SomeBloke
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Mind y'all. The nations of the commonwealth still do answer to the royal family. Australia, New Zealand, and yes Canada as well.
Not to mention the other 51 countries.
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Responding to SomeBloke on the armed forces and monarchy. The armed forces would prevail just fine without the monarchy. It's rather silly to just say, " Oh no! We have no queen. Time to burry our heads in the sand!" It's about catching up to the times. Just look at what other countries are like and what their armed forces are like. I understand the tradition of the Queen and the monarch, but I think it needs to be toned down a bit. The Queen is getting money for just being a Queen. It's not quite what people in this world want to see.
My point was, the Armed forces were set up by the Monarchy.
I disagree with the the catching up, look at the Japanese. They have an Emperor and are one of, if not the, most technologically advanced nation in the world.
I think having the constitutional monarchy in Britain has been a much better blessing than absolute monarchy.
More on the financial point, the Monarchy also pay taxes. The Queen earns about 37 Million pounds a year so as to pay the Royal family, maintain the palaces, and deal with expenses etc The Queen pays back into the Treasury.
37 Million pounds, to us that may seem a lot. But if you put that into perspective:
The London eye, cost 70 Million pounds to build, and earns 25 Million a year.
The Millennium Dome cost 789 Million to build.
Man Utd earnt 175 Million in 6 months last year.
New Wembley Stadium cost 757 Million to build
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Just to add that Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg all have monarchies too.
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Do you want to know what it costs to keep the monarchy? 66p a year from every person in the UK.
That's 66p to uphold the tradition and history of the nation, and to ensure a tourism industry within the country, which pays far more than the taxpayer does for the privilege.
The Armed Services would not exist without the Monarchy, the very fibre of the British nation has been built up around the Monarchy and the Kings/Queens.
The Queen hosts/attends over 200 different international events every year, she does not stop working. There are no days off. She does not go on holiday. She represents the British nation everywhere she goes, and she carries the burden of that responsiblity on her shoulders at the age of 86.
I'd rather have the Queen than a premiership football player. And you know what? The Queen actually pays money INTO the Treasury at about 75% of what she is entitled to keep. In 2006/2007 she earned 36.7 million pounds, she paid the Treasury 190.8 Million. The Queen PAYS the Royal Family herself.
What is it with the youth of Britain, in this generation, that think they deserve everything to be delivered to them on a plate, and that the world owes them something?
My point is, yes, you may not like the Monarchy, but they do not earn as much as you think. Football clubs pay out roughly 3 to 4 times more to their players per year.
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Have you ever been here? You honestly think that two people who live over 3,000 miles apart won't have differing dialects? Not to mention people who don't even live that far apart. Just look at Boston for example. In just that one city you have the Boston Brahmin dialect, the Southie dialect and the plain old Boston accent. And someone in Boston is going to sound different that someone from New York. And they will sound different than someone form Virginia who sounds different from someone in Alabama who sounds different than someone from Tennessee and so on across the country.
But I guess I can't begrudge you that thought as the people who make the movies seem to think the same thing. In the movies it doesn't matter if a character is from Texas or Georgia, they just give them all the same generic "country/southern" dialect.
Yes, I have been there. I meant it in there ARE definitely regional dialects and accents that differ, but there are also very generic accents that cover various areas.
In Bristol, you have a generic Bristolian accent, then there's the South Bristol accent, and the North Bristol accent. These vary a lot depending on whether it's female or male speaking.
More so than in the UK, where you know instantly you're in a different place because word usage, vocab, dialect, accent and phrases change very abruptly.
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Let there be no
talking here
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Drama.
Honda or Toyota.
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G'day Sarah, I remember you.
How's things.
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i absolutely HATE 'God Save The Queen' its monotonous and boring, crap national anthem!
You have an Avatar of the Royal Air Force. Either take it off, or start liking GSTQ.
Frankly, It depends on who/what is paying/singing God save the queen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0n-GkG_hQo
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Now, a part of me wants to know what her parents do as a profession, as I've only ever heard of very important people having their children taken and ransomed.
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Damn right they should!
Brilliant stuff. I have several books written by Clarkson, and in each of them he does lash out at the more useless public sector workers (health & safety etc).
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Good, I hope those responsible got swift unreserved justice brought to them. As well as several tazers and a baseball bat to the face.
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Ack! I'm an avid BBC Top Gear fan and will remain so.
I do watch the USA version, and while it can be entertaining (I enjoyed the race to key-west and the moonshine runner challenge) there's no real relationship between the presenters. They also have ridiculous names, I mean Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood? They sound like some weird 70s porn movie names or some sort of heavy machinery brand.
