RIP Queen Elizabeth

[Ming the Merciless]

Also can be used as a distress signal, iirc it was used as a warning on a Naval battleship that something was amiss, also that an enemy is causing a problem

Heads out to look at outside of my battle ship…

 

[winjim]

Also can be used as a distress signal, iirc it was used as a warning on a Naval battleship that something was amiss, also that an enemy is causing a problem

I think 'the enemy is causing a problem' is a great distress call.

 

[Accy cyclist]

What about that small piece of paper accidentally dropped by that bishop chap at the start of the service. Should he have stooped to pick it up, or did he do right in leaving it where it landed? 🤔

 

[mjr]

What about that small piece of paper accidentally dropped by that bishop chap at the start of the service. Should he have stooped to pick it up, or did he do right in leaving it where it landed? 🤔

OK to leave it if no-one slipped over on it and he pays the littering fine promptly.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Does it have this one?
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Had to pay my own respects....

 

[Alex321]

Possibly, but the above insult seems to have zilch linguistic awareness and the rebuttal is unconvincing. The Cambridge dictionary defines "theocracy" as "a country that is ruled by religious leaders" and the King is both head of state and the head of the Church of England, so a religious leader, so it seems pretty clear that Britain is still a theocracy, as well as now basically a democracy. Edit to add: there are still bishops sitting as "Lords Spiritual" in the House of Lords, too. I thought they lost their seats along with most hereditaries but apparently not.

That's not to say it matters much, or is a problem, in current practice. But how did you decide it obviously isn't?

It isn't a theocracy because our head of state actually has nothing to do with ruling us.

We are ruled by the houses of Parliament, and while some members of the HoL are bishops, not enough to make us ruled by them specifically.

To be a theocracy, it has to be the church leaders who are responsible for formulating and promulgation the laws we have to live by.

 

[mjr]

It isn't a theocracy because our head of state actually has nothing to do with ruling us.

We are ruled by the houses of Parliament, and while some members of the HoL are bishops, not enough to make us ruled by them specifically.

To be a theocracy, it has to be the church leaders who are responsible for formulating and promulgation the laws we have to live by.

That's your extra strings which I don't accept, I'm not continuing this here (try NACA) and especially not while the late ruler's coffin is in the procession!

 

[Mike_P]

New future quiz question - what was sung for the last time at midday on Monday Sept 19th 2022

 

[Fab Foodie]

That's your extra strings which I don't accept, I'm not continuing this here (try NACA) and especially not while the late ruler's coffin is in the procession!

Look, we all know we live on a knobocracy....

 

[Fab Foodie]

New future quiz question - what was sung for the last time at midday on Monday Sept 19th 2022

Was it 'I am a cider drinker' by the Wurzels?

 

[Venod]

New future quiz question - what was sung for the last time at midday on Monday Sept 19th 2022

What if we have another Queen ?

 

[Dave7]

New future quiz question - what was sung for the last time at midday on Monday Sept 19th 2022

Utd fans singing "we're going to win the league".

 

[mjr]

What if we have another Queen ?

And someone will sing the wrong version in the coming days anyway.

Didn't someone sing the Francoist lyric version of the Spanish anthem when Contador (born well after Franco's death) won a top race?

 

[Mike_P]

What if we have another Queen ?

There is a long list of potential future Kings before another Queen so the Q wlll be a valid pub quiz Q for some time

 

[vickster]

There is a long list of potential future Kings before another Queen so the Q wlll be a valid pub quiz Q for some time

Charlotte is now #3 in line so not inconceivable if George never has children or dies young