HRH King Charles III

[Lewis]

https://i.imgur.com/s1CpxHe.png

Already have.

[igor_balis]

They should make a woman of color King.
The queen is dead, long live the kween.

[Spikey M]

Yaaaaassss

[Giggles]

What age is the new man?

[Manc]

Me too

Me three. Not sure why Shindig is throwing out the :moop:. Cancel the AL and you're grand.

[Shindig]

What age is the new man?

73 but he's the son of a 96 year old and a grandson of a centenarian. Give him 20 years, basically.

[Giggles]

Probably not worth skipping him at that rate.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just received this email (addressed to me and 152 other visible addresses), probably my favourite scam I've ever received. I love the idea that Charles would be sitting around administering this from a gmail account.

Congratulations you're among the list of people Queen Elizabeth || of England choose to award $5,000000 dollars as charity work ,
Due to brief illness before she passed away, we automatically stop work by send information to the list she gave us and started mourning our Queen with tears on 8/Sept/2022,
Unfortunately the son of Queen Elizabeth || of England Prince Charles have ordered us today to begin to send information to the list of people the Queen gave us before she passed away,
That he promised her mother he will finish the charity work she started before she passed away by giving out the money to the people in the list to help and support them financially, the fund's will be giving to those who contacted him before the burial of the Queen, kindly contact Prince Charles for more information about the funds

charlesaprince733@gmail.com

[Yevrah]

You should do some scam baiting.

[Pepe]

Charles A. Prince 733. :cool:

[Pepe]

https://i.imgur.com/s1CpxHe.png

Already have.

Should send that to that lol professor making the rounds.

[Waffdon]

The fucking queen is travelling 30 seconds outside my flat door tomorrow on its way to Edinburgh :lol:

6 hours they’re planning to take from Balmoral to Edinburgh. What a fucking shambles

[Alex]

What did Trevor Sinclair do? He seems to be getting the sack from TalkSport for it.


Something about black and brown people not mourning her.

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Don't worry, Trevor has since realised his comments were simply a by-product of poor mental health, which obviously absolves him of any actual culpability. He has since gone for a run to exercise his demons.

Or, an alternate take, has sobered up and is desperately playing damage control to avoid the P45 from Talk Sport, which is probably already in the post.

[Offshore Toon]

It's too much. They need to go.

They were doing so well keeping to themselves amidst all the shame of racism and paedophilia, that it was easy to just let them be, but this whole period has been a shambles. The BBC in particular.

[Shindig]

On the contrary, the sheer number of plebs flocking to London for this highlights how the monarchy should exist until it no longer becomes profitable.

[Spikey M]

I'm mainly just confused over Paddington's apparent metamorphosis into the Grim Reaper.

[Offshore Toon]

#BendOverForBankHolidays

[Giggles]

I'm mainly just confused over Paddington's apparent metamorphosis into the Grim Reaper.

Have a hunt around twitter and you’ll see it was harry and the mrs that pulled the trigger.

[Lofty]

A lad I previously thought was pretty sensible has posted pictures of him laying flowers outside the palace, made the trip especially :moop:

[Giggles]

Not including the loyalist crew I’ve had 3 people already on my Facebook with the apron up on their profile picture. Like actual sensibly aged (40+) real Irish people. Disgraces.

[Giggles]

Whatever about the rest of it, I nearly spit out my tea at the last bit :D

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[Shindig]

What absolute knackers.

[Magic]

People have travelled MILES to stand at the side of a city bypass and wave at a car. :harold:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

You were there MJ, don't kid anyone.

I drove past the cortége on the way back from the golf. Absolutely surreal seeing that number of people/cars at the edge of the A90.

[Giggles]

Are they driving the body all the way from Scotland to London?

[niko_cee]

Think it gets the train down from Edinburgh.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I thought they were flying for some reason.

Would have thought the train would be more fitting.

[Lewis]

I won't be going to London for any of it, but if this procession was going through your town I think you would watch it. It's a pretty major historical event.

[Manc]

She wouldn't been seen dead in The North.

[Waffdon]

There’s a lot more Unionists in Dundee than I hoped. Disgusting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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The nonce also likes a bit of incest it seems.

[Don]

That tweet, fucking hell.

[Waffdon]

Someone was arrested in Edinburgh for holding up an ‘abolish the monarchy’ sign. Literally a police state :lol:

[Giggles]

Have they even grounds to arrest someone for that?

[niko_cee]

It'll be some shit like 'outraging public decency'.

