Best Wishes To William And Kate

[Phog Allen]

Good morning. My wife and I got up early to watch the royal wedding. It was a nice ceremony and all went well. I was struck by how much more comfortable Kate looked than years ago when Diana and Charles were married. It may seem a bit much to some people but frankly, I like the tradition and history of the whole affair. The music, the dress of the guests, the attire of the princes, the majesty of Westminster Abbey, all of it. And it seems as if the English people are genuinely happy with the marriage. Well done Prince William and Kate. I hope you have a truly happy and peaceful marriage. And congratulations to the people of England.

Regards, Todd

[maxman]

+1. I missed it. They're just getting to the palace now.
I hope it's broadcast tonight too.

Best wishes to the new couple!

[raisindot]

To paraphrase the late George Kauffman:

The most powerful telescope ever built is the Hubble telescope, which can show detailed images of galaxies more than 10 billion light years from Earth.

The most powerful microscope on Earth can display images of individual atoms.

If you combined the power of the Hubble scope with that of the atom-observing microscope, you still couldn't see my level of interest in the royal wedding.

:lol:

[Legion]

It was quite nice of them to schedule the whole thing so it could be broadcast at primetime in Australia. :laugh:

[Perished]

To paraphrase the late George Kauffman:

The most powerful telescope ever built is the Hubble telescope, which can show detailed images of galaxies more than 10 billion light years from Earth.

The most powerful microscope on Earth can display images of individual atoms.

If you combined the power of the Hubble scope with that of the atom-observing microscope, you still couldn't see my level of interest in the royal wedding.

:lol:

Still enough interest to post on a wedding thread though... :sneaky2:

Great day over here in Blighty. Party atmosphere everywhere. Let the drinking begin.

[The Nid Hog]

For me, my thoughts and emotions about the wedding all came together as I saw Bear Grylls in the crowd of revelers, dressed in a Cub Scout uniform.

[GintsO]

Just watched the entire ceremony (4 hours!). Really breathtaking! I become jealous that I am not British.
As a musician, I must admit that music during the ceremony was chosen exceptionally well. However nothing can beat "Jerusalem" - it is and will be a hit.

[Obsessed]

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

[Dennard]

it may seem a bit much to some people but frankly, i like the tradition and history of the whole affair. The music, the dress of the guests, the attire of the princes, the majesty of westminster abbey, all of it. And it seems as if the english people are genuinely happy with the marriage. Well done prince william and kate. I hope you have a truly happy and peaceful marriage. And congratulations to the people of england.

+1

[SpyvSpy]

to paraphrase the late george kauffman:

The most powerful telescope ever built is the hubble telescope, which can show detailed images of galaxies more than 10 billion light years from earth.

The most powerful microscope on earth can display images of individual atoms.

If you combined the power of the hubble scope with that of the atom-observing microscope, you still couldn't see my level of interest in the royal wedding.

:lol:

+1

[DClassic]

Hats off to the Brits. you really know how to class it up!:thumbup:
Best Wishes to Prince William Duke of Cambridge and his Bride, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge on their Wedding Day!:thumbup1:

[saltypete]

I am not a big fan of the monarchy but you have to hand it to the Brits. No other nation on earth can match the history, pomp and ceremony of a British State occasion. An amazing spectacle.

Pete

[Obsessed]

tl;dr

Not even when you were in school?

[Clovis Man]

I'm as American as they come. If I had to MEET the royal couple, I wouldn't know how to bow!

But I genuinely wish them the best! Any family that has the admiration of an entire Kingdom has to be a pretty good family! :thumbup1:

(Now I'm thinking that it would be inappropriate to give the royal family a thumbs up as they drive by... :laugh: )

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Hats off to the Brits. you really know how to class it up!:thumbup:
Best Wishes to Prince William Duke of Cambridge and his Bride, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge on their Wedding Day!:thumbup1:
DClassic:
+ 1 (1st Class and a great day for the UK), and it's about time the Crown http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/flags/england-flag-04.gif has come to terms that it's better all around when a couple such as the HRH, the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge (and Prince Harry next), marries for Love and not for State because marriages for love 'are made in Heaven' and marriages for State are 'made for convenience', and the world well knows how terrible is the result. :blush:

Christopher http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/England%20UK/uk.gif

[jansob]

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

My thoughts exactly...I wish the couple well, but they are no better than anyone else. Americans decided way back then that royalty meant nothing, and I think they were right.

[proxymoron]

When, in the course of human events...

