Charles III's coronation - Page 5

The Atheist · 18th March 2023, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

And another twenty if she KOs him with a single punch, which I think likely because Charles strikes me as being delicate.

Those poncy Pommy types do give that impression.

As many people have found out over the centuries, including Hitler and Napoleon, it's often wrong. Complete tosser that he is, Chuckie was a polo player, and polo is a game for people who are everything but delicate.

You need to read some Biggles.

catsmate · 18th March 2023, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

I'm going to win twenty dollars if the late queen rises from the grave to fight Charles for the crown. And another twenty if she KOs him with a single punch, which I think likely because Charles strikes me as being delicate.

Hmmm, since John Dymoke died nearly a decade ago, who is the King's Champion this time?

ETA: Ah, it's now Francis John (Fane Marmion) Dymoke. Who's 68 so I hope there is no challenge this time.

P.J. Denyer · 18th March 2023, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by dudalb

Canned Corned Beef in the US is pretty much the same.
Was nicknamed "Canned Willy" by US Doughboys in World War one, where it was a standard field ration.
It was the infamous Bully Beef used by the British Army in both world wars, US dropped it after World War one and replace it with..drum roll...Spam.

Should I admit that I absolutely love Spam too?

dudalb · 18th March 2023, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer

Should I admit that I absolutely love Spam too?

It;s not bad once in a while, but you when get it day after day like the GI's in WW2 did, it gets old very fast.
Lots of GI humor about Spam.

TragicMonkey · 18th March 2023, 06:17 PM

What happens when they reach the part of the ceremony when Mary Berry says "if anyone knows any just cause why this man cannot be named Star Baker" and Harry comes crashing through a stained glass window on a motorcycle? Does Harry have to fight William before he fights Charles, because of order of operations?

Also, holy crap, I just googled the date of the coronation. It's my birthday. Of all the days in the year they had to latch on to my birthday, in a pathetic attempt to draw attention and interest to themselves!

TheGoldcountry · 18th March 2023, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle

Nothing wrong with a good bit of turnip. Mash it up with a knob of real butter and some ground pepper and it's lovely.

"Mash it up and put butter on it" is the secret to most English cuisine.

sackett · 19th March 2023, 01:41 PM

In WW1, the German army had the Goulash Cannon, a 2-wheeled horse-drawn cooker that was welcome everywhere. The cooks and their helpers could fuel it with scrap wood (plenty of that in fought-over territory) and derelict coal, and stew up a hot feed out of anything the quartermaster could think of, to say nothing of French or Belgian mutton n spuds.

Other armies did the same, or tried to. Nowadays, the staff officers can't seem to think in such homey ways.

Vixen · 19th March 2023, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

Hated Smash as a kid, hated Angel Delight - the only dehydrated meal I liked was Chicken Supreme by Vesta!

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...0b023b5948.jpg

Oh! You are really posh!!! My mother never served me Vesta, corned beef or spam (although I do recall spam at school, cooked in a bread crumb coating and was rather delicious).

Angel Delight: now there was a true classic. Mmm- mmm.

Norman Alexander · 19th March 2023, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle

Nothing wrong with a good bit of turnip. Mash it up with a knob of real butter and some ground pepper and it's lovely.

I would cook it first before doing any of that. Seems to improve it no end.

Robin · 19th March 2023, 09:43 PM

Did Chucky III get coronated yet?

arthwollipot · 19th March 2023, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Robin

Did Chucky III get coronated yet?

Not until April, I believe.

TheGoldcountry · 19th March 2023, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Not until April, I believe.

What do they have to do now? Special milk from rare goats, blessed by a blind vicar, to be put on his cereal flakes in the morning?

arthwollipot · 19th March 2023, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by TheGoldcountry

What do they have to do now? Special milk from rare goats, blessed by a blind vicar, to be put on his cereal flakes in the morning?

Something like that.

P.J. Denyer · 20th March 2023, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by TheGoldcountry

"Mash it up and put butter on it" is the secret to most English cuisine.

Especially the salads.

Darat · 20th March 2023, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer

Especially the salads.

Only if well boiled first!

P.J. Denyer · 20th March 2023, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by Darat

Only if well boiled first!

Yummy!

Pixel42 · 20th March 2023, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Not until April, I believe.

May 6th actually.

Myriad · 20th March 2023, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Pixel42

May 6th actually.

Which, you will note, is two days after Star Wars Day, aka "May the Sith be with you" or "Revenge of the Sixth," when the Dark Side is celebrated.

P.J. Denyer · 20th March 2023, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Myriad

Which, you will note, is two days after Star Wars Day, aka "May the Sith be with you" or "Revenge of the Sixth," when the Dark Side is celebrated.