They balanced it out by protecting that idiotic chippy owner who filmed themselves 'celebrating' the other day.

[Magic]

You were there MJ, don't kid anyone.

I drove past the cortége on the way back from the golf. Absolutely surreal seeing that number of people/cars at the edge of the A90.

That number of people like that's a lot more than usual i.e 0.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Beautiful.

[Pepe]

I remember standing on the side of the road to see John Paul II pass by in the poncemobile. I don't know if it was 'worth it,' but what else could I have possibly done with those 20 minutes that would have been better? Now, if someone is traveling for this kind of shit then lol.

[Luke Emia]

Fuck me it's carnage round here. They have had to close off a load of roads round Sandringham as it has been too busy. Facebook and Instagram yesterday was just full of people posting about how they had been there. Fine if you want to go and pay your respects do it but why do you have to fucking post about it on social media.

Another thing as well why are companies so fucking desperate to get in on the act all changing their logo's to black just to make sure they aren't missing out. If they actually gave a shit I'd understand but they don't it's just want their marketing department have told them to do.

[Ben]

It's like the one month a year they pretend to give a fuck about LGBT.

[7om]

You can see why companies do that, though. They’re probably shit scared of *not* doing it and getting piled-on by the twitter retards.

[Luke Emia]

You can see why companies do that, though. They’re probably shit scared of *not* doing it and getting piled-on by the twitter retards.

I get it but own it and just say we respect the fact the Queen has passed away and to show our respect for that we will be closed on the day of her funeral. Job done maybe even a post to that effect. Instead what the cunts will do is change their logo to black and white and be absolutely gagging to open the second they can next Monday.

[7om]

It’s all just posturing, isn’t it. Seems to be 90% of what we do as a society nowadays.

[Kikó]

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[Jimmy Floyd]

I appreciate the need for said person to have a crowd-pleasing rant, but is that what's actually happening? I'm not sure it is, on this occasion. Feels worlds apart from Diana.

If you take GB News presenters and the like to be representative of the mood of the nation, then I think it's a you problem.

[Yevrah]

It's just people whipping up a story that doesn't exist. For the most part people have behaved perfectly normally on this one - Queen dies, people are slightly moved and some want to celebrate her life and pay respects - but that isn't particularly newsworthy so a NARRATIVE is needed.

Another awful aspect of modern life.

[niko_cee]

The problem with those sort of thinkpieces is that they go on for too long to fill the space, so it just ends up being absolute wank even if the initial seed of an idea was decent or there was some humourous take to be had.

Also seems a bit off to be getting lectured on wokeness/being backward by the people of fucking Papua New Guinea. Don't they still <insert culturally insensitive comment here>?

[Boydy]

They're showing her Charles and his siblings standing around her coffin now on BBC as people walk past. I hope someone shouts nonce at Andrew.

[CJay]

They're showing her Charles and his siblings standing around her coffin now on BBC as people walk past. I hope someone shouts nonce at Andrew.

Enjoyed this from The Guardian’s live-blog:

“They have chosen not to be armed with swords, as they have the right to do so.” :D

All the ceremony involved in this is so bizarre. That sounds like they’re lining up for a battle royale.

[-james-]

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fucking YOINK

[Boydy]

:D

What was he shouting?

[Shindig]

And that's the last anyone heard of Baz.

[Manc]

Probably for the best. His horse is shit.

[Magic]

:D

What was he shouting?

Prince Andrew you're a disgusting old man or something.

[Lofty]

https://i.ibb.co/DGSJzf9/FB-IMG-1662974310236.jpg

'Wot u sayin bout er madge?'

[Lewis]

You on that BeReal thing?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62879563

Stores including John Lewis, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl have said they will be shut in the UK on Monday 19 September, as a sign of respect to Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral.

Homebase, WH Smith, B&Q, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos, Ikea and Blue Diamond Garden Centres have all also said that they will close stores on the day.

All John Lewis department stores and Waitrose shops will be shut on the day of the funeral, although a small number of Waitrose stores along the route of the procession may remain open.

Fuck off.

[Lewis]

Rightly so.

[Yevrah]

Indeed. It's one day, in over 70 years.

[phonics]

I can’t believe I spent the last decade in employment and managed to fuck this free day off.

[Queenslander]

We are sending over a war criminal to attend the funeral. :lol:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ben-roberts-smith-to-attend-queen-elizabeth-funeral-commemorations-20220913-p5bho3.html

[John Arne]

I read about him a few months back - proper psycho if it all ends up true.

