Thread: OT - Royal Wedding

Nunya Bidnits wrote:

> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>
> You can run, but you can't hide.

I don't know what you think, but I don't give a rat's behind about that
marriage
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking

On Apr 26, 8:57*am, "ViLco" <villi...@tin.spam> wrote:
> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> > AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>
> > You can run, but you can't hide.
>
> I don't know what you think, but I don't give a rat's behind about that
> marriage
> --

ditto.


> ViLco
> Let the liquor do the thinking

"Nunya Bidnits" <[email protected]> wrote:

>AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!
>
>You can run, but you can't hide.
>

Makes it a lot easier to watch the morning news-ertainment. I tape
4 hours worth and watch them in 1/2 hour instead of the usual 1 1/2.

But I have to admit I watched he piece on the wedding cakes on
yesterday's Today show.<g> Cookies crumbled into chocolate? I'm
in.

Jim

On 2011-04-26, Nunya Bidnits <[email protected]> wrote:
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>
> You can run, but you can't hide.

Oh yes I can! Got no tv.

Actually, mom has one in her bedroom (aka the black hole) and she'll
be holed up there all day fer the wedding. Jinkies! I get a day off.

OBfood. Think I'll make some split pea soup or butter beans. Got the
ham and ham stock. Made sf's killer carrot cake last night. I'm
drowning in good food!

nb

Jim Elbrecht wrote:

> Makes it a lot easier to watch the morning news-ertainment. I tape
> 4 hours worth and watch them in 1/2 hour instead of the usual 1 1/2.

Ha, I do the same thing. I get the highlights of the news, some
segments are interesting/informative, but who could sit through
4 hours every day. The past weeks and now this week especially,
ZZZZZZZIIIP. Really, I don't care about seating plans and
commemorative plates.

> But I have to admit I watched he piece on the wedding cakes on
> yesterday's Today show.<g> Cookies crumbled into chocolate? I'm
> in.

I did finally watch two royal segments for the first time yesterday,
hats and cake. Funny.

nancy

On 4/26/2011 8:57 AM, ViLco wrote:
> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>
>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>>
>> You can run, but you can't hide.
>
> I don't know what you think, but I don't give a rat's behind about that
> marriage

I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are an
attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of foreboding, I
wish them a long and happy marriage.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm "not"
[email protected]

James Silverton wrote:
> On 4/26/2011 8:57 AM, ViLco wrote:
>> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>>
>>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>>>
>>> You can run, but you can't hide.
>>
>> I don't know what you think, but I don't give a rat's behind about
>> that marriage
>
> I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
> hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are an
> attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of foreboding,
> I wish them a long and happy marriage.

Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when
they got engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. I wish them the best.
It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their wedding.

nancy

On 26/04/2011 10:01 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>>
>> I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
>> hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are an
>> attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of foreboding,
>> I wish them a long and happy marriage.
>
> Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when they got
> engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. I wish them the best.
> It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their wedding.


It never ceases to amaze me how much interest people have in that clan
if in-breds. What amazes me even more is how much more fascinated
Americans seem to be in the royals than Canadians. I get the media from
both sides of the border and it the American sources devote a lot more
time to the upcoming wedding than ours do.

"Nunya Bidnits" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ip6f6u$tj5$[email protected]..
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>
> You can run, but you can't hide.
>

I've managed to avoid it nicely. I like to read. Books.

Jill

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 26/04/2011 10:01 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
>>> hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are
>>> an attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of
>>> foreboding, I wish them a long and happy marriage.
>>
>> Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when they got
>> engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. I wish them the best.
>> It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their
>> wedding.
>
>
> It never ceases to amaze me how much interest people have in that clan
> if in-breds. What amazes me even more is how much more fascinated
> Americans seem to be in the royals than Canadians. I get the media
> from both sides of the border and it the American sources devote a
> lot more time to the upcoming wedding than ours do.

