Just been sat in a barbershop waiting for the rest of Gloucestershire to get a haircut. The worst of it was the radio. Uninterrupted coverage of fuckwits excited by fuckwittery.
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Originally posted by treibeis View PostThe day after Princess Anne's wedding, we had to write about it at primary school. I was one of a handful of pupils who hadn't watched it. The bollocking we received was like something from Sergeant-Major Wilson in The Hill.
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Why are Americans so interested in the royal family? Is it escapism to get away from their country being full of school shootings and their police murdering black people? Surely fixing their problems would be a better thing to fixate on?
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- Apr 2011
- 2053
- A bottom-bottom wata-wata in Lake Titicaca
- Atlético Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca Pan flutes FC
- Buñuelos Arequipeños
Bollocks, we won’t be going to that remote valley near the English-Scottish border today after all as my wife has had to go and sort out some urgent family matter with her parents. Fuck, by mistake I put on the TV and was subjected to some noxious full-on royal shite, with screeching wazzocks from somewhere Commonwealthy who think they are being eccentric by wearing Union Jack outfits (no love, it was only just about OK-ish when we had Cool Britannia).
Just gardening while listening to Radio 3 & 4 podcasts in my cans, bliss, it’s like having a learned friend next to you. This Radio 3 series in particular is great: To the Barricades! with American author-journalist Michael Goldfarb remembering the Paris, London, Prague, New-York and Chicago student riots of 1968, their causes, impact and lasting significance.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b...pisodes/player
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We had the BBC 1 feed, which had to segue into the Cup Final coverage ("What will the ref be wearing? Arf!"). Sadly we cut to local programming before Chewbacca's FA Cup predictions, another actual thing. It's been one of those days where you have to keep saying "you couldn't make it up".
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- Mar 2008
- 9762
- Tyne 'n' Wear (emphasis on the 'n')
- Dundee Utd, Gladbach, Atleti, Napoli, New Orleans Saints, Elgin City
My local Lidl was deserted. Rather unfortunate for the shoplifter nabbed in the act and police called. I hope he tried the 'I only wanted to toast the lovely couple's good health, officer'
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That's a great quote. In a country where African-Americans are fucked on issues of economic equality, social justice, "war on drugs", police brutality and sentencing, they are highly reliant on symbolism as their best hope of at least winning over hearts and minds, even though entrenched white economic interests (white economic supremacy, in effect) will be much harder to shift. Also in these times of Trump, when White Nationalism is no longer a stigma but a badge of political honour, Markle is an important counterweight, and the priest going on about Love has a subtext that is significant to that as well. That doesn't mean it will change any votes in 2020 but there's a butterfly's wings effect in the culture that does harbour hope for 2040 (when I'll be dead most likely).
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- Mar 2008
- 20914
- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
- WasPlain Hobnobs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48891808
Nor is the decision to "withhold" the names of the godparents.
(As an aside, is anyone else on here a godfather / godmother to anyone else?)
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- Mar 2008
- 18786
- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
Yes, I've got a Goddaughter (as I've mentioned before, Bloc party's drummer) and a Godson, (who's girlfriend is pregnant, so I might be a Godgrandfather soon).
Going off on a tangent, I became a great uncle when I was 36, which felt a bit weird.
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- Mar 2008
- 20914
- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
- WasPlain Hobnobs
Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View PostYes, I've got a Goddaughter (as I've mentioned before, Bloc party's drummer) and a Godson, (who's girlfriend is pregnant, so I might be a Godgrandfather soon).
Going off on a tangent, I became a great uncle when I was 36, which felt a bit weird.
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