[ScousePig]

I can’t believe I spent the last decade in employment

I know, right.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62879563

Stores including John Lewis, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl have said they will be shut in the UK on Monday 19 September, as a sign of respect to Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral.

Homebase, WH Smith, B&Q, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos, Ikea and Blue Diamond Garden Centres have all also said that they will close stores on the day.

All John Lewis department stores and Waitrose shops will be shut on the day of the funeral, although a small number of Waitrose stores along the route of the procession may remain open.

Fuck off.

Businesses close in bank holiday shocker.

[Luke Emia]

Who are these sad cunts who are walking past her lying in state and are queueing for 12 hours? Fuck me what is wrong with people?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Don't think that's sad at all. It's an historic occasion.

[Ian]

Not sure how far down the list of things I'd like to spend a day doing you'd have to go before "12 hour wait to see a coffin" would be the option.

[Don]

What does that even mean? You gonna rave about it during your next dinner party? Fuck off.

[Kikó]

It looks good for the socials.

[Luke Emia]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62879563

Stores including John Lewis, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl have said they will be shut in the UK on Monday 19 September, as a sign of respect to Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral.

Homebase, WH Smith, B&Q, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Argos, Ikea and Blue Diamond Garden Centres have all also said that they will close stores on the day.

All John Lewis department stores and Waitrose shops will be shut on the day of the funeral, although a small number of Waitrose stores along the route of the procession may remain open.

Fuck off.

I'm surprised at the supermarkets I thought they would be gagging to get open as soon as they thought they could. It's the right thing to do by the way pretty much everything should be shut on Monday even if I'm not massively into the Royals there is no reason to need everything to be open.

[Luke Emia]

Prince Andrew you're a disgusting old man or something.

Should have just called him a nonce.

[Spikey M]

I'm surprised at the supermarkets I thought they would be gagging to get open as soon as they thought they could. It's the right thing to do by the way pretty much everything should be shut on Monday even if I'm not massively into the Royals there is no reason to need everything to be open.

I used to live opposite a Tesco Extra many moons ago and the massive queue before store opening on Boxing Day was always good for a laugh. Some of them obviously just wanted those sweet sweet reduced selection boxes, but it also laid bare that there is a small section of society that actually can't deal with supermarkets being closed. Gammons that need their daily paper to shout at being the main representative.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah, in the pandemic when the local Sainsbury's closed for an hour in the morning at 9-10am or something, there was always a queue of men 65-90 unable to process the idea of not going there to get the paper at that time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'll give you this being weird, mind.


We're hearing more from people queuing at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh to see the Queen's coffin before it is taken to Buckingham Palace later today.

Elizabeth, undeterred by the long wait time, has queued to see the Queen's coffin seven times now.

"It's beautiful when you enter into the cathedral. The atmosphere, the presence. There's something definitely divine there - it's beyond words. I feel deeply moved every time I go through," she tells BBC Breakfast.

"Every time I've gone back again and again because Queen Elizabeth II was irreplaceable and I wanted to pay my respects. But it was more than that, it's an experience I didn't want to miss."

Seven times! Go about your day, madam.

[Magic]

Traffic fucked again in Edinburgh.

[John Arne]

What are the odds that she isn't even in the coffin? Would they risk it?
#FlatEarth

[Pepe]

Wait a second, the queen lived in Scotland?

[Jimmy Floyd]

She lived at Sandringham (Norfolk) in the winter, Balmoral (Scotland) in the summer, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle the rest of the time. Must have been to Holyrood ocasionally as well, and whatever that place is in NI. Wales, don't think so.

[Spikey M]

And most importantly she lived in all of our hearts.

[Boydy]

She lived at Sandringham (Norfolk) in the winter, Balmoral (Scotland) in the summer, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle the rest of the time. Must have been to Holyrood ocasionally as well, and whatever that place is in NI. Wales, don't think so.

Hillsborough Castle.

[Giggles]

And most importantly she lived in all of our hearts.

Live long wit de angles 4ever.

[Alex]

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I'm not sure whether I think this is hilarious or she's actually just mentally ill and I feel sorry for her. Either way, bizarre.

[Manc]

I'm always disturbed by those recordings. Guaranteed to be some obese cunt with a neck beard.

[-james-]

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fucking YOINK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-62889396


🤡

[Ben]

He’s no worse than those God botherers that stand in the town yelling stuff. In fact he’s better because he spoke the truth.

[Boydy]

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Two Shinners and Charles roasting the DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.

:lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Chuckie three sticks not as stupid as he looks.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62893476

Center Parcs originally said they'd close on Monday with guests having to leave their holidays for a night :D

They've now reversed the decision after backlash and guests no longer have to check out for 24 hours.

[Boydy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62893476

Center Parcs originally said they'd close on Monday with guests having to leave their holidays for a night :D

They've now reversed the decision after backlash and guests no longer have to check out for 24 hours.

I heard that on the news earlier. Fucking mental.

[Jimmy Floyd]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62890879

Pretty solid guest list. I love the idea of Macron, Bolsonaro and Emperor Naruhito all being loaded onto a bus.

[Yevrah]

Love that they felt the need to clarify that Putin IS NOT invited.

[Boydy]

Good target for him to nuke.

[Lewis]

Putin would just be a distraction, but the Russian Ambassador should be there. They attended in 1952 and relations were hardly great then.

[Giggles]

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[Offshore Toon]

If ever there was an event to hand out TTH business cards, that's the one. Who's our poshest member we can try to get an invite? Floyd?

[Spikey M]

The insincerity is reaching fever pitch. They had a retired soldier on the radio this morning saying that she also served her country and went to war. I must have missed the grainy archive footage of her landing on Normandy Beach.

[Magic]

The insincerity is reaching fever pitch. They had a retired soldier on the radio this morning saying that she also served her country and went to war. I must have missed the grainy archive footage of her landing on Normandy Beach.

The veterans are incredibly thick.

[Giggles]

If ever there was an event to hand out TTH business cards, that's the one. Who's our poshest member we can try to get an invite? Floyd?

It’s not even close.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was in the same room as the Queen twice, but never met her. Probably not enough for an invite.

I think I told the story before of how my family have a signed photo of Prince Andrew, so maybe if I wave that at the guards they'll let me in.

[Spikey M]

I don't imagine many people try to meet Andy these days so they would probably march you straight over to him and you'd end up on some kind of watch list.

[7om]

Interesting that Jimmy has a picture of a nonce on his mantelpiece. Update the spreadsheet.

[Ian]

Isn't it on a piano? There was a post about it. Which I may be proving I can't remember.

[Yevrah]

This procession is so surreal, but I think I love it.

[Raoul Duke]

If ever there was an event to hand out TTH business cards, that's the one. Who's our poshest member we can try to get an invite? Floyd?

I'm too much of a LAD to get in, but my wife's aunt is friends with Camilla. I'll ask her if she can get me an invite

[Ian]

Is that the first time you've casually dropped that in and, if so, how?

Get her signed up.

[Spikey M]

Chaz stumbling upon Penaldo's posts calling us weird for having a monarch:


https://youtu.be/MaTmPclU90Gc

[niko_cee]

This procession is so surreal, but I think I love it.

Yeah, it looked swish.

I'm no real big fan of an ongoing monarchy, but this is probably the stuff you get by having one [anyone can have access to Royal Palaces and whatnot] which makes it if not worthwhile, then at least interesting.

Pretty lol that Harry, the only one who has probably seen proper active service, is under the bus with the nonce not being allowed to wear his military uniform.

[Yevrah]

I know the planning for this has been in place for decades and it's probably just a rehash of what happened 70 years ago, but the execution of it all is something to behold.

[Lewis]

I don't think I've ever used a fountain pen. Why is he having to?

[Shindig]

Probably some tradition. Ball points aren't regal enough. I can't think of a fancier pen.

[Manc]

Sharpie.

[Giggles]

Crayons.

[Lewis]

Pretty lol that Harry, the only one who has probably seen proper active service, is under the bus with the nonce not being allowed to wear his military uniform.

They could have both worn uniform at the lower rank that they actually qualified for during their active service careers, so I don't know why they didn't just do that (unless there is some reason why they couldn't). The Nonce in particular had a pretty impressive career and saw action in the Falklands War.

[Lewis]

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Nobody around the coffin moves. Good show.

[niko_cee]

Looked like he tried to stay in his pose whilst going down [at the cost of his face].

[niko_cee]

Also, the youtube livesteam of where the queue starts is must watch stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxDwDzAwEs&ab_channel=DepartmentforDigital%2CCulture%2CMedia% 26Sport

3 miles.

Can top out at about 10 miles apparently. Will it make it?

[Spikey M]

If it doesn't the British public will be labeled ABSALOOTLY DISCUSTIN for not turning up in larger numbers by those that did.

[Waffdon]

What a weird place this island is. Holy lord.