I'm sure there are millions and millions of Americans who could not
care less about it. You're confusing the media interest with viewer
interest.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> Makes it a lot easier to watch the morning news-ertainment. I
>> tape
>> 4 hours worth and watch them in 1/2 hour instead of the usual 1
>> 1/2.
>
> Ha, I do the same thing. I get the highlights of the news, some
> segments are interesting/informative, but who could sit through
> 4 hours every day. The past weeks and now this week especially,
> ZZZZZZZIIIP. Really, I don't care about seating plans and
> commemorative plates.
>
>> But I have to admit I watched he piece on the wedding cakes on
>> yesterday's Today show.<g> Cookies crumbled into chocolate? I'm
>> in.
>
> I did finally watch two royal segments for the first time yesterday,
> hats and cake. Funny.
>
> nancy

I'm a traitor. I haven't watched any of it. I wish them well - they
have a tough road ahead.

On Apr 26, 8:06*am, Jim Elbrecht <elbre...@email.com> wrote:
> "Nunya Bidnits" <nunyabidn...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote:
> >AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!
>
> >You can run, but you can't hide.
>
> Makes it a lot easier to watch the morning news-ertainment. * *I tape
> 4 hours worth and watch them in 1/2 hour instead of the usual 1 1/2.
>
> But I have to admit I watched he piece on the wedding cakes on
> yesterday's Today show.<g> * *Cookies crumbled into chocolate? *I'm
> in.
>
> Jim

Supposedly William's favorite cake. The other thing that might appear
for one of the meals is "Eton Mess." I saw a brief on that - very
amusing - big mistake turned into a favorite dessert with only 3
ingredients.

N.

On Apr 26, 9:01*am, "Nancy Young" <rjynly...@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
> > On 4/26/2011 8:57 AM, ViLco wrote:
> >> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>
> >>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>
> >>> You can run, but you can't hide.
>
> >> I don't know what you think, but I don't give a rat's behind about
> >> that marriage
>
> > I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
> > hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are an
> > attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of foreboding,
> > I wish them a long and happy marriage.
>
> Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when
> they got engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. *I wish them the best.
> It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their wedding.
>
> nancy *

I love it all, don't care if everyone thinks it's silly - ever since
Queen Elizabeth was a little girl. I had a scrapbook of pictures and
articles from current magazines when I was young in the 40s - have
kind of kept track of Elizabeth and Anne ever since. I probably come
by it honestly - half my family ancestors are English, and my paternal
grandmother was a real Anglophile, if that's the correct word. I had
a something-great grandfather who was Lord Mayor of Dublin (not
exactly English, but the UK nevertheless). This will be the second-in-
a-lifetime future-king royal English wedding I will watch on TV - the
beautiful couple certainly has my best wishes, and I don't see the
marriage failing. Any foreboding I have would be attached to
William's job as a rescue helicopter pilot - not exactly the safest
thing in the world.

N.

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Nancy Young <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 26/04/2011 10:01 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> I shall not watch the ceremonies and I have little respect for
>>>> hereditary positions but I have to admit that William and Kate are
>>>> an attractive pair of young people and, even with a sense of
>>>> foreboding, I wish them a long and happy marriage.
>>>
>>> Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when they got
>>> engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. I wish them the best.
>>> It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their
>>> wedding.
>>
>>
>> It never ceases to amaze me how much interest people have in that
>> clan if in-breds. What amazes me even more is how much more
>> fascinated Americans seem to be in the royals than Canadians. I get
>> the media from both sides of the border and it the American sources
>> devote a lot more time to the upcoming wedding than ours do.
>
> I'm sure there are millions and millions of Americans who could not
> care less about it. You're confusing the media interest with viewer
> interest.
>
> nancy

Not really. The media delivers what the public wants, as evidenced by
ratings and sweeps which these days are very accurate, since cable and sat
systems can easily survey what channels you use. Respectable journalists
might cover a story for a couple days because it's news, and for no other
reason, but the extended hooplah only exists because people are watching it.

