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History Forum / General / British History / November 2008Royalty & Noble Watching Is A Full-Time British Sport & Lucrative Business
No... Royalty & Noble Watching is a Full-Time British Sport & Lucrative Business... A Major Sector of the British Economy -- Tourism -- is based on it. Entire publications and institutions are devoted to it. Folks from around the world, not just Americans, come to Britain and are fleeced by the Brits who sell British Touring, History and Culture to the visitors -- and then laugh at them behind their backs. We here in Hawai'i well understand how the dirty deed is done because we do it here too. > And the Diana Cult probably wouldn't exist if it wasn't [sic] for > visiting USians. > > Surreyman Codswallop... The Brits initiated, nurture and sustain The Diana Cult all on their own by farming and fleecing the tourists.  SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum "Surreyman" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:bfd21bc6-b13f-4994-a7b1-696d76b49abc@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com... > On 11 Nov, 00:32, Renia <re...@DELETEotenet.gr> wrote: >> D. Spencer Hines wrote: >> > No matter... >> >> > Dumbing down doesn't factor into the equation... >> >> > Royalty & Noble Watching is a Full-Time British Sport... >> >> Actually no, it isn't. But it does seem to be a full-time American >> sport in some quarters. >> >> > And a Major Part of the British Economy. >> >> > We educated Americans find it all quite amusing. >> >> Indeed, and you are the British Royalty-watcher par supreme. >> Millions of Americans come every year to gawp at British >> palaces, hoping for a glance [sic] of The Queen. Renia gets confused by simple English. _GLIMPSE_ of the queen is what she was searching for here. >> > One of Britain's Greatest Problems today is that it has no >> > significant Empire to exile its underclass to -- as well as its >>> remittance men and its would-be-heroes and cannon fodder. >> >> > If Brits could still behave as Kipling had them behave in _Gunga >> > Din_ we'd all be better off today -- not just the Brits. >> >> Yup, it's all fabulous in fiction. >> >> Kim for President. > > And the Diana Cult probably wouldn't exist if it wasn't for visiting > USians. > > Surreyman SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor > Folks from around the world, not just Americans, come to Britain and > are fleeced by the Brits who sell British Touring, History and Culture > to the visitors -- and then laugh at them behind their backs. My experience is that very few people laugh at anyone spending money. SignatureWilliam Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. Nonsense... Renia certainly does... And thanks [God?] every morning she was not born American. Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude! SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor >> Folks from around the world, not just Americans, come to Britain >> and are fleeced by the Brits who sell British Touring, History and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > My experience is that very few people laugh at anyone spending > money. > Nonsense... > > Renia certainly does... As far as I'm aware she is neither a UK resident nor involved in the UK tourist trade. SignatureWilliam Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. > Nonsense... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude! You think I single-handedly run the UK tourist business and laugh at Americans because they spend money? Mind you, I met a very interesting American woman just yesterday. And this is the difference between an American living in America and one living abroad. She stated she thought the World Recession was because "America had got too big for its boots" and needed to look to the rest of the world, and learn. She also had American friends who refused to visit her while she lived in Greece because "it's in the Middle East and look how dangerous that is". However, she persuaded her friends to come, they stayed six weeks and fell in love with Greece so much they want to buy a villa here. Look outside the box. Hilarious! Brits LOVE to hear that sort of thing from ditzy, self-flogging Americans. SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor > Mind you, I met a very interesting American woman just yesterday. > And this is the difference between an American living in America and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the > world, and learn. Hilarious! Brits LOVE to hear that sort of thing from ditzy, usually-female, "Liberal", self-flogging Americans. SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor > Mind you, I met a very interesting American woman just yesterday. > And this is the difference between an American living in America and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > got [sic] too big for its boots" and needed to look to the rest of > the world, and learn. > Hilarious! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > got [sic] too big for its boots" and needed to look to the rest of > > the world, and learn. two > Hilarious! > > Brits LOVE to hear that sort of thing from ditzy, usually-female, > "Liberal", self-flogging Americans. Well, from a gitsy, questionably-male, self-flagellating 'Conservative' like you David, that's probably a compliment? > Hilarious! