Has the Queen died?

[two sheds]

I lose track of them, not sure which is which apart from charles

 

[Pickman's model]

I lose track of them, not sure which is which apart from charles

It really makes no difference

The nonce is the one who never sweats

 

[brogdale]

Shit bump

Surprised she didn’t nick auld Tom’s roller - do Fortnum & Mason’s sell up market rollers?

tbf, pretty much every bump here has, thus far, been by definition a bit shit...but some are at least

 

[Pickman's model]

tbf, pretty much every bump here has, thus far, been by definition a bit shit...but some are at least

She has to be lucky all the time

We only have to be lucky once

 

[Badgers]

Interestingly I have (for events) got 'Royal Death Cover' which covers me if any of the 'top tier' royal scroungers die

Cost a few quid but the UK will lose it's shit for 1-2 weeks depending on which scrounger dies.

Since ascending to the throne in 1952, the monarch has seen 13 prime ministers serve Britain and lived through another 13 US presidents. She's now 92. At some point — not for many years yet, we hope — Queen Elizabeth II's reign will come to an end.

But what happens then?

For at least 12 days — between her passing, the funeral and beyond — Britain will grind to a halt. The chaos will cost the UK economy billions in lost earnings. The stock markets and banks are likely to close. And both the funeral and the subsequent coronation will become formal national holidays, each with an estimated economic hit to gross domestic product of £1.2 billion to £6 billion ($1.6 billion to $7.9 billion), to say nothing of organisational costs.

But to focus on the financial disruption doesn't begin to describe the sheer magnitude of the queen's death.

Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96. Here's what happens next for the throne, currency, and more.

Queen Elizabeth's death means many changes will be underway in the UK, including several economic and cultural shake-ups.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[8ball]

It's Friday - it's "is the Queen dead yet?" day.

 

[two sheds]

It really makes no difference

The nonce is the one who never sweats

It is quite disturbing that 50% of the royals I recognize appear to be (allegedly, and apart from the queen) nonces.

 

[Pickman's model]

Interestingly I have (for events) got 'Royal Death Cover' which covers me if any of the 'top tier' royal scroungers die

Cost a few quid but the UK will lose it's shit for 1-2 weeks depending on which scrounger dies.

Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96. Here's what happens next for the throne, currency, and more.

Queen Elizabeth's death means many changes will be underway in the UK, including several economic and cultural shake-ups.

www.businessinsider.com

She's now 94

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

She's now 94

So’s my mum.

 

[Badgers]

She's now 94

Article couple of years old.

Think a lot of us on urban75 underestimate how big a deal this will be. For me it is (hopefully) another nail in the coffin of middle ages greed and rule by the cunts. For a large section of the UK (and sadly a lot of the world) they are way more than national treasures :rollseyes:

 

[Badgers]

So’s my mum.

My step nan is 98 and could still take your mum in a fight.

 

[Teaboy]

Article couple of years old.

Think a lot of us on urban75 underestimate how big a deal this will be.

I don't. Two extra fucking bank holidays!

Now the pubs are back open she just needs to either check out rapidly before we're back in full lockdown again (probably around January time) or hang around till a vaccine / treatment arrives.

 

[Badgers]

I don't. Two extra fucking bank holidays!

Now the pubs are back open she just needs to either check out rapidly before we're back in full lockdown again (probably around January time) or hang around till a vaccine / treatment arrives.

With a lot of the country on furlough or unemployed a couple of bank holidays is hardly a bonus

Imagine Diana x 10-20

 

[Pickman's model]

With a lot of the country on furlough or unemployed a couple of bank holidays is hardly a bonus

Imagine Diana x 10-20

Not enough room in the tunnel

 

[two sheds]

Johnson will be Churchillian

 

[Teaboy]

With a lot of the country on furlough or unemployed a couple of bank holidays is hardly a bonus

Imagine Diana x 10-20

Who said anything about the rest of the country? I'm still working and I demand my extra bank holidays.

 

[Teaboy]

Johnson will be Churchillian

Drunk, racist and largely despised?

 

[Pickman's model]

Who said anything about the rest of the country? I'm still working and I demand my extra bank holidays.

Bet she dies 12 days before the next bank holiday so there's only one extra

 

[Pickman's model]

Drunk, racist and largely despised?

And demented

 

[platinumsage]

And every time you feel let down

every time so far.

I'd hate for her to die now though, because due to the virus, we wouldn't get to witness the full mentalness of civic meltdown. Think parish councillors and Lord Lieutenants dressed in black standing on rural train platforms in the rain as the train carrying her body hurtles past from e.g. Sandringham to London.

I mean councils up and down the country are already spending money on black tablecloths and black webpages.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

My step nan is 98 and could still take your mum in a fight.

Maybe, but afterwards my mum would think she’d won.

 

[equationgirl]

Johnson will be Churchillian

Johnson will think he's being churchillian.

He will actually just be a twat.

 

[two sheds]

Johnson will think he's being churchillian.

He will actually just be a twat.

Yes good call, my mistake.

 

[equationgirl]

Yes good call, my mistake.

I forgive your error, easily done, it is Friday after all.

 

[SpookyFrank]

It is quite disturbing that 50% of the royals I recognize appear to be (allegedly, and apart from the queen) nonces.

Look on the bright side. 50% aren't nonces.

 

[CNT36]

Look on the bright side. 50% maybe aren't nonces.

Corrected for you.

 

[equationgirl]

Look on the bright side. 50% aren't nonces.

What an upside that is...

 

[equationgirl]

Has anyone other than Johnson described him as churchillian, or is just how he sees himself?

I'm pretty sure Churchill didn't abandon his wife and children (although plenty of other faults) and Johnson epically failed the country during the pandemic, hardly a national hero.

 

[two sheds]

Churchill did abandon the Greeks to the fascists though, so perhaps spritual kin.

 

[equationgirl]

Churchill did abandon the Greeks to the fascists though, so perhaps spritual kin.

True, true. Better as an orator than Johnson, that's for sure.