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Brianus the Loonytunes?

zooterkin · 20th March 2023, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Vixen

I do recall spam at school, cooked in a bread crumb coating and was rather delicious).

Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter.

bruto · 20th March 2023, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by zooterkin

Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter.

Same here, though more often without the batter, just fried up, but when you think about it there's no reason not to do it like a cutlet with crumbs.

Myriad · 29th March 2023, 03:00 PM

After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles?

TragicMonkey · 29th March 2023, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Myriad

After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles?

No, that's not how it works, silly! Upon being coronated, the monarch is responsible for inventing a new breed of dog. King Charles Spaniels were invented by an earlier King Charles. The late queen invented the corgi, of course. What Charles will invent is a mystery, but I suspect he will utilize focus group input to try to design a new breed from currently popular ones. So it'll be a mixture of French bulldog, pug, Chihuahua, and cat. I don't envy Charles this task, it's going to be uphill work getting that lot merged into a functioning dog. He'll have to be sure to stay within the required standards: four legs, no less, and definitely no more; two eyes, located in the skull, and also it needs to be capable of locomotion, breathing (more or less, in the case of pugs), and it should be subject to time and gravity (it really stands out when something isn't).

GlennB · 29th March 2023, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Myriad

After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles?

Only if they have a Cavalier attitude. Some of them are level-headed and doggies with a sense of responsibility.

Craig4 · 29th March 2023, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by zooterkin

Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter.

How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?

GlennB · 29th March 2023, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Craig4

How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?

Flags. We went out there and planted flags. The locals had no flags so that was that.

Trebuchet · 29th March 2023, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

No, that's not how it works, silly! Upon being coronated, the monarch is responsible for inventing a new breed of dog. King Charles Spaniels were invented by an earlier King Charles. The late queen invented the corgi, of course. What Charles will invent is a mystery, but I suspect he will utilize focus group input to try to design a new breed from currently popular ones. So it'll be a mixture of French bulldog, pug, Chihuahua, and cat. I don't envy Charles this task, it's going to be uphill work getting that lot merged into a functioning dog. He'll have to be sure to stay within the required standards: four legs, no less, and definitely no more; two eyes, located in the skull, and also it needs to be capable of locomotion, breathing (more or less, in the case of pugs), and it should be subject to time and gravity (it really stands out when something isn't).

And all the females will be required to be called "Dianna". He still hates that bitch.

arthwollipot · 29th March 2023, 08:11 PM

You know Queen Victoria invented the Pekingese, right? The first one was named "Looty".

True story, you can look it up.

Carrot Flower King · 30th March 2023, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by Craig4

How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?

Running away from spam fritters...

It's why some of my ancestors were coal miners: hiding underground from the fritters.

There you have it: The Fear of Spam Fritters Theory of Empire.

Gulliver Foyle · 30th March 2023, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by Craig4

How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?

They got us Irish and our Scots cousins to do all the hard work.

P.J. Denyer · 30th March 2023, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by Craig4

How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?

British School Dinners, you can't fear the unknown when you've had it for lunch every day for a decade.

Vixen · 30th March 2023, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle

They got us Irish and our Scots cousins to do all the hard work.

Don't forget the Welsh. It was illegal for English children to be press-ganged onto the ships off the streets but all right if they were any of the former.

Vixen · 30th March 2023, 01:15 PM

Speaking of school days, listening to King Charles III struggling with the German language today took me back to my similar efforts in second year German. I am surprised by his lack of fluency given his heritage.

TragicMonkey · 30th March 2023, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Vixen

Speaking of school days, listening to King Charles III struggling with the German language today took me back to my similar efforts in second year German. I am surprised by his lack of fluency given his heritage.

The lizard people are from space, not Germany! Although I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.

zooterkin · 30th March 2023, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Vixen

Don't forget the Welsh. It was illegal for English children to be press-ganged onto the ships off the streets but all right if they were any of the former.

Source?

TragicMonkey · 30th March 2023, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by zooterkin

Source?

The immediate source of the Welsh is Wales, but from whence they issued before that only the lorekeepers know.

Vixen · 30th March 2023, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by zooterkin

Source?

My former lecturer.

Darat · 30th March 2023, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Vixen

Don't forget the Welsh. It was illegal for English children to be press-ganged onto the ships off the streets but all right if they were any of the former.

The actual criteria did change over centuries but there was no such English exemption.

zooterkin · 30th March 2023, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Darat

The actual criteria did change over centuries but there was no such English exemption.

Nor were children impressed.

