01-03-2002 18:02									#1
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You gotta laugh at that oaf. Saying to aborigine 'Do you still throw spears at each other?'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wo...000/1848813.stm

The number of stupid things this man says, he's nothing but a walking liability

	01-03-2002 18:10									#2
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quote: You gotta laugh at that oaf.

You gotta laugh at the whole royal family.

	01-03-2002 18:13									#3
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At least the Spanish Royalty has some sense....

	01-03-2002 18:15									#4
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I think he's getting a bit dotty.

	01-03-2002 18:22									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison The number of stupid things this man says, he's nothing but a walking liability

In australia liabel is something you stick on a winebottle.

	01-03-2002 18:23									#6
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I'm amazed theres still such things as "royal families" in this world of ours. The whole idea is archaic.

	01-03-2002 18:23									#7
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I'd never heard of his gaffes before, but this one had me

quote: Prince Philip has previously provoked controversy - during a Royal visit to China in 1986 he described Peking as "ghastly" and told British students: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

	01-03-2002 18:26									#8
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Yeah, he's precious is that one

Of course I think that we should get rid of the lot of them...but we only keep them to keep the American tourists flocking in. Of course they never get to see them anyway. We could just pretend to still have them, saving money but still drawing in the American tourists. Perhaps just put some robots on the balcony now and again for image Although I think the Queen Mother is a robot already with all the false bits she's had put in her

	01-03-2002 18:28									#9
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quote: Of course I think that we should get rid of the lot of them...but we only keep them to keep the American tourists flocking in. Of course they never get to see them anyway. We could just pretend to still have them, saving money but still drawing in the American tourists. Perhaps just put some robots on the balcony now and again for image Although I think the Queen Mother is a robot already with all the false bits she's had put in her

	01-03-2002 18:29									#10
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quote: Originally posted by drake I'm amazed theres still such things as "royal families" in this world of ours. The whole idea is archaic.

The Spanish Royal family doesn't really do anything. Again as somebody already said, all a royal family is for today is for tourism.

All of the country affairs our handled by the Prime Minister.

	01-03-2002 18:30									#11
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This thread only gets 2 stars? It's an outrage I tell you, an outrage

	01-03-2002 18:31									#12
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Same in the UK Gian, all our monarchy does it open a few buildings and cut a few ribbons. The PM and government and parliament do all the running and decisionmaking...the role of the House of Lords is diminished compared to the House of Commons too.

	01-03-2002 18:33									#13
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Does the monarch still have to personally sign all legislation into law? Her representative does that for her here.

	01-03-2002 18:44									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Giancarlo At least the Spanish Royalty has some sense....

Hmmm... Didn't one of the Spanish princes end his relation with a model just because she posed in lingerie in the past?

	01-03-2002 18:57									#15
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I wonder if he still gives the Queen a poke

	01-03-2002 18:59									#16
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I never grasped why some people get such a kick out of making fun of and spawning myths about royal persons. Some seem to live and breathe for the opportunity to attempt to "humble" royalty.

If you don't like the constitutional monarchy as part of society, that's one thing, but get over it already. The only people who are going to look goofy from anecdotal and malicious slander about royalty (who they know aren't going to counter anything) are the people who keep bringing it up and believing it to be of even the slightest importance.

	01-03-2002 19:06									#17
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Does the monarch still have to personally sign all legislation into law? Her representative does that for her here.

Since the 16th century they simply sign a form, and the form says which legislation acts are law. The acts themselves are not signed.

	01-03-2002 19:46									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Giancarlo At least the Spanish Royalty has some sense....

Sense? Where?

	01-03-2002 20:28									#19
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I rated this one with 1

	01-03-2002 20:34									#20
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It's no big deal. Every country has its stupid high profile families. Lord knows the US has its share.

I see yet another rate post. Those things are so lame. Is it that much of a thrill to see your handle???

	01-03-2002 20:37									#21
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I replied to PH, you literal piece of crap

	01-03-2002 20:42									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Bas Hmmm... Didn't one of the Spanish princes end his relation with a model just because she posed in lingerie in the past?

I didn't know about that... and quite frankly it doesn't surprise me at all. I mainly know what Aznar is doing to run the country.

	02-03-2002 03:59									#23
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*bump* you bastards

	02-03-2002 04:06									#24
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Rather, I thought it was an excellent piece of dry wit.

	02-03-2002 04:24									#25
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Well the good thing about being royalty is- no matter how boffed a job you do, and no matter what idiotic things you say, you can never really be fired.

Not like elected offices.

Wait...? Ahh! That's right: elected officers have real power though!

	02-03-2002 04:36									#26
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It's always a treat when Prince Phillip visits

When he was here last year, he refused to wear a cap during a tour of a cheese factory, and by doing so he contaminated every piece of cheese in the place

	02-03-2002 04:37									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Winston I never grasped why some people get such a kick out of making fun of and spawning myths about royal persons. Some seem to live and breathe for the opportunity to attempt to "humble" royalty. If you don't like the constitutional monarchy as part of society, that's one thing, but get over it already. The only people who are going to look goofy from anecdotal and malicious slander about royalty (who they know aren't going to counter anything) are the people who keep bringing it up and believing it to be of even the slightest importance.

The truth is usually far more entertaining than myths can ever be- and it's only slander if it's untrue.

Giancarlo, in the early years of the 20th century wasn't the Spanish royal family about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit?

	02-03-2002 05:07									#28
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As a relic of a bygone age, the royal family should be scrapped.

Alternatively, cameras should be installed in every room of every palace, and the government can make money from them, with pay per view television, and product placement.

	02-03-2002 05:23									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny Giancarlo, in the early years of the 20th century wasn't the Spanish royal family about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit?

They were hated because they left my country to decline... it was only until the 1960s when Spain started to rise again.

	02-03-2002 09:01									#30
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Prince Philip has said and done a lot of stupid things in the past, but this one doesn't seem that out of line.

According to the BBC story, Buckingham Palace officials say this is what happened.

[palace officials] claim "the prince asked two men if the tribes had fought each other in the past.

When they replied yes, he asked "Do they still fight each other?

This was greeted with laughter.

The Aboriginal park owner was apparently unfazed by Prince Philip's question.

"I don't mind, it was quite funny. I found it amusing, but I was rather surprised," he said. "

He probably did say "Do you still throw spears at each other", but within the context, it is understandable.