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.

18th March 2023, 10:07 AM	#161
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18th March 2023, 10:35 AM	#162
catsmate No longer the 1 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 28,111	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.
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18th March 2023, 11:55 AM	#163
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,008	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: 57,771	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: 65,278	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: 7,548	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
sackett Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Detroit Posts: 8,314	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.
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19th March 2023, 02:27 PM	#168
Vixen Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 32,139	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.
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19th March 2023, 09:19 PM	#169
Norman Alexander Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dharug & Gundungurra Posts: 14,227	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: 80,811	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: 7,548	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
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20th March 2023, 03:20 AM	#174
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,008	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: 108,117	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: 9,008	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: 15,311	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: 19,988	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: 9,008	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
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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: 34,262	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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