GlennB · 30th March 2023, 02:29 PM

"People liable to impressment were "eligible men of seafaring habits between the ages of 18 and 55 years". Non-seamen were sometimes impressed as well, though rarely."

Impressment^WP

18th March 2023, 10:07 AM	#161
The Atheist The Grammar Tyrant Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 34,100	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey And another twenty if she KOs him with a single punch, which I think likely because Charles strikes me as being delicate. Those poncy Pommy types do give that impression. As many people have found out over the centuries, including Hitler and Napoleon, it's often wrong. Complete tosser that he is, Chuckie was a polo player, and polo is a game for people who are everything but delicate. You need to read some Biggles.
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18th March 2023, 10:35 AM	#162
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18th March 2023, 11:55 AM	#163
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,523	Originally Posted by dudalb Canned Corned Beef in the US is pretty much the same. Was nicknamed "Canned Willy" by US Doughboys in World War one, where it was a standard field ration. It was the infamous Bully Beef used by the British Army in both world wars, US dropped it after World War one and replace it with..drum roll...Spam. Should I admit that I absolutely love Spam too?
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18th March 2023, 06:07 PM	#164
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 59,362	Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer Should I admit that I absolutely love Spam too? It;s not bad once in a while, but you when get it day after day like the GI's in WW2 did, it gets old very fast. Lots of GI humor about Spam.
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18th March 2023, 06:17 PM	#165
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 67,052	What happens when they reach the part of the ceremony when Mary Berry says "if anyone knows any just cause why this man cannot be named Star Baker" and Harry comes crashing through a stained glass window on a motorcycle? Does Harry have to fight William before he fights Charles, because of order of operations? Also, holy crap, I just googled the date of the coronation. It's my birthday. Of all the days in the year they had to latch on to my birthday, in a pathetic attempt to draw attention and interest to themselves!
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18th March 2023, 06:20 PM	#166
TheGoldcountry Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7,915	Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle Nothing wrong with a good bit of turnip. Mash it up with a knob of real butter and some ground pepper and it's lovely. "Mash it up and put butter on it" is the secret to most English cuisine.
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19th March 2023, 01:41 PM	#167
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19th March 2023, 02:27 PM	#168
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19th March 2023, 09:19 PM	#169
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 15,734	Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle Nothing wrong with a good bit of turnip. Mash it up with a knob of real butter and some ground pepper and it's lovely. I would cook it first before doing any of that. Seems to improve it no end.
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19th March 2023, 09:43 PM	#170
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19th March 2023, 09:44 PM	#171
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,476	Originally Posted by Robin Did Chucky III get coronated yet? Not until April, I believe.
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19th March 2023, 09:50 PM	#172
TheGoldcountry Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7,915	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Not until April, I believe. What do they have to do now? Special milk from rare goats, blessed by a blind vicar, to be put on his cereal flakes in the morning?
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19th March 2023, 09:51 PM	#173
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,476	Originally Posted by TheGoldcountry What do they have to do now? Special milk from rare goats, blessed by a blind vicar, to be put on his cereal flakes in the morning? Something like that.
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20th March 2023, 03:20 AM	#174
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,523	Originally Posted by TheGoldcountry "Mash it up and put butter on it" is the secret to most English cuisine. Especially the salads.
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20th March 2023, 03:22 AM	#175
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 111,165	Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer Especially the salads. Only if well boiled first!
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20th March 2023, 03:32 AM	#176
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,523	Originally Posted by Darat Only if well boiled first! Yummy!
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20th March 2023, 03:38 AM	#177
Pixel42 Schrödinger's cat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Malmesbury, UK Posts: 15,793	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Not until April, I believe. May 6th actually.
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20th March 2023, 05:54 AM	#178
Myriad The Clarity Is Devastating Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Betwixt Posts: 20,568	Originally Posted by Pixel42 May 6th actually. Which, you will note, is two days after Star Wars Day, aka "May the Sith be with you" or "Revenge of the Sixth," when the Dark Side is celebrated.
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20th March 2023, 10:58 AM	#179
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,523	Originally Posted by Myriad Which, you will note, is two days after Star Wars Day, aka "May the Sith be with you" or "Revenge of the Sixth," when the Dark Side is celebrated. Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Brianus the Loonytunes?
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20th March 2023, 01:33 PM	#180
zooterkin Nitpicking dilettante Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Berkshire, mostly Posts: 56,484	Originally Posted by Vixen I do recall spam at school, cooked in a bread crumb coating and was rather delicious). Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter.
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20th March 2023, 03:24 PM	#181
bruto Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Way way north of Diddy Wah Diddy Posts: 35,364	Originally Posted by zooterkin Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter. Same here, though more often without the batter, just fried up, but when you think about it there's no reason not to do it like a cutlet with crumbs.
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29th March 2023, 03:00 PM	#182
Myriad The Clarity Is Devastating Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Betwixt Posts: 20,568	After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles?
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29th March 2023, 03:11 PM	#183
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 67,052	Originally Posted by Myriad After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles? No, that's not how it works, silly! Upon being coronated, the monarch is responsible for inventing a new breed of dog. King Charles Spaniels were invented by an earlier King Charles. The late queen invented the corgi, of course. What Charles will invent is a mystery, but I suspect he will utilize focus group input to try to design a new breed from currently popular ones. So it'll be a mixture of French bulldog, pug, Chihuahua, and cat. I don't envy Charles this task, it's going to be uphill work getting that lot merged into a functioning dog. He'll have to be sure to stay within the required standards: four legs, no less, and definitely no more; two eyes, located in the skull, and also it needs to be capable of locomotion, breathing (more or less, in the case of pugs), and it should be subject to time and gravity (it really stands out when something isn't).
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29th March 2023, 04:01 PM	#184
GlennB Loggerheaded, earth-vexing fustilarian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 30,327	Originally Posted by Myriad After the coronation, are all Cavalier King Charles Spaniels going to belong to King Charles? Only if they have a Cavalier attitude. Some of them are level-headed and doggies with a sense of responsibility.

