Will you be swearing allegiance to the king?

[MickiQ]

My elder daughter joined the brownies just to annoy me. I’d pick her up and ask what they’d done that evening, “oh, just swore oaths to the queen and prayed”, she’d say, mischief in her eyes, while I exploded inside. The little bugger.

All four of my offspring served in the youth paramilitary, it doesn't seem to have made loyal monarchists out of any of them. Their interest in the monarchy covers the whole range from complete indifference to complete indifference.

 

[A380]

Ms A320 refused to swear to god when she went up from brownies to guides as she didn’t belive in god. The Tawnie Owl or whatever was also a real god botherer so wouldn’t let her be a proper guide. She did all the stuff and got badges and stuff but always had to stand to the side at special events.

It was ace.

 

[planetgeli]

Fucking surreal.

 

[A380]

We should pledge allegiance to Editor and his heirs and successors.

 

[Serge Forward]

My youngest lad wanted to join the local cub group. It was run by two women and when I asked them if they still did the oath to the queen and god, they told me they couldn't be arsed with all that. They just wanted the kids could have a nice time. I said, you'll do. I felt a bit bad when the lad later went on to join the woodcraft folk

 

[Serge Forward]

We should pledge allegiance to Editor and his heirs and successors.

I, for one, welcome our new editor overlord.

 

[Orang Utan]

I’ll be fucking swearing alright

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[surreybrowncap]

We should pledge allegiance to Editor and his heirs and successors.

Well - as long as we don't get any of that vegan malarkey preached at us..

 

[seeformiles]

Of course I will - like every other true born British Tar - damn your traitorous eyes sir!

 

[Plumdaff]

I've signed up to work an extra shift so I'll be enjoying earning public holiday hourly rate and get to ignore the whole fucking charade.

 

[surreybrowncap]

 

[ska invita]

the papers today are a sight - what a country

Underlining ALL lolz

 

[eatmorecheese]

Take the sacred oath...

'Hold open your wallet and repeat after me: "Help yourself."

Stupid bloody country. Grown ups don't do these things.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I wish I had managed to organise going abroad somewhere for the whole bloody thing...

 

[redcogs]

Those headlines are designed to depress the rationally inclined - i can feel a headache coming on already. What a fucking sick sick pig hole of a society we have.

 

[Orang Utan]

My dad’s got the right idea. He’ll be on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. I doubt many there will be loyally pledging allegiance.

 

[ska invita]

Love the "People's Coronation" thing...did you know dead liz was The Peoples Queen? They try this a lot. interesting cooption of socialist language

 

[danny la rouge]

My dad’s got the right idea. He’ll be on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. I doubt many there will be loyally pledging allegiance.

I’ll be in West Sussex. What’s the vibe there going to be?

 

[Sue]

I’ll be in West Sussex. What’s the vibe there going to be?

Good luck.

 

[danny la rouge]

Good luck.

Keep my “FTK” tat covered in the pub, yeah?

 

[Raheem]

If you don't take the pledge you can stop paying taxes and ignore coppers.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

My dad’s got the right idea. He’ll be on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. I doubt many there will be loyally pledging allegiance.

Are you sure?! In Orkney they made the kids march down the street with union jacks during the jubilee, I took my son out of school and we went to Sanday. I'd be pretty surprised if there wasn't a bit of that in Lewis tbh. A quick glance on islandbook throws up: "Tha a h-uile duine aig Taigh Dhonnchaidh cho pròiseil gun deach duais Coronation Champion a bhuileachadh air Mary againn fhìn. Tha i làn airidh air gach moladh agus duais airson an obair air leth a tha i a’ dèanamh. " Which basically means "we're a bunch of bootlicking wankers out west as well, Horatio is right"

eta: you said Harris. Why can I not read today.......

 

[The39thStep]

I'll miss this although there will be some coverage on the Portuguese news channels. There's a bloke I know over here from Bolton who comes from a Republican family. He rents out a property to tourists and last year when it was Jubilee week had some people staying who asked him was there anywhere locally that sold Union Jack bunting.

 

[redcogs]

I’ll be in West Sussex. What’s the vibe there going to be?

West Sussex an actual place then? is it posh?

 

[danny la rouge]

West Sussex an actual place then? is it posh?

Never been. I’ll report back.

 

[redcogs]

How's your down south accent Danny?

 

[LeytonCatLady]

West Sussex an actual place then? is it posh?

Nah, my brother lives there.

 

[redcogs]

i honestly don't know any towns down yon'. Maybe tis a hotbed of anarchy and bolshevism.

 

[danny la rouge]

How's your down south accent Danny?

It’s excellent. I take it my Micheal Cain impression will suffice?