I would like to see the US version go up against the UK version. The German/Australian show-downs were hilarious, and brilliant. Though I'm not sure how the Americans would take the constant bickering/banter/slandering matches that go on between the UK chaps.
A lot of people say Clarkson is big-headed and obnoxious but to be honest, he genuinely loves his job and Britain.
Hammond is well...from Birmingham...so...yeah...
May is just hilarious with his confusion over somethings, and his ramblings of technological things.
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To sum up how we've ended up with such drizzle covered ice cream.
Call of Duty 1 turns up, creating clans and matches and tournaments
United Offensive arrives: it builds upon the CoD1 gameplay, with vehicles, maps and MP modes.
CoD2 arrives; It takes everything CoD1+UO had, makes it better, improves graphics, and makes everyone happy.
CoD3 arrives; Is over-looked
CoD4 arrives: Everyone proclaims it as amazing, and many good reviews are made, and much death and destruction online occurs.
Modern Warfare 2: CoD4 with nice shiny things but not much else
Modern Warfare 3: Fewer Shiny things attached to CoD4...dullness ensues.
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Nothing at all.
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Palestine and Israel are the Middle East equivalent of Northern Ireland's "Troubles"
Neither side will give up their homes/land, so they go about blowing each other to pieces, whilst the average citizen gets caught in the middle.
Frankly, both sides need a good slap from the UN and sorted out properly.
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Lets not forget that a LOT of the Afghan National Army and Police very much want to have their country back from the Taliban. They're grateful that Britain/America/ANZACs/NATO is helping train them and teach them how to deal with the Taliban threat.
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Well I guess I'm lucky that it doesn't really bother me seeing ppl throw up.
Throwing up myself was always for a good reason and while the feeling certainly isn't pleasant, I remember thinking it would probably help with the situation. It usually did. So thumbs up for me for vomiting. Sort of.
I'm the same, if I feel sick and my stomach doesn't feel right, being sick usually helps me feel better. It's a rubbish moment when actually being sick, but I know it will benefit me in the long run.
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Thank you, for being you. I love you.
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@PhotoPhantom, you look remarkable similar to the Phelps twins.
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To be honest, with the current culture that the late 90s-early 00s generation have grown up in, it isn't really shocking to me. They're being told by the media it's "cool" to get pregnant at 13, "cool" to smoke and drink at 14, "cool" to steal cars and carry knives, "cool" to not work, and most of all it's "cool" to not respect discipline and authority.
Chavs, Gangstas, Wiggas, Pikeys, Gypsies, whatever they are, they all fall under 1 category in my book, Crime ridden scumbags.
The majority, of course, aren't in a position to be able to work, can't afford decent living, and have poverty thrust upon them, but it's the little s*its that drive round on their blingbling mopeds causing problems and generally mouthing off at everyone, that piss me off.
The best bit is when the 12-14 year olds try and act hard and intimdate you with threats. Now, I don't know about you, but having 2 12-14 year olds try and threaten you with their "Big brother" who you A) Know very well,
get along with, C) Went to school with, D) Can garuntee to smack his little brother, suddenly becomes hilarious. -
Don't worry, all police riot vans are pretty sturdy, with metal cages over the windscreen.
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
in Current Events and Topical discussion
Posted · Edited by SomeBloke
The only reason anyone bows to the Queen, is as a form of respect, and even then it's a very quick bow.
The Queen bows her head to the Colours (Regimental Flags) of the Armed Forces as her sign of respect.
No one worships the Queen, as she is not seen as a God. She is the British head of state, and represents the country in her engagements and international visits.
(Although in Gurkha culture, Kings/Queens are viewed as Gods, so they swear a direct oath to the Queen when joining the Army)
As I see it, people who haven't lived under a Monarchy, are entitled to their opinions, but shouldn't really dislike something they've never experienced.
I lived under the British Monarchy for 24 years, and I was due to swear my oath of allegiance, for the Army. But the recession caused delays and I decided to prioritise my relationship over the forces.
For Brits who dislike the Monarchy, you have to look at why you dislike them. Is it jealousy, because they have so much wealth? Or do you feel undermined by their status?
As I've mentioned before, the Queen pays taxes and also pays the Treasury more than she personally earns. Brits pay under 70p a year (thats about $1.25) to the Monarchy. Is that really too much tax to pay for the amount of tourism generated from the Royal Family?
Edit: And a Hello to Jo, blimey it's been a fair while since I've seen that username around.