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TaraFoxglove

My name is URL wrote: »

An eternity's worth of fapping material provided there for Kevin Myers

Heh, what happened?

Knight who says Meh

Missed business opportunity:

Setting up a Buckfast stall at the protests agains Queen Liz......feck it any way

murpho999

I have no interest in Royal Families and Monarchy (Think all countries should be a Republic) but must give QE2 credit for being good at all this Queening lark.

Seems to be constantly commemorating the dead, looking at ancient bits of wood and paper, looking at fireplaces, listening to national anthems and bloody bag pipes,meeting boring politicians and all the time she smiles and looks as interested as possible when in deep down she must be bored out of her tree and would probably prefer to be at home with her G&T and Racing post.

Rather her than me!

Nodin

Knight who says Meh wrote: »

Missed business opportunity:

Setting up a Buckfast stall at the protests agains Queen Liz......feck it any way

You'd need to factor in the security overheads there. The lack of normal stroke opportunities seems to have riled up the local flora and fauna.

smokedeels

Knight who says Meh wrote: »

Missed business opportunity:

Setting up a Buckfast stall at the protests agains Queen Liz......feck it any way

Don't associated that fine beverage with those idiots.

A stall selling history books, a map of the British Isles with Glasgow circled and the concept of hypocrisy would be more beneficial.

My name is URL

TaraFoxglove wrote: »

Heh, what happened?

She shook his hand.

Expect a long-winded, synonym-heavy article about it in the coming hours!

Newbie_2009

Id love to hear what they actually say when then get back into the Range Rover. In fairness to her it must be incredibly boring and hard to keep smiling when meeting loads of very boring Irish politicans . At least McAleese has a personality. I doubt enda makes for very interesting company.

seamus

Cornelius whatshisface the crazy priest is out on Grafton St doing jigs to entertain the lunchtime crowd, in front of some banner proclaiming that the Queen is a prophet of doom, or something.

If nothing else, she certainly brings out the entertainment.

murpho999

My name is URL wrote: »

She shook his hand.

Expect a long-winded, synonym-heavy article about it in the coming hours!

They didn't actually shake hands, but I do think he had a semi!

Pherekydes

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Working on Merrion St. It's eerily quiet out there!

Street sweeping?

Sorry, couldn't resist...

K-9

The Michael Collins portrait looking down on the Queen and Enda was a nice touch!

ejmaztec

heyheyhey1982 wrote: »

Kevin Myres should be given to her Magesty as a gift

He could be the royal gimp, and she could walk him with the corgis.

Xivilai

I have to say I felt sorry for the Queen, bloody boring job she has.

That Michael Collins portrait was kinda eerie hanging above her :pac:

Cantona's Collars

RachaelVO wrote: »

Fully agree. BBC said there were "pockets" of protesters. Which would seem about right, a few planks who reckon they have the right to disrupt what is a historical 4 days. The BBC also filmed some Dubs saying that she deserves respect and she was more than welcome, as any head of state would be!

She won't apologise, but I think the wreath at the Gardens of Remembrance was a monumental gesture! I'm looking forward to hearing what she has to say this evening.

The topic of her apologising was brought up on Today FM news,it is up to a head of government to apologise for past wrongs,not the queen as she is just a figurehead of the monarchy.If any apology is forthcoming it will have to be from the British prime minister.

K-9

Xivilai wrote: »

I have to say I felt sorry for the Queen, bloody boring job she has.

That Michael Collins portrait was kinda eerie hanging above her :pac:

And that other great patriot, Bertie, is on Sky News!*

*Maybe slightly sarcastic.

Latchy

Some good points to come from this visit is

1 it's gave official recognition to the hundreds of thousands of Irishmen ,north and south and from both divides who fought and died in world war one and two

2 Her visit will go some way to upping the tourist numbers visiting Ireland

The million of euros it cost to stage the security for these events will in the longer term be beneficial to the country

BBC news 24's reporting on the Queens vist is much more balanced and accurate on the historical events in Irish history than that Sky news .

480905

I wonder will she take off her gloves to shake hands with the great unwashed today.....