And we ain't payin' for no weddin' neither. :001_tt2:

(Seriously, it's not like they invited our guy. Dunno what they have against Kenyans.)

[ouch]

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

:ouch1:

It may all look cute on tv, but these folks believe with every fiber of their being that they're genetically superior to the rest of us.

[jwcarlson]

If I had a tin shit I wouldn't give it about the royal wedding. What a freaking joke. :001_rolle

They'll be cheating on each other or divorced in three years.

[The Nid Hog]

And we ain't payin' for no weddin' neither. :001_tt2:

(Seriously, it's not like they invited our guy. Dunno what they have against Kenyans.)

I think they liked Kenya well enough when they colonized it, didn't they?

[ouch]

And when that document was written, White folks thought they were superior to African folks. What is your point?

Not all of them. The folks who didn't fought a pretty bloody war against those who did. Sadly, there are still people who feel that way, and I'd put any king or queen at the top of the list.

That's my point, if you insist upon knowing.

[SalvadorMontenegro]

Would've been a lot more fun if he'd turned out gay. Or even decided to marry a black woman.

Oh well.

Best of luck to them.

[mmack66]

Not all of them. The folks who didn't fought a pretty bloody war against those who did. Sadly, there are still people who feel that way, and I'd put any king or queen at the top of the list.

That's my point, if you insist upon knowing.

Well, Prince William married a commoner, so maybe the chain of genetic superiority can be broken.

[Obsessed]

Well, Prince William married a commoner, so maybe the chain of genetic superiority can be broken.

Yeah, maybe the royal wedding will be their Deliverance from a somewhat limited gene pool. :tongue_sm

[Clovis Man]

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,

While that IS the founding document for the United States of America, and I am VERY proud of it, I think that posting it on a thread about the royal wedding is in very poor taste. These people wed as most do, and we shouldn't start such a "hot" discussion on their wedding day, if at all.

[Obsessed]

While that IS the founding document for the United States of America, and I am VERY proud of it, I think that posting it on a thread about the royal wedding is in very poor taste. These people wed as most do, and we shouldn't start such a "hot" discussion on their wedding day, if at all.

I think this stopped being a hot issue after the War of 1812.

[the beav]

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I wish them the best--they seem like a good match for each other.

[tvldatsi]

All of you Americans defending these people from criticism keep in mind they would most likely not do the same for you. You may not be aware of how little respect a portion that country's population has for our nation's people, what do you think the nobility's opinion of your little colonial life is?

[The Nid Hog]

While that IS the founding document for the United States of America, and I am VERY proud of it, I think that posting it on a thread about the royal wedding is in very poor taste. These people wed as most do, and we shouldn't start such a "hot" discussion on their wedding day, if at all.

Why is it in poor taste? If not for these people who are getting married today and their ancestors, my family would probably be living happily in rural Ireland. Or at least they would have immigrated of their own free will. I find it hard to be anything other than appalled at the attention given to the feckless scion of a bankrupt monarchy when he decides to take a wife.

[ouch]

Well, Prince William married a commoner, so maybe the chain of genetic superiority can be broken.

:lol:

Now that's what I call an argument ending point. :thumbup1:

[franz]

I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I Ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Dylan
I don't believe in Beatles...

[ouch]

These people wed as most do

Umm, no. They don't.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-110429-royal-wedding-crowd.photoblog900.jpg

[ouch]

I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I Ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Dylan
I don't believe in Beatles...

Infidel! :lol:

[SalvadorMontenegro]

This is a historically silly thread.

[Obsessed]

Who cares? We beat their asses over 200 years ago. I am just amused that someone would post the Declaration of Independence and another would post about the genetic superiority of kings and queens when neither one have anything to do with a couple of people getting married in 2011.

First of all, I was not trying to make a big statement when I posted the Declaration of Independence. It seemed like a more interesting thing to do than to "+1" to someone else's "I don't care" post, and I wanted to see if posting the Declaration on our most patriotic of websites could possibly lead to a negative reaction. (And you, Mark, always struck me a someone who gets the joke!)

Secondly, the only reason we're hearing about these people getting married is because William is a member of the royal family, As The Nid Hog said,


I find it hard to be anything other than appalled at the attention given to the feckless scion of a bankrupt monarchy when he decides to take a wife.

[Duckster]

As long as Art is still the king, I'm okay with it.

[Perished]

First of all, I was not trying to make a big statement when I posted the Declaration of Independence. It seemed like a more interesting thing to do than to "+1" to someone else's "I don't care" post, and I wanted to see if posting the Declaration on our most patriotic of websites could possibly lead to a negative reaction. (And you, Mark, always struck me a someone who gets the joke!)