[Lewis]

They could have both worn uniform at the lower rank that they actually qualified for during their active service careers, so I don't know why they didn't just do that (unless there is some reason why they couldn't). The Nonce in particular had a pretty impressive career and saw action in the Falklands War.

It turns out - duh - that you can't wear it once you leave the service.

[-james-]

I fucking love The Queue. The best thing to come of this.

[Yevrah]

Any estimate on how long these people are actually having to wait?

[Giggles]

That's more like it.


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[Spikey M]

The Mrs has just announced that she is going up with her mum and dad at 5am tomorrow. :moop:

"Do you want to see if you can get any last minute holiday?"

Err, no love, we're too short staffed and I have a meeting. Have fun though.

[Giggles]

The Mrs has just announced that she is going up with her mum and dad at 5am tomorrow. :moop:

"Do you want to see if you can get any last minute holiday?"

Err, no love, we're too short staffed and I have a meeting. Have fun though.

Unpatriotic swine. You'll be cancelled now.

[igor_balis]

Hillsborough Castle.

Another victim of police brutality :/ justice for the 98

[Spikey M]

Unpatriotic swine. You'll be cancelled now.

I'm basically in Lewis' camp. If the Hearse drove past my house I'd go outside and "pay my respect" but there are people I actually know that I wouldn't go to London and stand in a 5 mile queue for. Lunacy.

[Giggles]

I'm basically in Lewis' camp. If the Hearse drove past my house I'd go outside and "pay my respect" but there are people I actually know that I wouldn't go to London and stand in a 5 mile queue for. Lunacy.

Don't mind Lewis, I can bet he's about third from the front on his tenth lap of the queue at this stage. He'll be still waving those two tiny flags in his sleep tonight.

[Baz]

If the Hearse drove past my house I'd go outside and "pay my respect":lol:

[niko_cee]

I fucking love The Queue. The best thing to come of this.

God Save The Queue?

[Spikey M]

:lol:

I think you're the weird one if you wouldn't. It's a historically significant moment (not a Hearse driving down my road) even if I'm not particularly arsed about the Royals.

[Offshore Toon]

Supporting this circus in any capacity is pretty mental tbh.

[igor_balis]

I think you're the weird one if you wouldn't. It's a historically significant moment (not a Hearse driving down my road) even if I'm not particularly arsed about the Royals.

You're such a lib dem.

[Lewis]

I'm now wavering on not going. My friend is in London, and he floated going at a silly time when the queue is liable to be shorter. If it isn't then forget it. I could do four hours, not ten.

[niko_cee]

Seems to have stalled at 4.2 miles.

9 hour wait though, good grief. I guess maybe it will drop as time goes on but you just know there are going to be loads of loons going round and round like that mad bint in Scotland.

[7om]

It turns out - duh - that you can't wear it once you leave the service.

Love a bit of stolen valour. The YouTube videos are amazing.

https://youtu.be/sOj07ClhEi8

[Yevrah]

I didn't even know that was a thing. Mind blown.

[randomlegend]

I wouldn't queue 9 hours to look at my own Mum's coffin.

[7om]

I could understand if she's actually on show but you're queuing 9 hours to see a box and some guards. I bet she's not even in there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are you suggesting she faked her death? :sherlock:

[Spikey M]

Seems to have stalled at 4.2 miles.

9 hour wait though, good grief. I guess maybe it will drop as time goes on but you just know there are going to be loads of loons going round and round like that mad bint in Scotland.

Saturday and Sunday are going to be mental.

Or, everyone thinking that will mean it's actually the best time to go.

Or something in the middle.

Fuck, I am a Lib Dem.

[Alex]

I wouldn't queue 9 hours to look at my own Mum's coffin.

I actually said this to my Mum yesterday when we were discussing this very situation. :D

Her response (quite rightfully) was "I wouldn't want you to".

[Cord]

A friend of mine messaged me today to ask if I wanted to meet up after work to go look at The Queue.

I probably should have said yes just to see if we can get a queue going to look at the queue.

[Lewis]

Train booked. Roll on the ten hour queue. :gs:

[Yevrah]

If you're serious, fair play Lewis.

[Shindig]

Any odds on a bridge collapse?

[Waffdon]

For anyone who has met Lewis, is he just a troll or an actual wrong ‘un IRL

[Lewis]

Man of the People.

[Ian]

For anyone who has met Lewis, is he just a troll or an actual wrong ‘un IRL

There's no reason both can't be true.

[Offshore Toon]

We need a poll to filter out the weirdos. I'll get one up tomorrow if nobody bothers before.

