March 13, 2008
Disciple Graham, writes that the idea of school leavers swearing allegiance to the Queen certainly appealed to his teenage sons. However, it seems the young shavers could not differentiate between 'swearing allegiance' and... erm... 'swearing'.
He reports:
"Their initial response was: 'What's that f****** sponger ever done except fleece the country, the ****' and 'b******* to that'.
"I tried to remonstrate with them about their use of language, but they then got heavier and started comparing HM with various body parts."
He did spell out which ones, but suffice to say that, while Yours Truly completely agrees with the young lads about the badness of the idea, such language shall not find its way onto these pages.
However, it does raise the question of who the Queen herself would swear allegiance to. And Guru has a few suggestions...
Obviously, Yours Truly would be a good start, but clearly that would be somewhat biased, so here's a more scientifically sound list of alternatives:
• Ben Fogle (dog bothering micro-celebrity charity rower and all-round good egg)
• Cadbury's cream eggs
• Phil the Greek (for his unerring... err... Britishness)
• William Shatner (for services to mankind in pursuit of new life, new worlds... etc)
• The Pope (in the spirit of breaking down barriers)
• Alan Warner (Hertfordshire's finest HR hero)
• Jeremy Clarkson (mop-topped, mobile chat-driving Eighties throwback).
Yours Truly is particularly keen on the Pope option, as the pontiff could reciprocate and they could bump hats or something. Then perhaps the angry Christians might all melt away.
Comments (3)
Why would a school leaver want to swear allegiance to the Queen?? they dont use stamps (texting only) they dont use Cash (debit cards and online payments) they dont go to the royal variety performance.... and I can't think of any other benefits HRM and Co bring?
Posted by Disciple Neil | March 13, 2008 12:59 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 12:59
What indeed. Although it could be argued that the right royal loafers do provide hours of gainful employment for the global paparazzi posse.
Posted by guru | March 13, 2008 3:32 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 15:32
Teenagers dont read newspapers/magazines
Posted by Disciple Neil | March 13, 2008 4:03 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 16:03