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Are people really talking about Michelle Obama touching the Queen of England? Yes. Apparently, the Queen is such a supreme being she must not be touched by the peasants of the land or the wives of leaders who are actually elected. I think the pope has a similar rule. It's not OK to touch the man unless you are bowing down and kissing his hand or something.
Hearing about all the protocols one must follow when you are in the presence of those old coots really gets my blood boiling. Makes me want to grab a flag and start singing "I'm Proud to be an American" while gun nuts blast assault rifles at the sky. It's hard to understand why people would want to keep the so-called Royal Family around, even as a tradition. Is it the tradition of being ruled over that excites them so?
To me, the queen and the pope are average citizens masquerading around as powerful figures hoping the spell and historical weight of their titles doesn't wear off. Strip away their bizarre outfits and annoying rules that elevate their existence beyond that of the average Earthling and you'd have Liz Mary and Joe Ratzinger, unremarkable wrinkly people playing checkers in a retirement home.
Hearing about all the protocols one must follow when you are in the presence of those old coots really gets my blood boiling. Makes me want to grab a flag and start singing "I'm Proud to be an American" while gun nuts blast assault rifles at the sky. It's hard to understand why people would want to keep the so-called Royal Family around, even as a tradition. Is it the tradition of being ruled over that excites them so?
To me, the queen and the pope are average citizens masquerading around as powerful figures hoping the spell and historical weight of their titles doesn't wear off. Strip away their bizarre outfits and annoying rules that elevate their existence beyond that of the average Earthling and you'd have Liz Mary and Joe Ratzinger, unremarkable wrinkly people playing checkers in a retirement home.
posted by Matt Bors at
12:42 PM
6 Comments:
the queen is very nice lady and i'm sure she didn't mind michelle's "hug". royalty in england understands their diminshing role and are tyring to lead in spite of it. good on them.
the pope is a shitbag. f+&* him, his nazi past and his child-raping priests.
please don't lump these two people together as they really aren't comparable.
@guerren heheh..the Queen should start personally encouraging condom use. She should even sponsor a brand of condom.
"Wankies, the official Condom of the Royal Family"
What? The Queen is a child-raping Nazi? I knew it!
"For no matter how silly the idea of having a Queen is to us, as Americans we must be gracious and considerate hosts." - Frank Drebin
Yeah it ain't nice old Betty Windsor, it's the positive psychos of the British press. Our [Australian] Prime Minister Keating once placed his guiding hand on or near Regina's back as a crowd pressed in from all sides, and we didn't hear the end of the "Lizard of Oz" hysteria for about 5 years.
We still have a Royal Family in Norway too. I'm for abolishing it, but most royalists seem to think that if Norway goes republican the whole system might go crazy.
You know, if a president decides to go bananas with power, there's no one there to stop him! Thank heavens we have a king here to stop our prime minister when he decides to lauch crazy ideas...
You can touch the Pope, as long as you're a choirboy.
Oh wait, I've got that reversed again, haven't I?
As for the Queen, the only thing she and the Pope have in common is where they shop for their gowns.
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