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > the > > world, and learn. one >> Hilarious! >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > one Eh, again? > >> Hilarious! > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Eh, again? Hines believes in or at least practices the "Rule of Three", ie if he says or posts the same idiotic statement three times it must be true. > Hilarious! > > Brits LOVE to hear that sort of thing from ditzy, self-flogging > Americans. Not at all, and she wasn't ditzy, or self-flogging. But we do appreciate Americans who think about the rest of the world and not just their own country. That's what I meant about the difference between the closeted American who rarely leaves his country and the well-travelled American who learns about cultures and habits in other countries. >> Hilarious! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > American who rarely leaves his country and the well-travelled American who > learns about cultures and habits in other countries. There are still a few, thankfully. I met several in Egypt... >No... > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >We here in Hawai'i well understand how the dirty deed is done because >we do it here too. I thought Graceland was in Tennessee. James >> No... >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I thought Graceland was in Tennessee. Have they got Disneystuff in Haw-ah-ee? > Have they got Disneystuff in Haw-ah-ee? Replying to D. Spencer Hines or even gracing him with the time it takes to plod through his convolutions is self defeating. Nonsense... Renia certainly does... And thanks [God?] every morning she was not born American. Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude! Renia laughs at and gossips about American tourists in Greece too -- and elsewhere on her travels. After all, her husband works for a British shipping company and she does frequent tours. Renia is a past mistress of Tourist Skewering. SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor >> Folks from around the world, not just Americans, come to Britain >> and are fleeced by the Brits who sell British Touring, History and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > My experience is that very few people laugh at anyone spending > money. > No... > > Royalty & Noble Watching is a Full-Time British Sport & Lucrative > Business... When were you last in Britain? British class is of little consequence, these days. It's really not important, as long as you give off the effect you are middle class, wherever you appear on the social scale. These days, you get Chavs dressed in Burberry and aristos sporting tattoos. While Britain hasn't quite started screaming for a Republic, the Royal Family is about as unpopular as it could be. In this Age of Recession, the talking heads are already demanding Charles tone down his 60th birthday celebrations and that The Queen should sell a couple of castles. (They're not hers. They belong to the nation. The most expensive Council Houses in the world.) > A Major Sector of the British Economy -- Tourism -- is based on it. > > Entire publications and institutions are devoted to it. As is the case of much of the developed world where it has a rich history. > Folks from around the world, not just Americans, come to Britain and > are fleeced by the Brits who sell British Touring, History and Culture > to the visitors -- and then laugh at them behind their backs. Are you personally that paranoid you think Brits have the time or inclination to laugh at you when you go touring? Or are you just paranoid on behalf of the USA? When it comes to fleecing the tourists, try Greece. They have tourism down to an institutionalised art form. > We here in Hawai'i well understand how the dirty deed is done because > we do it here too. It's not dirty. If one party has something to sell that the other party wants to buy (as long as it's legal), then it's called business and it's the basis of Capitalism. Unless, of course, you think Capitalism should be abolished. >> And the Diana Cult probably wouldn't exist if it wasn't [sic] for >> visiting USians. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > The Brits initiated, nurture and sustain The Diana Cult all on their > own by farming and fleecing the tourists. There is very little of the Diana cult in GB now. It's fed by foreign tourists. Hilarious! Brits, indeed Old Europeans in general, LOVE to hear that sort of thing from ditzy, usually-female, "Liberal", self-flogging Americans. It plumps their self-esteem and feeds their Old European pride. Now, New Europeans are often quite different in their attitudes towards Americans -- because they know and appreciate that we were the ones who saved them from the Soviets. SignatureDSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor > Mind you, I met a very interesting American woman just yesterday. > And this is the difference between an American living in America and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > got [sic] too big for its boots" and needed to look to the rest of > the world, and learn. |
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