After Hours, one and only Queen thread

Krusader · 17-05-2011 04:23PM

She won't shake hands with the commoners

hondasam · 17-05-2011 04:23PM

Fago! wrote: »

In the long line of people ready to shake the queen's hand, who would be the most unlikely/funny/random person there?

hector or tommy tiernan

Balmed Out · 17-05-2011 04:23PM

Always wandered what she saw in himself but know I can understand perfectly.
His odd off the ball, goofy remark must be the only thing that provides any entertainment on these state visits. The nervous anticipation of what will he say next probably helps keep her focused too.

sensibleken · 17-05-2011 04:24PM

Daily mail reports that Greek emigrants get free meal out of bailout money for corupt euro zone as Queen forced into library by Irish thugs

Daily express reports sightings of Diana's ghost in supermacs

Irish Independant: Kevin myers arrested after pleasuring himself at the garden of rememberance with an ice cream

Irish times cant decide weither this makes us more or less fúcked economically

gandalf · 17-05-2011 04:24PM

Hehehe the royal protection dudes in the background look bored stupid! Now that is a worse job than Lizzies. Having to watch her go to boring places. Plus the pay is a lot worse

Standman · 17-05-2011 04:24PM

Think I just saw Harry Potter snooping around the restricted section with his invisibility cloak, the cheeky fecker.

Lapin · 17-05-2011 04:24PM

gandalf wrote: »

And how much an hour does she get for this?

Dunno, but I was just thinking the same thing about the harpist.

scargill · 17-05-2011 04:25PM

i like her little trick of carrying the hand bag in the right hand so she doesn't hae to do another 100 hand shakes!

stovelid · 17-05-2011 04:25PM

southsiderosie wrote: »

Where's Prince Phillip? They should just mike him and send him around the city on his own.

You just know he'd end up in a little pub somewhere bitching away with all these Dublin aul fellas and drunkenly telling MI5 to fuck off and offering them outside as they tried to drag him home at closing time.

banjopaul · 17-05-2011 04:25PM

banjopaul wrote: »

Just back from the protest at Dorset street, riot police were out, and plenty of stuff being thrown, including fireworks of some kind. A fire was lit on the street too. Nothing that exciting all in all though, could've been worse.

The protestors didn't seem to realise the Queen was long gone from the Gardens of Remembrance and in Trinity already..

Putting up a youtube video at the minute, be up in a bit.

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL6n4A8b9Tw

Chardee MacDennis · 17-05-2011 04:25PM

stinkfisting wrote: »

Of course, those supporting the visit were actively encouraged to line the streets...yet Dublin looks like a ghost town. Says it all really. No warm welcome here, just paid government lackeys and social "elite" licking their lips at the prospect of a slap up Dublin Castle meal at the expense of the tax payer. I'm sure these scenes will have tourists visiting Ireland in droves...

lol, bomb scares for the last 24 hours, fences blocking views, scum bags out making trouble.

let's be honest here the scumbag RA heads have scared everyone away.

mikemac · 17-05-2011 04:26PM

Royal Protection officer sending a sneaking text message there

He's looking pretty bored

Latchy · 17-05-2011 04:26PM

Originally Posted by starviewadams View Post
Army and Garda choppers are doing circles of Newlands X for some reason,don't think herself is coming back to Baldonnel today,wierd!

Would not be uncommon to have a dummy run or divert someplace else ,all part of security plan B .

Lapin · 17-05-2011 04:27PM

sensibleken wrote: »

Daily mail reports that Greek emigrants get free meal out of bailout money for corupt euro zone as Queen forced into library by Irish thugs

Daily express reports sightings of Diana's ghost in supermacs

Irish Independant: Kevin myers arrested after pleasuring himself at the garden of rememberance with an ice cream

Irish times cant decide weither this makes us more or less fúcked economically

The Sun says Irish Cigarette Lighters Are Crap !

