Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee

[W3H5]

Britons, Commonwealth members, colonies and Royalists. How will you celebrate? Will you celebrate?

I'll be having a BBQ as bonfires in China are not allowed outside of festival times but I saved a box of fire crackers from Spring Festival which I intended for Guy Fawkes night but will do just as well for the jubilee.

Long live the Queen.

 

[hawkeye122]

A box of Jaffa Cakes, shipped from my Aunt. That is all.

 

[TankAss95]

Probably by playing GT5.

I'm not a loyalist at all.

 

[Slick Rick]

Central London looks amazing already, streets are lined with flags and everything! Lots of stuff like this about:



Loads of police around though, not fun driving around in a lowered car >:/

 

[axletramp]

Street party FTW.... and I didn't have to organise it! Kids causing mayhem for a few hours followed by the parents later in the day. Nothing to do with the Jubilee, plenty to do with a decent excuse to eat a hog roast and drink in public!

They love a flag over here and slowly the island is getting covered. Looks pretty good.

 

[Crash]

I guess the celebrations are coming up? When is it going to be again in the UK?

I think I'm going to be in the UK right in between the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. Hopefully, that will mean everything is slightly less crowded.

 

[Liquid]

We already have a thread in the Opinions forum.

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I'm off to get leggo with some uni mates. By coincidence, it's our head of state's jubilee. She's just three years behind Victoria.

 

[axletramp]

A bit like David Beckham then...

 

[daan]

I'm off to get leggo with some uni mates.

Cool. What kit you getting?


I'm going to celebrate by taking a day off work. Thanks Queenie!

 

[Vegard]

 

[killer tiller]

Unless I get a day off work for it, I don't care what celebration she has.

I'll send her a nice postcard of the beautiful republic of Australia :sly lol

 

[F1 fan]

I'm not a loyalist at all.

Ditto. I will not be celebrating in any way, shape or form as I don't believe there is anything worthy of celebrating here. To quote Bill Bailey, they're a bunch of overpaid, unelected spongers.

I do like hawkeye's idea though. I see his Jaffa cakes and raise him a box of tunnock's tea cakes.

 

[Carbonox]

Some of these British celebration days appear to be pretty weird...

It's as if we were celebrating our president's birthday TBH - not exactly necessary.

 

[Moglet]

Some of these British celebration days appear to be pretty weird...

It's as if we were celebrating our president's birthday TBH - not exactly necessary.

It's to celebrate 60 years of the Queen being on the throne. It's nothing to do with birthdays.

 

[Ross]

I see my thread has become redundant now.

 

[axletramp]

Some of these British celebration days appear to be pretty weird...

There's a baby jumping festival in Spain. That's weirder.

 

[Carbonox]

It's to celebrate 60 years of the Queen being on the throne. It's nothing to do with birthdays.

That's still completely weird. We had no celebrations when our former president was leading the country for 25 years. Also, royal people are running the country because they were born into a royal family. What a major achievement! This needs lots of celebrating!

Sports people at least need to do a lot of work to reach professional level alone, and there they need even more work to be on top of their game. Royal people have achieved nothing compared to them, they just need to be born for the right parents and they get to sit on the throne eventually.

I'm glad my country has moved out of the Middle Ages, though the fact that industrial countries like the UK and Sweden are still stuck with human parasites like this looks unpromising...

 

[Moglet]

That's still completely weird. We had no celebrations when our former president was leading the country for 25 years. Also, royal people are running the country because they were born into a royal family. What a major achievement! This needs lots of celebrating!

Sports people at least need to do a lot of work to reach professional level alone, and there they need even more work to be on top of their game. Royal people have achieved nothing compared to them, they just need to be born for the right parents and they get to sit on the throne eventually.

I'm glad my country has moved out of the Middle Ages, though the fact that industrial countries like the UK and Sweden are still stuck with human parasites like this looks unpromising...

It's a very old fashioned celebration but hey, it gets me a paid day off work so I don't mind. Personally I'll be doing some gardening and not celebrating in the slightest.

BTW, she's hardly a parasite. The royal family costs each person in the UK 62p a year and she brings in a lot in tourism. Also, it's worth noting that almost all of the money she 'earns' goes back in to the economy.

 

[daan]

Also, royal people are running the country because they were born into a royal family.

They don't run the country. They have no real power and are basically just figureheads.

But, that's not a discussion for this thread.

 

[F1 fan]

It's to celebrate 60 years of the Queen being on the throne. It's nothing to do with birthdays.

Yeah. I mean, it's not like she needs a third birthday or anything.

 

[Moglet]

Yeah. I mean, it's not like she needs a third birthday or anything.

She's actually over 200 years old...

 

[axletramp]

So it's not just the Queen mum who's got a haunted lady cave.

 

[MatskiMonk]

though the fact that industrial countries like the UK and Sweden are still stuck with human parasites like this looks unpromising...

..You think the Royals cost us a lot of money? You should see our benefits system!!

edit: Not sure what I'm doing, I may be working, I may be sleeping, I may be drinking...

 

[mattythedog]

I'll watch the concert on Monday, and enjoy the long weekend. By revising...

 

[RobFocus]

That's still completely weird. We had no celebrations when our former president was leading the country for 25 years. Also, royal people are running the country because they were born into a royal family. What a major achievement! This needs lots of celebrating!

Sports people at least need to do a lot of work to reach professional level alone, and there they need even more work to be on top of their game. Royal people have achieved nothing compared to them, they just need to be born for the right parents and they get to sit on the throne eventually.

I'm glad my country has moved out of the Middle Ages, though the fact that industrial countries like the UK and Sweden are still stuck with human parasites like this looks unpromising...

What's "weird" about celebrating your country's heritage? Just because the rest of the world don't care about themselves anymore, just as every European country has blended into a boring mush with no identity whatsoever, doesn't mean that Britain has to follow them.

Of course they have to work hard, the royal family represent the country, in fact they represent about a third of the whole world. They're constantly in front of the cameras and if they put a foot wrong then everyone knows about it. I've never been a big royalist but I sympathise with them as they can't live a normal life, so there's no need for anyone to feel hard done by.

Britain is the most civilised and greatest country in the world, we used to have the whip hand over everyone, and that's why we celebrate these "weird" things, because we still give a ****.

 

[sneakypete123]

..You think the Royals cost us a lot of money? You should see our benefits system!!

Haha this ^
Sorry for going off topic, but just an hour or so ago I heard some man on the radio saying that he has quit his £40k a year job because after he has to pay child care and taxes etc, he is actually finacially better of staying at home with his children and claming benifits
Where's the incentive to go to work? Its messed up.

 

[MatskiMonk]

So you don't like the Queen?...

 

[Sureboss]

the royal family represent the country, in fact they represent about a third of the whole world.

Balls do they. Though I suppose incest and theft is a good set of standards for us all to follow.

Be any other normal day for me.

 

[Wiegert]

I'll either be out in, or on a train back from Aberystwyth.

Apart from that it'll probably just be any other weekend for me. I'll try and watch whatever celebrations they have planned, but my interest in the whole event is limited.

 

[sneakypete123]

Balls do they. Though I suppose incest and theft is a good set of standards for us all to follow.

Be any other normal day for me.

Keeps Jeremy Kyle busy anyway