Current Affairs Phil the Greek

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peteblue said:
I think you miss the point. Funerals make people think of their own lives and indeed of their own deaths. Those under 60 think of themselves as indestructible with death being a long way away. Older people sometimes think of how they will go, what their funeral may be like, and how their families will cope when the inevitable happens. People watching today were not in awe of some deity, they just saw the Queen say goodbye to her husband and the military say goodbye to one of their own. Of course it was on a grand scale, it was the Queens husband of 73 years. He was born one year after my own father, who also served in the Royal Navy in WW2 as a young man. It just makes you think and remember. As I mentioned the other week, I’ve lost two of my mates over the last couple of months and whose funerals I could not attend because of this Covid crap. It makes you think. Trust me in fifteen years time you will understand.....
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Why would you need the death and funeral of some daft old greek parasite to allow you to reflect like that?

That's just smuggling in cap doffing by the back door.
 
I work in intellectual property; does that mean I can get someone to dress up as a patent specification for my funeral?
 
NilSatisOptimum said:
It's all the majority of royal sycophants are interested in, the rift. Type in Harry compared to William tells you everything.

www.bbc.co.uk

Prince Philip funeral: William and Harry seen chatting after ceremony

The funeral of their grandfather marked the princes’ first public appearance together in more than a year.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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TBF it (the rift talk) does avoid the conversation turning to what the papers previously said about him - dunno if you've seen the latest Private Eye, but there is a great collection in there of past sayings (Piers Morgan especially).
 
davek said:
Why would you need the death and funeral of some daft old greek parasite to allow you to reflect like that?

That's just smuggling in cap doffing by the back door.
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Strange concept having to wait to be instructed to reflect on people close to you who have passed away, almost emotionally stunted. As country we are terribly bad at grief so prescribed and formal. There was study in my nurse training some years ago now, it's like 2 weeks of grief and then after this period it's seen as mental health, bad joke really.
 
tsubaki said:
TBF it (the rift talk) does avoid the conversation turning to what the papers previously said about him - dunno if you've seen the latest Private Eye, but there is a great collection in there of past sayings (Piers Morgan especially).
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Read it once years ago.

That Witchell bloke on BBC apparently went for Harry during its coverage they can't even leave the man's grandson alone.

"Harry has been influenced by the "lifestyle and attitudes" of California... and then went on to suggest that Harry rather likes all the ceremony and military pageantry associated with being a Royal and implied that this sort of occasion will remind Harry of what he's now missing out on blah blah blah.
 
NilSatisOptimum said:
Strange concept having to wait to be instructed to reflect on people close to you who have passed away, almost emotionally stunted. As country we are terribly bad at grief so prescribed and formal. There was study in my nurse training some years ago now, it's like 2 weeks of grief and then after this period it's seen as mental health, bad joke really.
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Serfs continuing to fall for the BS propaganda that "they're just a family like the rest of us".

Lol.
 
coollino said:
I work in intellectual property; does that mean I can get someone to dress up as a patent specification for my funeral?
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Only if you register the patent first and they pay a license fee to use your patent.
Best they maybe dress up as Prof. Pat Pending...but check with Hanna Barbera / Warner Bros first.
...forget it and let them wear sailor suits
 
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