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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:04 PM
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Wow! The queen's crown gets its own horse-drawn carriage!
I Tivoed the opening of Parliament last night, and I'm watching it now.

The crown the queen wears arrives before her, in a big horse-drawn carriage. Then it's displayed for a bit before she puts it on.

They sure know pageantry there!
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SeussTree Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:12 PM
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1. OMG!!!
An apostrophe AND "its" in the same sentence, and both correctly used!

It's a DU first!

;-)
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:19 PM
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2. well
I made the most of my elementary-school education.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 11:56 PM
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SeussTree Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:08 AM
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6. I could read before I created the account.
What's your problem?
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:28 AM
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10. You're dissing the people on this site.
DUer don't take kindly to that. Not a good way to win friends here. If you want to be a grammar nazi, go somewhere else.
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SeussTree Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:09 AM
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21. I was joking, as the smilie implied...
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 10:14 AM by SeussTree
Didn't know I had to join a DU clique before I said anything.

And somehow making fun of freeper spelling is funny every day here. Hypocrite.

Nice talking to you too.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:15 AM
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25. Wow. You are really doing a great job.
Not. Making fun of freepers is one thing, but you were making fun of DUers. Not nice.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:05 AM
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26. Three beligerant posts in one thread.
Wow. Why, exactly, are you bothering to post here?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:25 PM
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30. As a whole, DU loves to dish out the spelling/grammar follies of FR
Hugh, series, and things like that.



It sure can't take them, though.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:26 PM
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31. Yes, but it's not the same thing.
if we went over to FR and started ragging on their spelling, etc., that would be like someone coming here and doing it to us. Taking a dump in our living room, so to speak.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:29 PM
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32. meh
learn to take a joke, Bathory.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:30 PM
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33. Oh, that was a joke?
Sorry, Hitler. Couldn't tell.



:hide:

:loveya:


:smooch:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:31 PM
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34. No, I'm serious.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:33 AM
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14. Welcome to DU
Just what we need, another grammar nazi :D
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:09 AM
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20. I'm a proofreader and editor by trade and would never dream of doing it recreationally,
but if I did I would go over to Free Republic.

Welcome to DU. :hi:
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SeussTree Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:10 AM
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22. Thanks for that warm welcome.
You guys are GREAT.
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:07 PM
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27. We have our moments.
:rofl:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 09:58 PM
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3. Cool!
Once the queen is seated she commands the House of Commons to attend. A sergeant-at-arms called "Black Rod" walks across to the House of Commons, where the doors are slammed in his face.

He has to knock and announce himself, then he enters and gives the Queen's command.

It's a tradition to show the House of Commons is independent of the monarch.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 11:32 PM
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4. At the opening of Parliament, they have so many maces and swords
you could re-enact the Wars of the Roses.
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cuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:09 AM
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7. Pffffft!
You should see the celebration my mom puts on when she has a regular bowel movement.

Talk about pomp!
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:26 AM
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8. pfffft
when the Queen has a bowel movement, it's a state holiday.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:28 AM
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9. So do her turds, if she defecates outside of the palace.
They have to be disposed of properly, you know
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:30 AM
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11. That's purely hypothetical
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 09:40 AM by MonkeyFunk
No monarch has defecated outside the palace since James I got dysentery.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:30 AM
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12. Quick, edit that before you get grammar nazi'd.
:eyes:


Not at you.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:32 AM
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13. Nothing to edit....
the "I" means "the first".
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:35 AM
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15. I know.
Check your PM.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:36 AM
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16. What the fuck?
Is this all about?
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:45 AM
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17. She PMed me
to compliment me on my mad spelling skillz.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:45 AM
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18. Check your PM.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:47 AM
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19. oh right, I'd totally ignored that
:thumbsup:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:12 AM
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23. You just like to PM people.....
dontcha?
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:15 AM
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24. LOL. Actually, not that much.
I just didn't want to draw attention to it publicly.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:21 PM
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28. For you: links to pictures and websites about the state opening of Parliament:


?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193A242DD909DF1BD4B7F9C831A11F81053A55A1E4F32AD3138

?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193A242DD909DF1BD4B9E800965FD9610A2A55A1E4F32AD3138

The Glittering Royal Events Message Board:
http://members3.boardhost.com/Oranjes/index.html?1194466642

The British Royals Message Board:
http://members3.boardhost.com/Warholm/

Links to The British Royal Website and the Queen's SPeech:
http://members3.boardhost.com/Warholm/msg/1194360348.html

:) Enjoy the pomp and glitter and tradition! :)
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:21 PM
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29. Dupe. Delete. n/t
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 03:22 PM by CottonBear
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