[-james-]

Give us a shout when you're at the front so we can whack the live stream on. Maybe bring a TTH sign.

[Baz]

https://i.imgflip.com/6tktko.jpg

[Spikey M]

My Mrs and her parents ended up going last night. They got to Canada Water for 6:30, walked in an unofficial pre-queue for 3 hours, then got given a wristband. They are now waiting for the tube having finally got in at around 6am. :D

Insanity. If Lewis goes he should be stripped of all previous best poster awards.

[Giggles]

How did anyone think Lewis wouldn't go? He's the most real British person I've ever came across and it's the death of a hugely long standing monarch. I'd think less of him if he didn't go.

[Ian]

Yeah but you can't spend years sneering at anybody else when you think they're being a bit wet and then spend hours in a queue to walk past a coffin and expect not to be heartily lol'd at.

If, in fact, he has gone.

[Spikey M]

The Mrs got home at 8. 14 and a half hours after leaving. :happycry:

[Kikó]

Lewis 😂

[niko_cee]

My Mrs and her parents ended up going last night. They got to Canada Water for 6:30, walked in an unofficial pre-queue for 3 hours, then got given a wristband. They are now waiting for the tube having finally got in at around 6am. :D

Insanity. If Lewis goes he should be stripped of all previous best poster awards.

Seems the queue-o-meter has bottomed out at 4.9 miles and they aren't counting this 'pre-queue' business. Sad times. Time ticker up to 14 hours though. As Giggles says, this is the most quintessentially British thing imaginable. I hope all of the little cafés and whatnot on the route are just opening 24/7 and then planning to take the rest of the year off. Bet Matt Hancock's mates are out there somewhere with the world's supply of mini-Union Jacks.

[Lewis]

I'm going at like eleven tonight, by which point it will have hopefully become slightly less stupid.

[niko_cee]

Won't it just be full of drunken idiots who've not really thought things through?

[Giggles]

Is it worth the risk opening and getting cancelled (burnt down) or would feeding the loyal queuers be ok? I get a feeling in this day and age 'feed us but don't charge us' will be the cry.

[Ian]

Won't it just be full of drunken idiots who've not really thought things through?

Well, and lonesome oddballs with nothing better to do with their time.

[-james-]

I'm going at like eleven tonight, by which point it will have hopefully become slightly less stupid.

You think? Surely a load of people have had to wait for the weekend to get involved.

What you need is it to start pissing down to flush out the wimps.

[Spikey M]

After work of Friday is the worst time to go I'd imagine.

[niko_cee]

Is it worth the risk opening and getting cancelled (burnt down) or would feeding the loyal queuers be ok? I get a feeling in this day and age 'feed us but don't charge us' will be the cry.

I assumed everything would be open until Monday and by then the queuing is largely done with, no?

But yeah, I can well imagine people expecting free tea or whatever, and some gombines being all too happy to oblige.

[niko_cee]

Sad news Lewis.

The queue is at capacity and entry is currently paused. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO JOIN UNTIL IT RESUMES!

[Kikó]

Queuing to look at an empty coffin. Amazing.

[Giggles]

If it was the Queen of Portugal or Italy.....

[Kikó]

They abolished their monarchies like they all should be.

[Yevrah]

Doing things that don't really need to be done and you probably don't really want to do, for seventy years, and not publicly complaining about it once is probably deserving of all the trappings that come with it.

If I have to do five things in a year I don't really want to do I lose my shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's the symbol of a nation. Monarchy or the Aldi car park in Reading. You choose.

[Lofty]

Start a thread with live updates from the queue, Lewis.

[Giggles]

A Twitter thread.

[hfswjyr]

So... are there loos scattered along the queue or what?

[Baz]

Losers, yeah.

[Don]

Guys, it's a historic event.

[Offshore Toon]

Start a thread with live updates from the queue, Lewis.
A new all night thread. :drool:

[Lewis]

My phone battery is shithouse so no chance of that.

[Yevrah]

We need some form of updates so pick up a charging pack on the way.

[Baz]

Who lives closest to the back of the queue? Nip down with a power pack, FOR THE GOOD OF THE BOARD.

[Ian]

What updates do people expect? Hours of "still taking two steps per half hour with Team Saddo", then "saw a coffin" surrounded by blokes in funny hats"?

[Manc]

Fucking hell. Some loon who works with my Mrs has shared footage of him bowing to the coffin. Sad sack must have time stamped his arrival and then rifled through the BBC feed when he got home.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well there goes Lewis' plan.