Secondly, the only reason we're hearing about these people getting married is because William is a member of the royal family, As The Nid Hog said,


Why is it in poor taste? If not for these people who are getting married today and their ancestors, my family would probably be living happily in rural Ireland. Or at least they would have immigrated of their own free will. I find it hard to be anything other than appalled at the attention given to the feckless scion of a bankrupt monarchy when he decides to take a wife.

Yes, I think the Native American's felt the same way about your poor old ancestors arriving on their land.

Surprised how a thread wishing 'good luck' has descended into some kind of rant against Monarchy/Britain.

And, whilst not wishing to offend any American's on here, posting the Declaration of Independence, with the 'all men are created equal' line, the same week as your BLACK President had to just prove he was in fact an American, seems a tad ironic.
The Declaration of Independence is either a really bad joke or a set of ideals light years ahead of its time. The jury is still out.

And no, I'm not anti American in case anyone was wondering. My Great Grandfather emigrated from New Boston in the 19th century to Swansea, during the Copper boom. And by Irish American standards, that makes me a fully fledged 'Yank'.

[mmack66]

First of all, I was not trying to make a big statement when I posted the Declaration of Independence. It seemed like a more interesting thing to do than to "+1" to someone else's "I don't care" post, and I wanted to see if posting the Declaration on our most patriotic of websites could possibly lead to a negative reaction. (And you, Mark, always struck me a someone who gets the joke!)

Sometimes I miss it entirely. :tongue_sm

[tvldatsi]

Who cares? I think that Americans who are supporting and defending this event should care. Why fawn over someone who wouldn't blink if tragedy befell you? I'm not saying we should be bitter because they are rude and hateful towards American society, I couldn't care less, I'm just pointing that fact out for the anglophiles who may not understand it.



Who cares? We beat their asses over 200 years ago. I am just amused that someone would post the Declaration of Independence and another would post about the genetic superiority of kings and queens when neither one have anything to do with a couple of people getting married in 2011.

[franz]

Oh dear! This is all very untoward. I fear William and Kate will be positively mortified when they log on to B&B later.

[Perished]

Who cares? I think that Americans who are supporting and defending this event should care. Why fawn over someone who wouldn't blink if tragedy befell you? I'm not saying we should be bitter because they are rude and hateful towards American society, I couldn't care less, I'm just pointing that fact out for the anglophiles who may not understand it.

Where do you get that from? The Royals LOVE America...:confused1

And when President Obama visits here in the next few weeks, he'll get a cracking reception too.

[the beav]

Why fawn over someone who wouldn't blink if tragedy befell you? I'm not saying we should be bitter because they are rude and hateful towards American society, I couldn't care less, I'm just pointing that fact out for the anglophiles who may not understand it.

I don't have any interest in this for/against debate, but I used to live in the UK and never experienced anything like what you are talking about. Do you have some inside knowledge that you could share with us?

Also, I thought this thread was about the wedding. So it's a shame that it got so OT so quickly.

[azmark]

Mr. Bean judges all of you......

[Spivey]

Oh dear! This is all very untoward. I fear William and Kate will be positively mortified when they log on to B&B later.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[ouch]

And here I was thinking that the Brits had the very best sense of humor of all. :tongue_sm



We're just poking a bit of fun at a wedding that was advertised as "austere".

[tvldatsi]

thread was hijacked unfortunately. I have traveled a lot the gritty way (backpack and hostels) and there are a lot of Brits doing the same thing, they are my reference point. Most of them were fine folks, but there's a sizable portion that just couldn't shut up about American obesity/stupidity/ignorance/politics, and constantly interrogate any Americans they met. It made an impact on me because in my experience people who travel like that are some of the most open minded I've come across, I met less prejudiced Russians.

[California Cajun]

Good morning. My wife and I got up early to watch the royal wedding. It was a nice ceremony and all went well. I was struck by how much more comfortable Kate looked than years ago when Diana and Charles were married. It may seem a bit much to some people but frankly, I like the tradition and history of the whole affair. The music, the dress of the guests, the attire of the princes, the majesty of Westminster Abbey, all of it. And it seems as if the English people are genuinely happy with the marriage. Well done Prince William and Kate. I hope you have a truly happy and peaceful marriage. And congratulations to the people of England.

Regards, Todd

Let's hope that William and Kate's marriage doesn't turn into the Royal Mess that Charles and Diana's was.

