some things associated with royalty just sound funny

bozo

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Oct 6, 2010, 7:51:25 AM10/6/10

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like when the Queen farts

-bdn-

R H Draney

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Oct 6, 2010, 12:55:11 PM10/6/10

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bozo filted:

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>like when the Queen farts

Two of the Queen's household attendants have the official titles of "Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod" and "Gold Stick-in-Waiting", known less formally as
"Black Rod" and "Gold Stick"....

But hey, she's still human:

http://pictureschat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_queen_picking_nose.jpg

....r

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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.

lab~rat >:-)

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Oct 7, 2010, 1:20:32 PM10/7/10

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On 6 Oct 2010 09:55:11 -0700, R H Draney <dado...@spamcop.net> puked:

At least for a few more years...
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lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

bozo

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Oct 7, 2010, 1:44:34 PM10/7/10

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On Oct 7, 10:20 am, "lab~rat >:-)" <ch...@cheeze.net> wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2010 09:55:11 -0700, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> puked:

>
> >bozo filted:
>
> >>like when the Queen farts
>
> >Two of the Queen's household attendants have the official titles of "Gentleman
> >Usher of the Black Rod" and "Gold Stick-in-Waiting", known less formally as
> >"Black Rod" and "Gold Stick"....
>
> >But hey, she's still human:
>

> > http://pictureschat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_queen_picking_...

>
> >....r
>
> At least for a few more years...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

oh ... I get it ... they're job descriptions:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/they-also-serve-who-only-ush-why-is-the-queen-followed-by-people-in-antique-clothes-richard-tomlinson-on-the-lords-ladies-women-masters-silver-sticks-and-white-staves-at-court-1564751.html

Skills required: ability to walk backwards at State Banquets ...
follow seams on a carpet ... take directions from Her Majesty ...
smile thinly while wafting air and walking backwards ...

-bdn-

Sally

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Oct 7, 2010, 2:25:18 PM10/7/10

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On Oct 7, 1:20 pm, "lab~rat >:-)" <ch...@cheeze.net> wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2010 09:55:11 -0700, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> puked:

>
> >bozo filted:
>
> >>like when the Queen farts
>
> >Two of the Queen's household attendants have the official titles of "Gentleman
> >Usher of the Black Rod" and "Gold Stick-in-Waiting", known less formally as
> >"Black Rod" and "Gold Stick"....
>
> >But hey, she's still human:
>

> > http://pictureschat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_queen_picking_...

>
> >....r
>
> At least for a few more years...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

I bet she'd pay to have that picture of herself picking of her nose
destroyed! Where was her consciousness? With a white glove, no less.

Sally

bozo

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Oct 7, 2010, 4:27:39 PM10/7/10

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On Oct 7, 10:20 am, "lab~rat >:-)" <ch...@cheeze.net> wrote:

> On 6 Oct 2010 09:55:11 -0700, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> puked:

>
> >bozo filted:
>
> >>like when the Queen farts
>
> >Two of the Queen's household attendants have the official titles of "Gentleman
> >Usher of the Black Rod" and "Gold Stick-in-Waiting", known less formally as
> >"Black Rod" and "Gold Stick"....
>
> >But hey, she's still human:
>

> > http://pictureschat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_queen_picking_...

>
> >....r
>
> At least for a few more years...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

how come this don't work?