GratefulFan wrote: Mr Mercury wrote: The reason why the Queen didnt have a present for Canada day is that apparently she is suffering due to cut backs.
And guess what? You Canadians are paying for her tour.....
No excuse! She has lots of hats. It's throw up hot here, and Canada could use a hat.
Some actual trivia: Canada pays more anually per capita to support the monarchy structure in this country than Britain does at home. $1.53 (or something) compared to $1.32 (or something). I'm a bit imprecise because I read that article last year some time. ====
It's still a *little* cheaper than that, fortunately. The official cost of the British monarchy is around 40 million pounds, which is about 60p. a head, I think. They released some figures earlier this week.
mooghead · Member since
No point asking us Brits if she like butter tarts because us Brits have no idea what the hell a butter tart is!
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
Mr Mercury wrote: The reason why the Queen didnt have a present for Canada day is that apparently she is suffering due to cut backs.
And guess what? You Canadians are paying for her tour.....
reply: dont gloat too loudly,you seen how much the pope is costing us in september? :-p £10m+
GratefulFan · Member since
Prize for the first non-Canadian that posts the video for the song (intro) from which the butter tarts question was inspired, without using Google. :)
Mr Mercury · Member since
Actually Joxer, its more like £12 million the pope is costing us.........
JoxerTheDeityPirate · Member since
Mr Mercury wrote: Actually Joxer, its more like £12 million the pope is costing us......... reply: how can we afford this if we are as skint as Compo and Clegg say we are? cancel it i say :-[
Mr Mercury · Member since
^ there would be an uproar if they did. I agree with you though
tcc · Member since
I saw a photo of the Queen and Prince Philip wearing 3-D glasses in our local newspapers today . According to reports, the Queen brought her own pair of customised 3-D glasses, with Swarovski crystals forming the letter Q on the sides. Both husband and wife looked very grim and her lips were really pursed into a line.
Maybe both were wearing new uncomfortable dentures :-)
GratefulFan · Member since
GratefulFan wrote: Prize for the first non-Canadian that posts the video for the song (intro) from which the butter tarts question was inspired, without using Google. :)
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It was this, for those who like music trivia. And further, the backing track that is the main driving force of this song is sampled from the break in the 1976 disco classic 'More More More' by former porn star Andrea True.
Fan video (because it has the intro):
GratefulFan · Member since
tcc wrote: I saw a photo of the Queen and Prince Philip wearing 3-D glasses in our local newspapers today . According to reports, the Queen brought her own pair of customised 3-D glasses, with Swarovski crystals forming the letter Q on the sides. Both husband and wife looked very grim and her lips were really pursed into a line.
Maybe both were wearing new uncomfortable dentures :-) ============================================
Oh they spent some time mad, I've no doubt. OK, maybe a lot of time. But she is 84 years old. In all seriousness, she was impressive to keep up with a really packed itinerary, at times in withering and soul sucking heat (humidexes of 40, 44 in Winnipeg and Toronto) in sometimes suboptimal conditions (loud and eclectic Canada Day ceremonies, unfinished airport, a security and protocol breach or three, and power blackout, to mention a few). I think she thrilled a lot of people, and the coverage of her here was very solicitous and forgiving. Overall, a success I think, from our perspective at least.
