Mikey Brown wrote:Are people really just taking several days off to torture themselves standing in line, going without sleep or proper nourishment, to gawp at a dead stranger?
*gawp at a closed coffin that one presumes actually has a dead stramger inside.
Mikey Brown wrote:Are people really just taking several days off to torture themselves standing in line, going without sleep or proper nourishment, to gawp at a dead stranger?
Yes.
I was talking to someone I'd normally consider sane who queued all Wednesday night and found it an uplifting experience. But then, suffering does bring people together.
But that was just an all-nighter. By the weekend I assume the queue will take a whole weekend to traverse.
Mikey Brown wrote:Are people really just taking several days off to torture themselves standing in line, going without sleep or proper nourishment, to gawp at a dead stranger?
Yes.
I was talking to someone I'd normally consider sane who queued all Wednesday night and found it an uplifting experience. But then, suffering does bring people together.
But that was just an all-nighter. By the weekend I assume the queue will take a whole weekend to traverse.
I don't get it. I would happily pay my respect to the queen but that is beyond madness. And given that planning for this has been in place for decades, is this really the best idea they could come up with?
I bet St Johns ambulance are pretty busy; thankfully the weather is pretty moderate at the moment.
Mikey Brown wrote:Are people really just taking several days off to torture themselves standing in line, going without sleep or proper nourishment, to gawp at a dead stranger?
Yes.
I was talking to someone I'd normally consider sane who queued all Wednesday night and found it an uplifting experience. But then, suffering does bring people together.
But that was just an all-nighter. By the weekend I assume the queue will take a whole weekend to traverse.
I don't get it. I would happily pay my respect to the queen but that is beyond madness. And given that planning for this has been in place for decades, is this really the best idea they could come up with?
I bet St Johns ambulance are pretty busy; thankfully the weather is pretty moderate at the moment.
Gods, imagine if it'd been during the heat wave!
You've raised a point that I hadn't thought of, which is that the queue itself is a communal experience and I'd imagine bonding and sharing it with the people around you. Still wouldn't catch me doing it, but if you're deeply affected by the Queen's death, then I guess it's more than just the minute's shuffle past a box.
There are quite a few heart warming, and comedic, stories coming out of The Queue.
If I put on my Eng Lit A level hat, I’m enjoying the symbolism. Beyond the obvious fact that we bloody love a queue, it resembles quite a few of the characteristics the British public and, daring to put my head above the parapet again, the Queen are famous for.
Mellsblue wrote:There are quite a few heart warming, and comedic, stories coming out of The Queue.
If I put on my Eng Lit A level hat, I’m enjoying the symbolism. Beyond the obvious fact that we bloody love a queue, it resembles quite a few of the characteristics the British public and, daring to put my head above the parapet again, the Queen are famous for.
Man, you must bored or going thru something. Whichever, good luck.
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It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Mellsblue wrote:There are quite a few heart warming, and comedic, stories coming out of The Queue.
If I put on my Eng Lit A level hat, I’m enjoying the symbolism. Beyond the obvious fact that we bloody love a queue, it resembles quite a few of the characteristics the British public and, daring to put my head above the parapet again, the Queen are famous for.
Man, you must bored or going thru something. Whichever, good luck.
morepork wrote:Andrew seems to have slipped in through the back door pretty fuckin quickly. Great optics.
Not great optics but I guess there's a protocol for royal offspring and their duties in the event of a death.
I will become a much bigger fan of Charles if his first act as King is to get Andrew to absolute fuck.
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It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
morepork wrote:Christ on a bike. This tone deaf cosplay pantomime has run its course now, surely?
I believe Tuesday 9am is the unofficial cutoff.
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It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] this might be Peak Scotland 2022
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It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