[Offshore Toon]

What updates do people expect? Hours of "still taking two steps per half hour with Team Saddo", then "saw a coffin" surrounded by blokes in funny hats"?
Ideally he'd get talking to people in the queue. Actually, he should take Igor, get him pissed, then watch the queue vanish within a couple of stories.

[Yevrah]

This board has been making the mundane interesting for over 20 years now, so I don't see why Lewis' trip to London would be any different.

[Spikey M]

Lewis' work mates on Monday morning.

https://i.ibb.co/p2CjFt9/16004622-7244197-Iconic-Uncle-Bryn-showed-off-the-creation-and-revealed-he-had-it-a-43-1563037671795.jpg

[Browning]

Personally the only update I want is how many different styles of half and half Charles/Liz scarves are available.

[Yevrah]

And if Lewis had been there last night he could have been in the queue with Sir David Beckham.

[Ian]

Personally the only update I want is how many different styles of half and half Charles/Liz scarves are available.

:D

[Don]

Pranksters should just record themselves trying to queue jump at various points and seeing the gammons react.

[Lewis]

I think a twenty-four hour queue is beyond me. How has that developed?

[Spikey M]

Pussy.

[7om]

Surprised nobody in the queue has been knifed yet.

[Kikó]

Two coppers were.

[Lewis]

I'll see what happens in the next few hours. There are trains until eleven, and it's an open return that I can use another time so won't have wasted any money.

[Boydy]

There was a little seven year old kid on the ITV news there who had queued with his mum for 14 hours to see her/an empty coffin.

Social services should be getting involved there. Same for anyone else joining the queue now with kids which still seems to be happening in the background on the news.

[Spikey M]

I know you lot have it drummed into you early, but a trip to London to see the Queen is not actually child abuse.

[Lewis]

It's down to twenty-two hours we might be on lads.

[7om]

Just read that there’s a VIP line. Even more reason not to go. What makes Philip Schofield any better than the poor fuckers who are risking their lives for 14 hours in the mongole queue. Despicable.

[Lewis]

Schofield heard 'VIP line' and '14' and levitated there.

[7om]

:D

[Shindig]

I hope the VIP line is also massive.

[Ben]

Took Beckham 12 hours apparently so it’s hardly a party either. Whichever queue you join at this point you’re a crackpot.

[Yevrah]

Beckham was in the plebs line.

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62932781

:D

Someone needs to start drafting a 24 style script for The Queue. Have Vlad nuke the funeral at the end or something.

[Spikey M]

Fuck sake :D

[Giggles]

Lewis must have brought igor after all.

[randomlegend]

I'll be honest, I think Beckham queuing for 12 hours with the riff raff is pretty cool.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a truly glorious PR stunt.

[Shindig]

And he still won't get the knighthood.

[Don]

Geezer will do anything to get that knighthood in the bag.

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62932781

:D

Personally I think the fella was just doing a very touching (arf) tribute to the morals and values of our Royal Family.

[Yevrah]

You'd better be on that train Lewis.

[Lewis]

I'm on the platform. :cool:

[Yevrah]

Legend.

[Yevrah]

And some good news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62933685

Looks like the wait is down to a mere 19 and a half hours now.

[Alex]

It's a truly glorious PR stunt.

Absolute masterstroke, isn't it. Glowing press all over the shop.

[Spikey M]

On the plus side, people are turning on "Phil and Holly". (https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/phillip-holly-queen-queue-westminster-25038503)

You'd have thought messaging a work experience kid and gag ordering it would do the trick, but if skipping queues to get to "are majestie" is the key then I can deal with it.

Bring on the disingenuous apology.

[Yevrah]

Absolute masterstroke, isn't it. Glowing press all over the shop.

+2 for this. Even though it was an obvious publicity stunt as you'll see it still can't stop the good feeling I have about him doing it.

Knighthood in the post.

[Alex]

Philip Schofield is perhaps the current apex of relatively innocuous people who I shouldn't really be bothered about yet absolutely despise.

[Lewis]

We got to the park at 2:15 and the sign said fourteen hours. We are now at Tower Bridge so that might be the upper end of the scale.

[Baz]

We got to the park at 2:15 and the sign said fourteen hours. We are now at Tower Bridge so that might be the upper end of the scale.Made any mates? Bet you’re cold.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Philip Schofield is perhaps the current apex of relatively innocuous people who I shouldn't really be bothered about yet absolutely despise.

If you take his life as an attempt to run away from the fact he's been touching boys (not sure if of age or not), it all makes a lot more sense.

