09-08-2022, 15:06
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Queen Elizabeth II RIP
Condolences to our British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Jamaican, etc. members, comrades. colleagues and friends.
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09-08-2022, 15:09
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For many, the only British monarch they've ever known.
Rest in Peace.
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09-08-2022, 15:39
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
Condolences to our British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Jamaican, etc. members, comrades. colleagues and friends.
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I prefer to continue extending the middle finger we raised to the British Crown in 1776, thank you very much. Commie!
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09-08-2022, 16:02
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I prefer to continue extending the middle finger we raised to the British Crown in 1776, thank you very much. Commie!
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Some of our ancestors raised the middle finger in 1773 at the Boston Tea Party, in 1774 after the Intolerable Acts were passed, and in 1775 at Lexington and Concord. You Johnny-Come-Lately types are always jumping on the bandwagon after it's started rolling.
Anyway, George III was a Hannoverian of entirely German ancestry. Elizabeth II was a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of mostly English ancestry. Though, technically, Charles III is more German than she was, since Prince Philip was descended from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
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09-08-2022, 16:25
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
Some of our ancestors raised the middle finger in 1773 at the Boston Tea Party, in 1774 after the Intolerable Acts were passed, and in 1775 at Lexington and Concord. You Johnny-Come-Lately types are always jumping on the bandwagon after it's started rolling.
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LMAO, guilty as charged!
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
Anyway, George III was a Hannoverian of entirely German ancestry. Elizabeth II was a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of mostly English ancestry. Though, technically, Charles III is more German than she was, since Prince Philip was descended from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
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So you're a racist too, eh?
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09-08-2022, 17:44
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I am of both German and English ancestry, so I cannot be racist. That's how it works, right?
FWIW, besides English, I have Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Norse ancestry, so I have pretty much the entire British genome covered. By that measure, I am more qualified than Charles III for the throne. I also have some African ancestry, so I am more than willing to settle for being King of the Bahamas.
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09-08-2022, 19:25
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
I am of both German and English ancestry, so I cannot be racist. That's how it works, right?
FWIW, besides English, I have Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Norse ancestry, so I have pretty much the entire British genome covered. By that measure, I am more qualified than Charles III for the throne. I also have some African ancestry, so I am more than willing to settle for being King of the Bahamas.
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09-14-2022, 20:10
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
I am of both German and English ancestry, so I cannot be racist. That's how it works, right?
FWIW, besides English, I have Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Norse ancestry, so I have pretty much the entire British genome covered. By that measure, I am more qualified than Charles III for the throne. I also have some African ancestry, so I am more than willing to settle for being King of the Bahamas.
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Well then - Airborne Lawyer for King. Down with King Charles!
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