[Obsessed]

Let's hope that William and Kate's marriage doesn't turn into the Royal Mess that Charles and Diana's was.

I doubt it will. All comments and joking about the royals aside, I have a feeling Charles, if not the rest of them, learned his lesson from that debacle and wouldn't permit his son get strong armed into a similar situation.

[DaveAri]

I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I Ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Dylan
I don't believe in Beatles...

Thank goodness you believe Sinatra!!!

[i_shaved_something]

I missed it, how was William's shave?

[Perished]

thread was hijacked unfortunately. I have traveled a lot the gritty way (backpack and hostels) and there are a lot of Brits doing the same thing, they are my reference point. Most of them were fine folks, but there's a sizable portion that just couldn't shut up about American obesity/stupidity/ignorance/politics, and constantly interrogate any Americans they met. It made an impact on me because in my experience people who travel like that are some of the most open minded I've come across, I met less prejudiced Russians.

That my friend is the legacy/curse of George W. Bush. He did a lot of damage, plus an illegal War didn't help... We Brits aren't too keen on God neither, so a President who openly talked about his faith was like a red rag to a bull.

Point is, Britain and America have a strange relationship, going back years. We should be best of friends, but there's a always a suspicion on both sides that the other one is up to no good, especially as you lot cheated on us with the French!!

:lol:

Now, even the most ardent Republicans amongst you couldn't say no to this as shaving mug.

[salazch12]

I'd like to wish William, Duke of Cambridge and Her Royal Highness Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge the best of wishes and all the happiness in the world. May their lives and marriage be blessed.

Happy Holiday to the people of the UK!

[josh_k]

God bless them.

[the beav]

I have traveled a lot the gritty way (backpack and hostels) and there are a lot of Brits doing the same thing, they are my reference point. Most of them were fine folks, but there's a sizable portion that just couldn't shut up about American obesity/stupidity/ignorance/politics, and constantly interrogate any Americans they met.

I backpacked too and ran across the same thing a few times. That was around twenty years ago so maybe something changed since then. I didn't get any of that when I lived there later though, but it probably had more to do with the crowd that I was with. But you're always going to get that in some form where ever you go. I just brush it off and move on. There's unhappy people everywhere, you know, who can't wait to complain about the latest cause du jour, and if it wasn't about the US it would be something else, like taking the tallow out of soap.


Point is, Britain and America have a strange relationship, going back years. We should be best of friends, but there's a always a suspicion on both sides that the other one is up to no good, especially as you lot cheated on us with the French!!

Being of Norman-English ancestry I can't decide which side of the fence I should be on with that comment. :lol:

[babafats]

Being of Norman-English ancestry I can't decide which side of the fence I should be on with that comment. :lol:

Pfft, except for the Celts, they're all basically Germans anyway. :001_rolle

[Tacheless]

Independence for Bonnie Scotland !!!!

Och Aye the Noo !!!!!!

[Tacheless]

Didnt get the day off here in Scotland !!!!

[Tacheless]

What a waste of my paid up Taxes !!!

[Walker]

Congrats to the couple. Didn't care enough to watch it.

[mandoman]

enough already royalty means nothing to us here in the good old USA

[mandoman]

That my friend is the legacy/curse of George W. Bush. He did a lot of damage, plus an illegal War didn't help... We Brits aren't too keen on God neither, so a President who openly talked about his faith was like a red rag to a bull.

Point is, Britain and America have a strange relationship, going back years. We should be best of friends, but there's a always a suspicion on both sides that the other one is up to no good, especially as you lot cheated on us with the French!!

:lol:

Now, even the most ardent Republicans amongst you couldn't say no to this as shaving mug.

nice mug just scratch off the & and kate then add shaving mug and throw a s at the end of william :lol:

[Relayer56]

Good morning. My wife and I got up early to watch the royal wedding. It was a nice ceremony and all went well. I was struck by how much more comfortable Kate looked than years ago when Diana and Charles were married. It may seem a bit much to some people but frankly, I like the tradition and history of the whole affair. The music, the dress of the guests, the attire of the princes, the majesty of Westminster Abbey, all of it. And it seems as if the English people are genuinely happy with the marriage. Well done Prince William and Kate. I hope you have a truly happy and peaceful marriage. And congratulations to the people of England.

Regards, Todd

Hear, hear!

Well said. Congrats to our friends across the pond.

[Luc]

Lots of good messages! Best Wishes! The Queen was entertaining during the wedding!

