

bonerm

Could we not just get one of the ones that nobody in this country knows, cares about or hates with a passion (eg the son who was in the Navy, whatever his name is)? Then we could scale down security and the thing would pass quietly without any fuss.

Morlar

The_Minister wrote: »

I think the Taoiseach can use this moment to recapture his popularity


*A hush falls as the Taoiseach approaches the Queen*

*He puts out his hand to greet her*

"Good evening, Mrs Windsor"

*Silence*

*Crowd goes mad*

If he shouts 'Go Long!' and drop kicks her corgi he will have got my vote.

F1ngers

AnonoBoy wrote: »

She won't make it past the Germans to the quarter finals.

Also - when did we start referring to football teams as 'she' - are they like boats now?

She is German...

dlofnep

The_Minister wrote: »

Why do you hate the little old lady?

What has she done to warrant respect, out of curiosity?

dasdog

bonerm wrote: »

Could we not just get one of the ones that nobody in this country knows, cares about or hates with a passion (eg the son who was in the Navy, whatever his name is)? Then we could scale down security and the thing would pass quietly without any fuss.

Her amusingly racist husband has already been here. FF gave the okay for Willie Frazer's bigotted FAIR organisation to march down O'Connell St without any foresight. Some unionists point to the reaction to that as typical of people from "down south" and I fear there will be trouble if this goes ahead. SF protesting this won't win them any votes. It may be one step forward in Irish/Anglo relations but it could also be one step back in North/South relations if it turns sour. If it goes ahead there will of course be some cringeworthy celebrity hunters/decorative plate collectors out cheering which will further enforce the jackeen/west brit opinion of some of our own population who live in the captial.

The_Minister

dlofnep wrote: »

What has she done to warrant respect, out of curiosity?

What has any head of state done?

We had a Norwegian king here a while back, and I don't recall anyone asking that about him.

Dudess

dlofnep wrote: »

What has she done to warrant respect, out of curiosity?

Why hate her though? And she seems all right as a person.

Cavehill Red

The_Minister wrote: »

What has any head of state done?

We had a Norwegian king here a while back, and I don't recall anyone asking that about him.

What bit of Ireland does Norway occupy?

bonerm

How about a poll as to whether she's welcome here or not?

stupidusername

I understand some people maybe being angry with this because of the recent bloody sunday inquiry, and that's their own opinion, but I'm pissed over it because of the amount of money that'll be spent on it. OUR MONEY. And we haven't even been asked if we want it... feckin shower of cúnts.

I think it's about time we got over the colonialism thing, so I wouldn't be bothered about it in terms of that, but to me the idea of royalty is just bollix anyway... the fuss being made for any head of state / royal family would piss me off just the same.

dlofnep

The_Minister wrote: »

What has any head of state done?

Has any other head of state bestowed an honourary title upon one of their Colonel's for murdering Irish civilians? I'd be interested to hear about if you could find one.

The_Minister wrote: »

We had a Norwegian king here a while back, and I don't recall anyone asking that about him.

Interesting comparison.

Robbo

Cavehill Red wrote: »

What bit of Ireland does Norway occupy?

In fairness, it's not that long since Statoil withdrew their occupation of countless forecourts.

dlofnep

Dudess wrote: »

Why hate her though?

I don't hate anyone. I'm personally indifferent. But I can see why people might dislike her and what she stands for. However, I feel that it's only right that she should strip Derek Wilford of his title prior to visiting. I believe this would be a very strong gesture of good will with intent of reconciliation.

johnnyjb

Dudess wrote: »

Why hate her though? And she seems all right as a person.

I wouldn't say i personally hate her to bits but she comes from a line of people who oversaw thousands of deaths and atrocities.She may be a figure head but she has some say. You cant say if the queen came on BBC and said she was against the the troubles in the north that they would be still there.

She isn't as much of a sweet old lady as some think. I get the impression lots of people in various countries don't see the bad sides in there leaders.Bush,Queen etc and we need to get rid of elephantman face cowman Cowen.

stovelid

If England don't get knocked out of the World Cup soon, I'm going to emigrate.

johngalway

I wonder will she pay the €10 tourist tax

ejmaztec

Cavehill Red wrote: »

What bit of Ireland does Norway occupy?

Longfjord, Waterfjord etc etc.....

Cavehill Red

Robbo wrote: »

In fairness, it's not that long since Statoil withdrew their occupation of countless forecourts.

You're seriously comparing the occupation of part of Ireland for centuries with an oil firm selling their petrol stations?

Cavehill Red

ejmaztec wrote: »

Longfjord, Waterfjord etc etc.....

The Tenth century called and want their spelling back.
I should add that none of those are fjords. Only Carlingford and Killary are proper fjords. Those places actually refer to fords over rivers.

rovert

dlofnep wrote: »

What has she done to warrant respect, out of curiosity?

She riles up wack job Republicans?

Robbo

Cavehill Red wrote: »

You're seriously comparing the occupation of part of Ireland for centuries with an oil firm selling their petrol stations?

This is AH, so yes.

ejmaztec

Cavehill Red wrote: »

The Tenth century called and want their spelling back.
I should add that none of those are fjords. Only Carlingford and Killary are proper fjords. Those places actually refer to fords over rivers.

You obviously couldn't affjord to buy a sense of humour.:P

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