Wedding

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:51 pm

Ok, that was pretty special yes?

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:58 pm

I napped through it

just not fussed myself.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:34 pm

Karl wrote:I napped through it just not fussed myself.

Same here.

Now, STS-134 Endeavour's final launch. That's worth watching.

EDIT: But apparently, not today. Just heard the mission's been delayed due to a heating issue.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:10 pm

Watching it right now, its very exciting.

Kate looked very good. But her sister looked incredible in that dress!

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:38 pm

I have absolutely no idea why people get married. I'd rather watch Robot Wars than a televised wedding.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:00 pm

Well, I think it was ******* amazing.
The street parties, her dress, the crowds etc... all bloody amazing!

kate will make a great Queen one day, she looked amazing, seems to take it all in her stride, and they both seem very in love.

Lets not forget, this is about to people getting married because they are in love.
Its great to see Britain united under the banner of love, it was beautiful!

Makes me proud to be British.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:06 pm

Are you saying a wedding occurred during my royal sleep?

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:10 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:Well, I think it was ******* amazing.
The street parties, her dress, the crowds etc... all bloody amazing!

kate will make a great Queen one day, she looked amazing, seems to take it all in her stride, and they both seem very in love.

Lets not forget, this is about to people getting married because they are in love.
Its great to see Britain united under the banner of love, it was beautiful!

Makes me proud to be British.

Surely that was the whole intention?

It's a carefully choreographed media event by some of the cleverest event organisers and power-brokers on Earth, albeit a very pleasant and entertaining one, I've no doubt. Much like the Chinese Olympic Games.

That said anything that you enjoy makes me happy

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:36 pm

Anything that gets me a day off work is fine by me. And I've just cone back from Hyde Park where a lot of people and families were in great spirits - surely a good thing.

Now, if only I can snap up Kate's sister before Harry nabs her.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:06 pm

Karl wrote:
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:Well, I think it was ******* amazing.
The street parties, her dress, the crowds etc... all bloody amazing!

kate will make a great Queen one day, she looked amazing, seems to take it all in her stride, and they both seem very in love.

Lets not forget, this is about to people getting married because they are in love.
Its great to see Britain united under the banner of love, it was beautiful!

Makes me proud to be British.
Surely that was the whole intention?

It's a carefully choreographed media event by some of the cleverest event organisers and power-brokers on Earth, albeit a very pleasant and entertaining one, I've no doubt. Much like the Chinese Olympic Games.

That said anything that you enjoy makes me happy

Come on, many events at the Chinese Olympic games took place because the people were told to do it. i dont expect any of the wedding events that took place happened against anyones will!

Anyhows, i just enjoyed it, I love it when this country comes together, and I love a good wedding! people had fun today!

Kate looks ******* amazing, shes a complete pin-up!

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:01 am

Much like the Chinese Olympic Games.

There is no celebratory event that I can say has matched the opening and closing ceremonies of the Chinese Olympic Games. It was so good, it was just wrong.

Anything that gets me a day off work is fine by me.

Now yer talkin me lingo.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:37 am

Yaya wrote:
Anything that gets me a day off work is fine by me.
Now yer talkin me lingo.

I must say, I've thought about joining the Yaya religious club because holy MONTH is a damned sight better than a couple days off for Christmas.

Post by **Best First** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:56 am

Spencer's spiritul purity constantly awes me.

"So you have more hols than the other's yeah? Sign me up. Yeah, yeah, fasting, whatever"

I enjoyed it - it was a good British occassion. Altho i got a bit gyped getting the Archbish in the drinking game...

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon May 02, 2011 2:02 pm

Best First wrote:Spencer's spiritul purity constantly awes me.

"So you have more hols than the other's yeah? Sign me up. Yeah, yeah, fasting, whatever"

It's okay. My spiritual quest for Islam was mitigated by my love of bacon. Life's tough.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:51 pm

Isn't every day a time for celebration? I want the year off.

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Tue May 03, 2011 12:00 am

I honestly didn't catch a minute of it. The excess of it in a time when people are losing their livelihoods because of a lack of public money is surely indefensible. I've read a pretty good essay that it was Caligula who first cottoned onto the fact that mega-celebrity glitz and spectacle is all you need to make the public smile and cheer while they're being terrorised. It wasn't that he genuinely thought himself a god but that he made it his public image. Clever thinking, eh?