29th March 2023, 04:23 PM	#185
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 27,382	Originally Posted by zooterkin Are you sure? I never heard of spam in breadcrumbs, it was always spam fritters, fried in batter. How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass?
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29th March 2023, 04:34 PM	#186
GlennB Loggerheaded, earth-vexing fustilarian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 30,327	Originally Posted by Craig4 How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass? Flags. We went out there and planted flags. The locals had no flags so that was that.

29th March 2023, 04:48 PM	#187
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 37,685	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey No, that's not how it works, silly! Upon being coronated, the monarch is responsible for inventing a new breed of dog. King Charles Spaniels were invented by an earlier King Charles. The late queen invented the corgi, of course. What Charles will invent is a mystery, but I suspect he will utilize focus group input to try to design a new breed from currently popular ones. So it'll be a mixture of French bulldog, pug, Chihuahua, and cat. I don't envy Charles this task, it's going to be uphill work getting that lot merged into a functioning dog. He'll have to be sure to stay within the required standards: four legs, no less, and definitely no more; two eyes, located in the skull, and also it needs to be capable of locomotion, breathing (more or less, in the case of pugs), and it should be subject to time and gravity (it really stands out when something isn't). And all the females will be required to be called "Dianna". He still hates that bitch.
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29th March 2023, 08:11 PM	#188
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 84,476	You know Queen Victoria invented the Pekingese, right? The first one was named "Looty". True story, you can look it up.
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30th March 2023, 03:36 AM	#189
Carrot Flower King Illuminator Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Northumberland, UK Posts: 4,046	Originally Posted by Craig4 How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass? Running away from spam fritters... It's why some of my ancestors were coal miners: hiding underground from the fritters. There you have it: The Fear of Spam Fritters Theory of Empire.

30th March 2023, 05:37 AM	#190
Gulliver Foyle Master Poster Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Cork baaaiii Posts: 2,456	Originally Posted by Craig4 How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass? They got us Irish and our Scots cousins to do all the hard work.

30th March 2023, 05:50 AM	#191
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,523	Originally Posted by Craig4 How did you people conquer one-fifth of the world's land mass? British School Dinners, you can't fear the unknown when you've had it for lunch every day for a decade.
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30th March 2023, 01:12 PM	#192
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 33,490	Originally Posted by Gulliver Foyle They got us Irish and our Scots cousins to do all the hard work. Don't forget the Welsh. It was illegal for English children to be press-ganged onto the ships off the streets but all right if they were any of the former.
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30th March 2023, 01:15 PM	#193
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 33,490	Speaking of school days, listening to King Charles III struggling with the German language today took me back to my similar efforts in second year German. I am surprised by his lack of fluency given his heritage.
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30th March 2023, 01:36 PM	#194
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 67,052	Originally Posted by Vixen Speaking of school days, listening to King Charles III struggling with the German language today took me back to my similar efforts in second year German. I am surprised by his lack of fluency given his heritage. The lizard people are from space, not Germany! Although I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.
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zooterkin Nitpicking dilettante Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Berkshire, mostly Posts: 56,484	Originally Posted by Vixen Don't forget the Welsh. It was illegal for English children to be press-ganged onto the ships off the streets but all right if they were any of the former. Source?
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