Prince Charles to marry his slag

"Thank's, mi Lord!"

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I see Wales is smaller than the rest, "how could this little power take Monarchy over the rest (esspecially England)?

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I think I will now start a campaign here, to make Prince Charles wear the English national dress when attending functions in England.
The only form of National costume that I can find is that of the "Morris Dancer".

What do you think? Will you be signing my petition?

http://k.domaindlx.com/lordellpus/morris%20dancers.gif

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ConstitutionalGirl wrote:

I see Wales is smaller than the rest, "how could this little power take Monarchy over the rest (esspecially England)?

No C.G., I think you misunderstand.

Charles is Prince of Wales. Prince is junior to King or Queen.

When (if?) he becomes King, he will be King of the whole caboodle (being England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).

Later edit:- He is English by birth, but it is a tradition to crown the direct heir to the throne as Prince (or Princess if the case may be) of Wales.
It stems from olden times, when the Welsh were in the habit of trying to fight against the English for their independence.
By giving them a Prince of their own, it appeased them somewhat and helped to quell the rebellions (well, that and a bloody great string of Castles filled with English troops).

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And Camilla, when she visits Wales, can wear their national costume, like this :-

http://k.domaindlx.com/lordellpus/welsh.jpg

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In Salem, Mass, USA, they wore these hats in those days.

http://www.salemweb.com/guide/roger.shtml

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A flattened, peaked hat sheds the rain without being fragile.

Archtypical witches wear peaked hats because their hats wouldn't dare demonstrate weakness.

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Lord Ellpus wrote:

I think I will now start a campaign here, to make Prince Charles wear the English national dress when attending functions in England.
The only form of National costume that I can find is that of the "Morris Dancer".

What do you think? Will you be signing my petition?

May I sign the petition, my Lord? I'm not a British subject, but my ancestry is about 30% English. I'd dearly love to see the whiny prince forced to wear a costume like that.

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He runs to Scotland and puts on a dress so he can be "easy access", and get a tweak in the Super Mart or at breakfast.

He must like his weenie to jiggle.

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All Scots like their weenies to jiggle.

(I'm not sure there isn't a country dance of that name)

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I dont know about that, but I know of a song about a Scotsman and his wellies (Galoshes in the US, I think?...excuse the spelling)

It was sung by Billy Connolly and was about the advantages of keeping one's feet dry.......the chorus went (oh by the way, for the non Brits among us, the suffix "Nae" in Scottish dialact means "Not" ie didnae = did not)
Chorus.....

"If it wasnae for yer Wellies, where would ye be,
You'd be in the hospitail or in the infirmary,
You would get a dose of the 'flu, or even pleuracy,
If ye didnae have yer feet in yer Wellies."

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most entertaining, and illuminating, thanks all.

CG which constitution? Or are you just proud of your own robust constitution?

btw I was told in all seriousness somewhile ago that Scottish Nationalists wanted to link a series of canals roughly along the line of Hadrians wall, thus making Scotland an island. I offered financial assistance.

Actually if there is one thing to be proud of in being British its that we have, somehow, after a great deal of war bloodshed and mutual acrimony, managed to understand that it makes sense to get along together on these islands. And its something Europe is doing too, completely beyond the bounds of understanding of most Americans. Smile

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I wouldnt go as far as to include Northern Ireland in that yet, Steve. A bit of a way to go methinks....but you are right, the Scots take the pee out of us, vice versa, we take the pee out of the welsh, vice versa and everyone takes the pee out of the Irish, but they are far too kind and gentle a people to respond.
But all in all, we recognise that we are pretty much the same as far as 90% of our normal everyday lives are concerned.

We still bite lumps out of each other when it comes to sport though.....good, isnt it !!

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<ahem>

Steve -- If you can imagine each of the fifty states as a country (and you ought to -- we are so different), then the USA is not doing THAT badly.

I saw some Morris Dancers in Salisbury once... they do look awfully silly. How far back was that costume popular? I think if Prince Charles were to be most authentic, he could deck his ol' bad self out in Pictish skin illustrations or nekkid Blue Woad.

Quote:

Today it is reckoned that the British once more are the most heavily tattooed culture by capita.

(from: http://www.hippy.com/albion/woad_and_modern_tribal_bodyart_i.htm)

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Piffka wrote:

How far back was that costume popular?

http://www.themorrisring.org/Images/kemp.gif

"Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder. Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich." Title page. (1600)

The first written reference to a morris dance comes from the will of Alice Wetenhale, a widow from Bury St Edmunds, dated 1458: "I leave to my daughter Caterine ... iii silver cups, sculpted with a morris dance".

Quote:

Throughout history, the Morris seems to have been common. It was imported from village festivities into popular entertainment after the invention of the court masque by Henry VIII. The word Morris apparently derived from "morisco," meaning "Moorish." Cecil Sharp, whose collecting of Morris dances preserved many from extinction, suggested that it might have arisen from the dancers' blacking their faces as part of the necessary ritual disguise.

Among specific Morris dances are Bean Setting, Leap Frog, and Laudnum Bunches. The few solo Morris dances are called Morris jigs; an example is the Shepherds' Hey. The name Morris dance is sometimes loosely applied to sword dances in which a group of men weave their swords into intricate patterns.

source: Britannica

Indeed, we have similar here as well - including sword dance.

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Piffka, If you are going back that far, he would have to do the same in Scotland ala the "history according to Hollywood and Mel Gibson epic" Braveheart. (you know, blue face...shouts "HOLD" a lot)

Segment of film script :-

Mel:- "G'Day you English Pommie B**stards, hoots mon if you dinnae turn around and send your bonnie wee soldiers back to Pommieland Sport, me and me fellow mate Scotlanders will give you a good kicking"

English Commander:- " I'm sorry Sir, we'll go immediately in order to give you more time to be heroic in this film and demonstrate how beastly us English have been"

Mel:- "Well, hurry up you English fop, I have to finish this film quickly in order to bugger off back to my beach Condo...its too bloody cold and wet here, and the Midgies are making me itch"

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Well, that's what I want... the blue face.

<Thanks, Walter. Wink

I love it -- iii cups. >

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Piff says "Steve -- If you can imagine each of the fifty states as a country (and you ought to -- we are so different), then the USA is not doing THAT badly."

Well of course you are right but then the 50 states didn't have long histories as independent countries.

What I was really getting at was that most Americans seem to have a problem with the concept of pooling or sharing sovereignty.

However, back to strange dancers from Seattle

http://www.mossyback.com/

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Uh-oh... you found us out. We're wacky as they come. (Note the non-regulation red tenny-bumpers.)

They do look as though they're having fun, though, and I like to see that. Maybe you & McTag and & Gautam ought to be taking up a new interest? Looks aerobic.

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Nice link Steve....I didnt realise that Seattle had some Monty Python genes as well !

Although its a bit worrying when they say they "are always looking for a few good men".

Walter.....Sir, you are a fountain of knowledge. You should set up a "Pub Quiz" thread, we could all send you our answers privately, and you could present the scores once a week.
One of the conditions of the game would be that we all promise to drink one pint of beer in between answering each question.
I dont know if we would ever score very highly, but it would certainly give you a great laugh.

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