MrChavcore

you'd think bertie ahern would try harder to hide his face rather than give interviews on sky news. nobody likes you bertie, on your bike.

bigSuzi12

Anyone else notice that the band were playing "Wrap the Green Flag", slowly and discretely in the background, while she was going around shaking hands at the War Memorial? Class.

dj jarvis

lcrcboy wrote: »

I hope she will make some form of apology (even though she probably wont) why is it such a difficult thing to do is the UK's ego to big to allow such a thing to happen, it would also give the dissidents one less excuse to use when committing violence. I dont like the way sky news has been reporting the whole thing always focusing on a few little scumbags in hoodies shouting around the place.

protocol dictates that she cant make an apology and wont .....
but she will do a careful dance with words that is sanctioned by the British government , anything remotely political is under the governments remit and they ok or not , the speech will cobbled together by crown civil servants ,
basically it will come as close as you can get with out actually getting one

a bit like sex with a condom - sun bathing with a bin liner on you
you get all the heat but none of the tan !!! .....:D

ejmaztec

Latchy wrote: »

Some good points to come from this visit is

1 it's gave official recognition to the hundreds of thousands of Irishmen ,north and south and from both divides who fought and died in world war one and two

2 Her visit will go some way to upping the tourist numbers visiting Ireland

The million of euros it cost to stage the security for these events will in the longer term be beneficial to the country

BBC news 24's reporting on the Queens vist is much more balanced and accurate on the historical events in Irish history than that Sky news .

I hope that the tourism industry doesn't fuck it up by some charging visitors extortionate prices to go into attractions around the country.:(

I think for example, that €17 for an adult to visit a hole in the ground at the Ailwee Cave in Clare is robbery.

http://www.aillweecave.ie/aillwee_cave_admission.htm

Mumha

heyheyhey1982 wrote: »

Kevin Myres should be given to her Magesty as a gift

He'd look well with a big apple in his mouth. For a fella who laid into the overweight in a recent column, he'd want a good look in the mirror for himself.

murpho999

MrChavcore wrote: »

you'd think bertie ahern would try harder to hide his face rather than give interviews on sky news. nobody likes you bertie, on your bike.

He is totally discredited here but the thing is he is well known in UK for his contribution to peace process.

Boulton asked him if Ireland should join the Commonwealth....thought Bertie handed that well in fairness to him!

Beefy78

murpho999 wrote: »

Boulton asked him if Ireland should join the Commonwealth....thought Bertie handed that well in fairness to him!

What did he say?

Nodin

ejmaztec wrote: »

I hope that the tourism industry doesn't fuck it up by some charging visitors extortionate prices to go into attractions around the country.:(

I think for example, that €17 for an adult to visit a hole in the ground at the Ailwee Cave in Clare is robbery.

http://www.aillweecave.ie/aillwee_cave_admission.htm

It sez you get into the Birds of Prey center for that as well, so presumably you get a ticket to skip the q into Copperface jacks.

Latchy

ejmaztec wrote: »

I hope that the tourism industry doesn't fuck it up by some charging visitors extortionate prices to go into attractions around the country.:(

I think for example, that €17 for an adult to visit a hole in the ground at the Ailwee Cave in Clare is robbery.

http://www.aillweecave.ie/aillwee_cave_admission.htm

That does sound like robbery and something the tourist industry will have to work at .Lessons should be learned from the economic fallout ie, give value for money and don't fcuk up by overcharging people for the mediocre .

Ghost Buster

dj jarvis wrote: »

protocol dictates that she cant make an apology and wont .....
but she will do a careful dance with words that is sanctioned by the British government , anything remotely political is under the governments remit and they ok or not , the speech will cobbled together by crown civil servants ,
basically it will come as close as you can get with out actually getting one

a bit like sex with a condom - sun bathing with a bin liner on you
you get all the heat but none of the tan !!! .....:D

According to a news report I have just watched she writes her own speeches and has apologised in the past, in South Africa in relation to the Boar wars

Mumha

MrChavcore wrote: »

you'd think bertie ahern would try harder to hide his face rather than give interviews on sky news. nobody likes you bertie, on your bike.

His whiskey nose is a lot redder now he has to pay for his own makeup.

Morlar

I think the long term success of this visit is riding on the speech this evening, and whether or not she expresses an element of regret/sorrow at the wrongs committed on this island by the forces of the british crown.

The 'nod of acknowledgement' to the men who fought and died for Ireland's Independence at the Garden of Remembrance was nice, but it is too ambiguous to progress things in my view.

The british media coverage is a joke. It perfectly illustrates that attitudes across the water have not developed much in recent times.

murpho999

Beefy78 wrote: »

What did he say?

Well he grimaced a bit when asked but said it was mooted about 10 years ago and was deemed not necessary as there is lots of of opportunities with EU etc and also Irish people don't really understand the Commonwealth anyway.