How Brill is Prince Philip

ross_castle

I wish he lived over here

Quotes from price Philip


The Duke is particularly known in Britain for occasional controversial remarks made while on public visits. [2].

When visiting China in 1986, he told a group of British students, "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed".

After accepting a gift from a Kenyan native he replied, "You are a woman, aren't you?"

"If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (1986)

"British women can't cook." (1966)
To a British student in Papua New Guinea: "You managed not to get eaten then?"

Asked a Scottish driving instructor, "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough for them to pass the driving test?"

On a visit to the new Welsh Assembly in Cardiff, he told a group of deaf children standing next to a Jamaican steel drum band, "Deaf? No wonder you are deaf standing so close to that racket."[3]

He asked an Indigenous Australian, "Still throwing spears?" (2002)

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

To the President of Nigeria, who was dressed in traditional Muslim robes, "You look like you're ready for bed!"

Seeing a shoddily installed fuse box in a high-tech Edinburgh factory, HRH remarked that it looked "like it was put in by an Indian".[4]

When a twelve-year-old boy told the Prince that he aspired to be an astronaut, His Highness responded, "You're too fat."

On the Royal Navy ship HMS Boxer, when given a tour of the ship, which was quite extended, was quoted to have said, "Not another ****ing chamber"

On a visit to Exeter Cathedral, he asked a blind woman with a guide dog, "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?"

In 1983, after meeting then-San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein and several female supervisors, he remarked, "Aren't there any male officials?... This is a nanny city."

Dellgirl

Will you edit to seperate the lines - funny but hard to read.

joejoem

You have to say it in a posh english accent for the total effect

Tezcat

pmsl
The guy says what he thinks doesnt he, total PC nightmare. Funny old chap.

dimerocks

they are fairly good alright.

Binomate

Lol!

dundalk cailin

makes a change from the bush ones

county

what a legend the man has no scruples

ross_castle

Anyone reckon he picked that accent up in Trinity

Rb

Funny guy alright.

Mossy Monk

i think he is an ignorant old man, maybe thats just me

BoozyBabe

Agreed, I think he's an ignorant old man also! If it's not British Custom then it can't be right etc...
But at the same time, if you're not the particular people being seriously offended by him at any given time, the thought that someone could say these things without realising they could be offensive is a bit funny!!!!

They're like something my da would say (He's NO idea either!!!)

Hugh Hefner

ross_castle wrote:

When a twelve-year-old boy told the Prince that he aspired to be an astronaut, His Highness responded, "You're too fat."

Hahahahahahahahaha! That was a funny 2 mins. reading that OP. Very good indeed.

He may be a racist, archaic old-timer but damn if he isn't funny. It's not like he acts on his stereotypes so as long as he's funny I'm happy to put up with him.

ross_castle

He's ike a wrinkly Ricky Gervais

Pighead

It can, of course, equally be argued that he has been remarkably gaffe-free in a lifetime of getting through nearly 400 such events a year. More than half a century of small talk would, for most people, contain enough material to embarrass and humiliate them for a lifetime.
Pigheads only been on boards for 6 months and has managed already to turn many against him with his inane sometimes offensive comments.
And anybody who isn't keen on Prince Charles is good enough for me.He is said to be no great fan of his large eared son, first in line for the throne. He is said to prefer his daughter and once told an aide, "If only Charles had Anne's balls."
Respect to Prince Brillip