Did they engage a young, skinny man dressed only in a sheet and his blogger to investigate?

but aliens??

Probably just leftovers from The Hunt. You want the crops to grow, don't you?

She turned me into a newt

LewDux: Queen, she's a killer

She's like dynamite with a laser beam.

Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

The monarchy doesn't get THAT much money from the taxpayers, and what they do get, they probably make up for 10 fold in tourism.

Not to mention that they are still kind of an important part of their government and all.

VimFuego: RexTalionis: LewDux: Queen, she's a killer

She's like dynamite with a laser beam.

Guaranteed to blow your mind

Anytime.

Spiralmonkey: Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

Serious answer: as a British citizen, I am ENORMOUSLY pissed off that even 1 penny of my taxes goes toward one of the richest people of the planet. I hugely resent that I, and millions of others like me, are paying for that arrogant c*nt Prince Andrew and his lumpen daughters, and we have no say in the matter. Someone will no doubt chime in to tell us that they bring more money than they take, but you know what? Even if that were true I really don't care. I do not want ANY of my taxes to pay for this irrelevant brood.

Heh - now what we did about that a little over 200 years ago? We had a War of Independence. Fark British royalty. BTW I imagine it's called something different in England. What do you call where you got kicked out of North America - except Canda, but that doesn't really count, does it?

Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

Because we don't.

Happy Hours: BTW I imagine it's called something different in England. What do you call where you got kicked out of North America - except Canada, but that doesn't really count, does it?

We call it the war of bad mannered hoodlums never to be spoken of again.

Spiralmonkey: Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

Serious answer: as a British citizen, I am ENORMOUSLY pissed off that even 1 penny of my taxes goes toward one of the richest people of the planet. I hugely resent that I, and millions of others like me, are paying for that arrogant c*nt Prince Andrew and his lumpen daughters, and we have no say in the matter. Someone will no doubt chime in to tell us that they bring more money than they take, but you know what? Even if that were true I really don't care. I do not want ANY of my taxes to pay for this irrelevant brood.

Seriously don't get pissed off about it. People look at the money the monarchy gets and divides it by the population to get a figure that apparently we all pay, but that's not how it works at all, others have already mentioned in this thread how it works.

They're a completely powerless entity who contribute more to the economy than they receive.

I don't understand why people get so pissed off about the monarchy. To me they're like the Tower of London, a piece of history, since they do no harm, have no power, and contribute I see no need to abolish them.

Aidan: Slaxl: We call it the war of bad mannered hoodlums never to be spoken of again.

That fracas you Americans insist on calling the War of Independence. -James Burke, Connections2

/Oddly enough googling the phrase turns up the time I quoted it before on Fark

Good old James Burke. Sums it up nicely.

LordPomposity: Because the royal family's salary is in return for some lands owned by the royal family being leased to the UK government. The UK makes a lot more money off those lands than they pay to the royal family. Ending that agreement would cost the taxpayers money.

Add in the tourism money that results from having a royal family (somewhere close to a billion pounds per year), and keeping the queen around is a very good investment.

Finally, they have a head of state who can go around cutting ribbons and crap like that while the Prime Minister does actual work.



Ah, Is this the right room for an argument?

RexTalionis: VimFuego: RexTalionis: LewDux: Queen, she's a killer

She's like dynamite with a laser beam.

Guaranteed to blow your mind

Anytime.

*kickass guitar solo*

Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

There are no British "Citizens". They are "Subjects". A step above "Objects".

Also Subby, excellent headline in the best FoxNews style. +1!

DesktopHippie: Actually, the British did the same thing. They even did it before you guys. They just decided they didn't like being a republic and went back to being a monarchy after... 10 years or so? Someone from Britain help me out on this one?

Well Oliver just turned himself into a king, and not a very nice one, since they'd just killed a genuine king they felt no hesistation in replacing Oliver's son with a more 'rightful' (or in reality just willing to acquiesce to their wishes) king. Then they had a big party.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

There are no British "Citizens". They are "Subjects". A step above "Objects".

Also Subby, excellent headline in the best FoxNews style. +1!

Please stop saying things in such an authoritarian manner as if you know what you're talking about. You're wrong and someone reading might think with the brashness of your comment you know what you're talking about and thus be misled down your darkened path of fouldeeds.

On 1 January 1983, upon the coming into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, every Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became either a British Citizen, British Dependent Territories Citizen or British Overseas Citizen.

The use of the term "British subject" was discontinued for all persons who fell into these categories, or who had a national citizenship of any other part of the Commonwealth. The category of "British subjects"

Slaxl: UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Norv Turner: Serious question: as a British citizen, how can you not be pissed off at the fact that your taxes pay for her lifestyle?

There are no British "Citizens". They are "Subjects". A step above "Objects".

Also Subby, excellent headline in the best FoxNews style. +1!

Please stop saying things in such an authoritarian manner as if you know what you're talking about. You're wrong and someone reading might think with the brashness of your comment you know what you're talking about and thus be misled down your darkened path of fouldeeds.

On 1 January 1983, upon the coming into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, every Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became either a British Citizen, British Dependent Territories Citizen or British Overseas Citizen.

The use of the term "British subject" was discontinued for all persons who fell into these categories, or who had a national citizenship of any other part of the Commonwealth. The category of "British subjects"

Oh please. Take a joke. :(

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Oh please. Take a joke. :(

Sorry :$ Someone said the same thing in another thread yesterday and I let it go, I see it again and I think maybe it's a genuine misconception. But at least you're not on a darkened path of fouldeed.

Slaxl: UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Oh please. Take a joke. :(

Sorry :$ Someone said the same thing in another thread yesterday and I let it go, I see it again and I think maybe it's a genuine misconception. But at least you're not on a darkened path of fouldeed.

I understand. I did say it like the "Word of God", didn't I. Sorry about the short answer. We cool? :)

DesktopHippie: I'm from Ireland. We know *all* about the not very nice aspects of Cromwell's rule.

How does that lovely song go?

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Slaxl: UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: Oh please. Take a joke. :(

Sorry :$ Someone said the same thing in another thread yesterday and I let it go, I see it again and I think maybe it's a genuine misconception. But at least you're not on a darkened path of fouldeed.

I understand. I did say it like the "Word of God", didn't I. Sorry about the short answer. We cool? :)

Of course, my good chum.

DesktopHippie: Slaxl: DesktopHippie: Actually, the British did the same thing. They even did it before you guys. They just decided they didn't like being a republic and went back to being a monarchy after... 10 years or so? Someone from Britain help me out on this one?

Well Oliver just turned himself into a king, and not a very nice one, since they'd just killed a genuine king they felt no hesistation in replacing Oliver's son with a more 'rightful' (or in reality just willing to acquiesce to their wishes) king. Then they had a big party.

I'm from Ireland. We know *all* about the not very nice aspects of Cromwell's rule.

I think we all do. He banned Christmas, right?

There was someone experienced in investigating human sacrifices in rural England -- until last April.


K-9 and Company pilot, "A Girl's Best Friend", 1981.