MartyB

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jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Nunya Bidnits" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:ip6f6u$tj5$[email protected]..
>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !
>>
>> You can run, but you can't hide.
>>
>
> I've managed to avoid it nicely. I like to read. Books.
>
> Jill

It's good you didn't say magazines. They are inundated, as are the webzines.

I expect to see Popular Mechanics come out with a Royal Wedding
Commemorative Issue.

MartyB

Nunya Bidnits wrote:

> Nancy Young <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I'm sure there are millions and millions of Americans who could not
>> care less about it. You're confusing the media interest with viewer
>> interest.

> Not really. The media delivers what the public wants, as evidenced by
> ratings and sweeps which these days are very accurate, since cable
> and sat systems can easily survey what channels you use. Respectable
> journalists might cover a story for a couple days because it's news,
> and for no other reason, but the extended hooplah only exists because
> people are watching it.
>

If it was a special about the royal wedding, I'd go along, but it's just
your everyday morning shows the people watch anyway, there are
more things than just that. They often have a lot of content I'm not
interested in, that's why I record and fast forward through it, as other
people do.

I do not know what the ratings are for dedicated Will & Kate movies
or shows, and they were put together in anticipation of interest. I
don't know anyone who is that into it, we were just talking about
that at Easter. Lots of coverage, no one into it.

nancy

"Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> I love it all, don't care if everyone thinks it's silly - ever since
> Queen Elizabeth was a little girl. I had a scrapbook of pictures and
> articles from current magazines when I was young in the 40s - have
> kind of kept track of Elizabeth and Anne ever since. I probably come
> by it honestly - half my family ancestors are English, and my paternal
> grandmother was a real Anglophile, if that's the correct word. I had
> a something-great grandfather who was Lord Mayor of Dublin (not
> exactly English, but the UK nevertheless). This will be the
> second-in- a-lifetime future-king royal English wedding I will watch
> on TV - the beautiful couple certainly has my best wishes, and I
> don't see the marriage failing. Any foreboding I have would be
> attached to William's job as a rescue helicopter pilot - not exactly
> the safest thing in the world.

Oh, Nancy, come join me at 4 am for crumpets and tea! I listened to my first
royal wedding -- Elizabeth and Phillip -- in 1948 on the radio in my dorm
room. Bless 'em all (some more than others, of course)!

Felice

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[email protected]>, [email protected] says...

I had
> a something-great grandfather who was Lord Mayor of Dublin (not
> exactly English, but the UK nevertheless).

Holy cow, don't say that in earshot of the Irish. Dublin is in Eire,
which is NOT part of the UK.

Janet

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 26, 9:01 am, "Nancy Young" <rjynly...@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:

>> Compare them to the awkward strangers his parents were when
>> they got engaged, it's a breath of fresh air. I wish them the best.
>> It's certainly not their fault the media's gone mad over their
>> wedding.

> I love it all, don't care if everyone thinks it's silly

Hey, why not, it's a free country. I don't think it's silly except
how they're filling a lot of time every day on it. Easy enough
for me to ignore.

> - ever since
> Queen Elizabeth was a little girl. I had a scrapbook of pictures and
> articles from current magazines when I was young in the 40s - have
> kind of kept track of Elizabeth and Anne ever since. I probably come
> by it honestly - half my family ancestors are English, and my paternal
> grandmother was a real Anglophile, if that's the correct word. I had
> a something-great grandfather who was Lord Mayor of Dublin

Neat. My paternal grandparents generation moved here from
Ireland, but none of them were Lords of anything. Heh.

> (not
> exactly English, but the UK nevertheless). This will be the
> second-in- a-lifetime future-king royal English wedding I will watch
> on TV - the beautiful couple certainly has my best wishes, and I
> don't see the marriage failing.

They seem down to earth, to me. Better matched than some
marriages I've known.

> Any foreboding I have would be
> attached to William's job as a rescue helicopter pilot - not exactly
> the safest thing in the world.

Really. He seems determined to serve like many of the people
there in conflicts.

nancy