"Utter Drivel on British Television!" Topic
11 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Remember that you can Stifle members so that you don't have to read their posts.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Modern Media Message Board
Action Log
31 Mar 2020 2:13 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Removed from Utter Drivel boardCrossposted to Modern Media board
Areas of InterestModern
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Recent Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article
Featured Workbench Article
Featured Profile Article
Featured Movie Review
|
| Robert le Diable | 31 Mar 2020 12:47 p.m. PST |
At this very moment, on one of the Television Channels in Britain, there's an account of one of the many properties owned by HRH Prince Charles. It's a farm complex of a large house and attendant offices, in Wales. The plummy voiced commentator has just enunciated, confidently and comfortably, wi' a jaurry in the mooth, that this establishment "is about as far removed from a palace as one could imagine". Has this creature never seen a tenement, a tower-block, a row of back-to-back little units? Why do so many put up with this drivel?
How much do people in other countries laugh at this?
How long can the "juggle" (Thomas Paine, 1790s) continue? Le Citoyen Robert. |
 Tacitus  | 31 Mar 2020 1:06 p.m. PST |
I would assume, that by "palace", the narrator meant dwelling place fit for a monarch. "Long live the Queen!" |
| Robert le Diable | 31 Mar 2020 1:20 p.m. PST |
Anyone can live in a palace.
Whether a monarch be fit to wear a Crown is another issue. |
| Stryderg | 31 Mar 2020 4:04 p.m. PST |
Because they don't realize that they have better things to do.
A little, we put up with a fair amount here, too.
Probably forever, unfortunately. |
martin goddard  | 01 Apr 2020 1:23 a.m. PST |
As a republican (small r) I would get rid of them.
Goes alongside all those chief executives who justify their large bonuses by saying "well I work hard".
The times we live in eh? martin |
| Gunfreak | 01 Apr 2020 4:12 a.m. PST |
People want to be rich and famous so they like to watch the rich and famous. Your chances of becoming a billionaire are about the same as becoming the queen of England. |
| martin goddard | 01 Apr 2020 5:40 a.m. PST |
|
| Stryderg | 01 Apr 2020 8:01 a.m. PST |
It's not hard to become rich, or famous. Do something incredibly stupid or evil, and like magic, you're famous…for a little while. To get rich, you just need discipline, knowledge and the willingness to work hard and smart, all while you're young enough to have the energy to actually do it. The problem is, we tend to get the knowledge too late and the discipline…OH SHINEY! |
| Dn Jackson | 01 Apr 2020 11:30 a.m. PST |
"I might try for that." Becoming a billionaire, or queen of England? Oh, wait. You can't become Queen of England.
YouTube link |
| altfritz | 05 Apr 2020 6:37 a.m. PST |
Basically you were watching a British version of "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", remember that one? |
| Robert le Diable | 05 Apr 2020 10:55 a.m. PST |
If that's for me, altfritz, I wasn't actually watching the thing, but in essence that was indeed the kind of programme (but I think it was part of the perpetual and sickening campaign to pretend that the Windsors, their heirs and successors, aye, the whole Extra Extended Family of them, deserve to be supported by the rest of us). In truth, I was going from Channel to Channel in hopes to find something that didn't irritate me. I switched it off. |
|
thinks Mark's work is among the best available for all-around gaming and painting.