[Kikó]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/16/man-detained-after-disturbance-at-queens-lying-in-state-in-westminster?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Looks like Lewis got in.

[Lofty]

Probably a conspiracy theorist wanting to check, my Mrs is convinced the box is empty.

[Spikey M]

Schrodingers Queen.

[Ian]

As conspiracy theories go "she's not in the box" seems fairly innocuous.

I mean how long has she supposedly been lying in state in different places and getting carted about in hearses now? Google tells me it's a lead lined coffin which possibly answers my question there, I dunno.

[Spikey M]

It's either a slowly decomposing body in a box or an empty box. Either way, a queuing time of 12 rides on the Nemesis Revenge during the Summer Holidays is a bit silly bollocks.

[7om]

Spikey is protesting too much. I bet he wanted to join the queue but his missus put a leash on him.

[Yevrah]

She's obviously in the box.

[Giggles]

Spikey is protesting too much. I bet he wanted to join the queue but his missus put a leash on him.

Spikey is posting from the queue.

[7om]

She's obviously in the box.

I’d laugh if someone bum rushed the coffin, knocked it over and it was empty.

[randomlegend]

It's either a slowly decomposing body in a box or an empty box. Either way, a queuing time of 12 rides on the Nemesis Revenge during the Summer Holidays is a bit silly bollocks.

Nemesis Revenge doesn't exist.

[John Arne]

99% it's empty. They wouldn't risk it.

[Spikey M]

Nemesis Revenge doesn't exist.

Whatever it is. I haven't been for about 20 years.

[Spikey M]

99% it's empty. They wouldn't risk it.

Risk what? Someone giving her CPR them killing her again? Or does someone saying mean things to a box carry more weight if she's actually inside?

[Kikó]

Wouldn't the body be decomposing?

[Ian]

Risk what? Someone giving her CPR them killing her again? Or does someone saying mean things to a box carry more weight if she's actually inside?

Zombie Queen deciding she's not ready to stop reigning yet, chomping down on all those twerps who've gone to see her, zombie apocalypse.

[Ian]

That said there'd still be some dimwit whose last words would be what an honour it is to be zombified by Her Maj.

[Alex]

Wouldn't the body be decomposing?

I don't really know the specifics of these things but if you embalm a body (which I suppose they have) doesn't it give it a bit more of a prolonged expiry date?

[Jimmy Floyd]

The box isn't empty. Where else is she, chilling in a fishmonger's in Aberdeen, waiting to be smuggled down to Windsor next week?

[Alex]

In fact isn't Lenin's actual body still on public display in Russia? He's been dead nearly a century. I'm sure we can sort something out that prevents Her Majesty from stinking out Westminster for a few days.

[Kikó]

We probably outsourced the embalming to capita who have her looking like one of those Spanish painting restorations.

[Giggles]

It's almost a month before you bury anyone over there so I'd easily say they've got the whole process down at this stage.

[Spikey M]

Yeah, they've fast-tracked this, there'll be plebs that died before her still waiting a few weeks yet.

[Boydy]

It's almost a month before you bury anyone over there so I'd easily say they've got the whole process down at this stage.

Was going to say the exact same thing. :D

[Shindig]

In fact isn't Lenin's actual body still on public display in Russia? He's been dead nearly a century. I'm sure we can sort something out that prevents Her Majesty from stinking out Westminster for a few days.

The specifics of Lenin's embalming are quite fascinating. The body on display is largely prosthetics from the waist down. One hell of an achievement but the whole body isn't intact.

[Giggles]

The specifics of Lenin's embalming are quite fascinating. The body on display is largely prosthetics from the waist down. One hell of an achievement but the whole body isn't intact.

Robo Ma’am it is.

[Alex]

The specifics of Lenin's embalming are quite fascinating. The body on display is largely prosthetics from the waist down. One hell of an achievement but the whole body isn't intact.

Aye, I spent maybe more time that I would care to admit reading about it after I made that post. :D

It is fascinating. It sounds like they just keep him in very controlled conditions and re-embalm him every 18 months. Apparently when they originally, temporality embalmed him and then laid him out it was -7 degrees in Russia, so he was still in good shape a month and half later and they just decided to try and permanently preserve him. 98 years later he's still (sort of) there!

[niko_cee]

Yeah, they've fast-tracked this, there'll be plebs that died before her still waiting a few weeks yet.

Can confirm this to be the case.

Think all funerals on Monday being cancelled didn't help much.

[Boydy]

You been through yet, Lewis?