EDIT: I hope that someone who knows them stop here and tell them that they even made it on a Shaving forum... Not that would be weird... But if that happens, please post back what aftershave Will is using, someone was looking for that yesterday :laugh:

[StillShaving]

Had a shot of Bombay Sapphire in their honor. Was the least I could do.

[saltypete]

enough already royalty means nothing to us here in the good old USA

Not everyone on here is from the USA. It may surprise you to hear that there are literally hundreds of nations in the world that aren't America.
While I acknowedge that most members here are from the US and that there are historical reasons why many Americans dislike the British monarchy, there are also some of us who live in the UK or Commonwealth countries. For us, whether we like it or not, the Queen is our head of state and the royal family are part of our history.
No one could argue that the USA is the most powerful country on earth, but it would be respectful if you let those of us from 'lesser' nations enjoy and embrace our own history and culture.

Pete

[tvldatsi]

Please, celebrate and live however you want, this particular American applauds your rights. Although, I really feel like you're standing up for yourself when nobody is challenging you in the first place. A person expressing their own feelings on a subject in no way inhibits you from observing your beliefs

For the record, the royal family is, like it or not, a part of the USA's history too

"It may surprise you to hear that there are literally hundreds of nations in the world that aren't America," is a fairly immature and petty thing to say. I can't imagine living with such bitter feelings



Not everyone on here is from the USA. It may surprise you to hear that there are literally hundreds of nations in the world that aren't America.
While I acknowedge that most members here are from the US and that there are historical reasons why many Americans dislike the British monarchy, there are also some of us who live in the UK or Commonwealth countries. For us, whether we like it or not, the Queen is our head of state and the royal family are part of our history.
No one could argue that the USA is the most powerful country on earth, but it would be respectful if you let those of us from 'lesser' nations enjoy and embrace our own history and culture.

Pete

[rm71]

It was quite nice of them to schedule the whole thing so it could be broadcast at primetime in Australia. :laugh:

:lol:

I am not a big fan of the monarchy but you have to hand it to the Brits. No other nation on earth can match the history, pomp and ceremony of a British State occasion. An amazing spectacle.

Pete

+1. I wish them a long and happy marriage.

[RF1963]

Not everyone on here is from the USA ... it would be respectful if you let those of us from 'lesser' nations enjoy and embrace our own history and culture.

+1

Whilst my interest in the wedding was very low I do think it is a shame that a thread started with manifest good intention has been hijacked.

I respect the right of non royalists and naysayers to express their opinion, I think it less than gentlemanly to do so here. It seems mean spirited and spiteful to have done so.

[auk1124]

Pfft, except for the Celts, they're all basically Germans anyway. :001_rolle

Snap! :biggrin1:

[proxymoron]

I respect the right of non royalists and naysayers to express their opinion, I think it less than gentlemanly to do so here. It seems mean spirited and spiteful to have done so.

While I agree that making this thread a referendum on the monarchy is a bit silly (particularly as our respective nations seem to have settled the question centuries ago), at least none of us had the bad taste to post something like this:

http://bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-bikini-vacation-photos.jpg

Just private citizens getting married. With satellite feeds. And heads of state.

[Perished]

While I agree that making this thread a referendum on the monarchy is a bit silly (particularly as our respective nations seem to have settled the question centuries ago), at least none of us had the bad taste to post something like this:

http://bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-bikini-vacation-photos.jpg

Just private citizens getting married. With satellite feeds. And heads of state.


ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL!!

I has to revisit this thread three times just to make sure I was was offended by that pic.

Now if you'd like to forward that pic to to my personal message box, I'll be sure to destroy it...

[RB73]

All of you Americans defending these people from criticism keep in mind they would most likely not do the same for you. You may not be aware of how little respect a portion that country's population has for our nation's people, what do you think the nobility's opinion of your little colonial life is?

Your mum know your posting on big boys boards fella.

[tvldatsi]

excuse me?


Your mum know your posting on big boys boards fella.

[RB73]

excuse me?

I would love to hear your explanation/experiences with regards to that flippant comment.

[tvldatsi]

First of all, I am not a child as your first post seems to imply, and being an adult, I am not interested in having internet fights.

Second of all I've already explained myself, but here you go: I've traveled and met lots of people from lots of countries, and only the Commonwealth boys felt it necessary to explain my own country to me with no shortage of hostility. I met more open minded Russians, who actually understand the difference between a country's citizens and it's government. Consume some of your own media, Americans are your universal punchline