Wolfe Tone · 17-05-2011 04:27PM

banjopaul wrote: »

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL6n4A8b9Tw

Not exactly the bogside or Ardoyne

El Horseboxo · 17-05-2011 04:27PM

Judgement Day wrote: »

They do, but my opinions are on here and not going to cause problems for anybody except people like you. They aren't going to hurt anybody, cause property damage, damage the reputation of the country etc.etc..

So it's better to just create a false image of a welcoming nation through all the barriers and closed streets for the media than show the world the real Ireland? No wonder people have fúcked up views of the world.

Jen Pigs Fly · 17-05-2011 04:27PM

Standman wrote: »

Think I just saw Harry Potter snooping around the restricted section with his invisibility cloak, the cheeky fecker.

omg win! I laughed, a lot!

southsiderosie · 17-05-2011 04:28PM

gandalf wrote: »

I'd say Philip would be great craic after a few pints!

He's like that relative you always want to sit near at Christmas because you know they are going to say something crazy once they've dipped into the eggnog a few times...Although I think the Duke is more than capable of dropping a few gems without a few on him!

Judgement Day · 17-05-2011 04:28PM

Not much of a protest in fairness. Credit to the country though. :rolleyes:

Lapin · 17-05-2011 04:29PM

Another pen for Phillipo here !

mike65 · 17-05-2011 04:29PM

Or at least take the whistles off them!

_feedback_ · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

Phil comes across as a sound enough fella doesn't he?

Balmed Out · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

southsiderosie wrote: »

He's like that relative you always want to sit near at Christmas because you know they are going to say something crazy once they've dipped into the eggnog a few times...Although I think the Duke is more than capable of dropping a few gems without a few on him!

Ive never tried eggnog:(

stinkfisting · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

BastardPrince wrote: »

lol, bomb scares for the last 24 hours, fences blocking views, scum bags out making trouble.

let's be honest here the scumbag RA heads have scared everyone away.

There's been bomb scares for the past few days...do you think this security operation was planned after these bomb scares? Or that they increased security massively in response? This scale of policing has been planned for months, long before hoax packages were being left beside train stations. So no, the "RA heads" haven't scared anybody off...nobody could be bothered being there, "let's be honest".

banjopaul · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

Judgement Day wrote: »

Not much of a protest in fairness. Credit to the country though. :rolleyes:

Yeah, as I said nothing much happened bar the fire and fireworks. Riot police showed up a few minutes later and kept things pretty controlled, a few minor scuffles, but I don't think there were enough protestors to cause much hassle.

Jen Pigs Fly · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

More commonfolk!!

Judgement Day · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

So it's better to just create a false image of a welcoming nation through all the barriers and closed streets for the media than show the world the real Ireland? No wonder people have fúcked up views of the world.

No, it's better to grow the **** up and behave like adults. It's called shooting yourself in the foot to behave like morons in front of the World's media.

Wolfe Tone · 17-05-2011 04:30PM

These are all specially selected and vetted people, not an ordinary joe in sight

listermint · 17-05-2011 04:31PM

stinkfisting wrote: »

Of course, those supporting the visit were actively encouraged to line the streets...yet Dublin looks like a ghost town. Says it all really. No warm welcome here, just paid government lackeys and social "elite" licking their lips at the prospect of a slap up Dublin Castle meal at the expense of the tax payer. I'm sure these scenes will have tourists visiting Ireland in droves...

I believe your confusing 'supporting the visit' to not caring either way. Average joe in ireland has a job to go to and is too busy paying for their mortgage / food / kids and the dole of the idiots in their tracksuits to care who visits the country. Its called indifference, because most educated people can actually see that the in the scheme of things whinning over the past and trying to claw back a section of our island is not really a big concern in your day to day.

If it happens it will happen democratically and decided by the people who are living there.

So your warm welcome theory... well frankly its tripe.

Fago! · 17-05-2011 04:31PM

They dunno what they're signing. They think they signed the visitor book, they dunno that they just signed the deed to the 6 counties back to us.

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