Yaya wrote:There is no celebratory event that I can say has matched the opening and closing ceremonies of the Chinese Olympic Games. It was so good, it was just wrong.

That last part is actually rather true. There's definitely something I find disturbing about the visual metaphor of hundreds (thousands?) of people all playing nameless, virtually faceless roles in a coordinated semi-nationalistic display or jubilation.

Sorry to be so negative but I really do find these things sinister - all the more for their seductiveness. Much prefer seeing people working towards some common, appreciable good, rather than indulging in ever more extravagant pomp.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:31 am

That said, it was a nice ceremony. It was live on Japanese TV and it was just a really nice hour or so of TV. I wish I could have been in the UK to celebrate with like-minded people.

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:47 am

Jack Cade wrote: The excess of it in a time when people are losing their livelihoods because of a lack of public money is surely indefensible.

i imagine in terms of things like revenue from tourism, for London at least, you could probably make a pretty good benefits case to be honest.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:26 pm

What wedding?

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:27 pm

Best First wrote:
Jack Cade wrote: The excess of it in a time when people are losing their livelihoods because of a lack of public money is surely indefensible.
i imagine in terms of things like revenue from tourism, for London at least, you could probably make a pretty good benefits case to be honest.

Channel 4 factcheck puts the figure at £2.9 billion.

Even accounting for the lack of transparency around the cost I suspect a conventional advertising campaign would have represented a more favourable cost/benefit proposition, imo obviously.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:20 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:What wedding?

It's a nice day to start again.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:54 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:What wedding?

Adam and Jane from the BT adverts, apparently.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue May 03, 2011 6:58 pm

Rebis wrote:Adam and Jane from the BT adverts, apparently.

I knew it! They've been teasing us about that for years, how could I have missed it?

(besides ensconcing myself on a boat with no means of communication for the entire weekend, that is)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:41 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Rebis wrote:Adam and Jane from the BT adverts, apparently.
I knew it! They've been teasing us about that for years, how could I have missed it?

(besides ensconcing myself on a boat with no means of communication for the entire weekend, that is)

I only knew about it due to Absolute Radio (which I don't listen to, only to its superior sister stations Absolute 80s & Absolute Radio 90s, but they play lots of "Go listen to Absolute Radio!" amongst the other commercial crap) where apparently, they held a competition for 5 lucky* couples to compete during a week for the honour* of getting married live on air with* Adam and Jane.

* Pfft!

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:43 pm

Best First wrote:i imagine in terms of things like revenue from tourism, for London at least, you could probably make a pretty good benefits case to be honest.

Based on estimates, pretty sure this is more than offset by revenue lost due to the extra bank holiday.

Post by **Best First** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:35 am

hmm. i've seen 2.9 billion in cost vs 4 billion in projected revenue so not sure.

then again not close to being convinced by either of these figures.

And either way, crossing over with another topic, notable that a whole bunhc of people who deride AV as it 'will cost money' seemed more than happy to attend this

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:04 am

Best First wrote:hmm. i've seen 2.9 billion in cost vs 4 billion in projected revenue so not sure.

then again not close to being convinced by either of these figures.

And either way, crossing over with another topic, notable that a whole bunhc of people who deride AV as it 'will cost money' seemed more than happy to attend this

One of my main irritations with our supposed betters in the monarchy is how their benefits are always really wooly and hard to quantify, whilst their cost is always hidden behind a wall of official secrecy.

I might be talking utter garbage re the costs and benefits, but the total absence of figures and unwillingness of the political establishment to challenge this status quo concerns me.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:05 am

Karl wrote:
Best First wrote:I might be talking utter garbage re the costs and benefits, but the total absence of figures and unwillingness of the political establishment to challenge this status quo concerns me.

Well, they can all sit in the House of Lords, so maybe their expenses are available somewhere.

Haha! I wonder when Kate realised that by marrying Wills she'll no longer be able to vote!

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:50 pm

Rebis wrote:Haha! I wonder when Kate realised that by marrying Wills she'll no longer be able to vote!

Why not? The Queen can vote, as can members of her family.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 04, 2011 2:29 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Rebis wrote:Haha! I wonder when Kate realised that by marrying Wills she'll no longer be able to vote!
Why not? The Queen can vote, as can members of her family.

Sorry. Should have made that clearer. She'll no longer be able to vote with regard to the Commons.