DA Baracus Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 How's his fingering? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zern Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: How's his fingering? We're not allowed to speculate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: How's his fingering? Learning the Bagpipes Thread for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Gutted I missed this yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Dan Steele said: Learning the Bagpipes Thread for this. Or flute, depending on your persuasion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 21 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Sundays, eh? It is a sad day when good taste takes over at P&B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 hours ago, CarrbridgeSaintee said: Looks like I missed some drama. The posts must have been bad if Div stepped in. Oh, I'm sure that at least one of your aliases was involved 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zern Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Herc said: Gutted I missed this yesterday. Rumour has it that there are some 200 plus screenshots of the events. They were going to the press. Nothing on Reuters yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Better yet, we could have a republic with a token head of state who is not a lying arsehole. Maybe except for one small point. I don't really give a shit. The role of Prime Minister or First Minister (or equivalent) is an important one that affects people's lives and should only go to someone who will take it seriously as opposed to for some ego trip. By contrast the role of President (in some countries at least) may supposedly be more senior but in reality it is largely ceremonial and has less consequences if it goes to the wrong person. I recall when Andrei Gromyko was made President of the USSR and was totally pissed off. It was like being put out to pasture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zern Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I'd favour getting rid of the monarchy altogether. I can see the case for a ceremonial head of state with perhaps a long term appointment. Gets the seal of Scotland and acts as official signatory and whatnot. The coronation and the absurdity surrounding only cemented my republican leanings. Having read Paine has also helped, he loathed the monarchy. It's just so ridiculous and unnecessary. Unhealthy even. Charles is a twit. All the finery in the world doesn't lessen that. He just becomes a twinkly twit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Just make it non political and like jury duty. Folk get a shot at having their picture taken opening a swimming pool or meeting famous people for a year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Herc said: Just make it non political and like jury duty. Folk get a shot at having their picture taken opening a swimming pool or meeting famous people for a year. Whit? Surely you’d no more trust an average person to do such a critical job than you’d endure an operation performed by a surgeon whose mother and grandfather and great uncle and great-great-grandfather weren’t each born qualified to be surgeons? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 19/06/2023 at 17:01, Fullerene said: One issue to consider here is Boris Johnson. Obviously he was never fit to be Prime Minister and there is little to suggest he took the role seriously. However if the UK was a republic with a non-executive president who would cut ribbons, open hospitals, greet visiting dignitaries and give tiresome speeches then Johnson would have been far better at that than the role he was forced to quit. He would also have been a lot cheaper than the Royal Family I suspect. I know the royal family would be a hard financial act to follow, but I wouldn't be too sure about that. He'd probably start selling off ceremonial, non-legally binding square inches of Buck House and some ludicrous fake titles like "Keeper of the Third Floor Lavvy" to misguided Americans, and seats at state banquets for 100 grand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Scottish "coronation" taking place today. I'm on holiday this week anyway but I'm guessing my workplace hasn't been closed to mark the occasion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Lurkst said: Scottish "coronation" taking place today. I'm on holiday this week anyway but I'm guessing my workplace hasn't been closed to mark the occasion. He got a nice welcome today .............although I am sure the good old BBC will tell us that "Scotland rolled out the welcome mat for King Charles in Edinburgh". 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Leith Green said: He got a nice welcome today .............although I am sure the good old BBC will tell us that "Scotland rolled out the welcome mat for King Charles in Edinburgh". That's absolutely brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 That wee cosplay montage there is absolute fucking cringe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 7 hours ago, Lurkst said: Scottish "coronation" taking place today. I'm on holiday this week anyway but I'm guessing my workplace hasn't been closed to mark the occasion. STV news actually commented that crowds lining the streets were well down on what had been expected and a fair whack of them were anti monarchy protesters. A long slow lingering death of the monarchy is well underway. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarHibee Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Leith Green said: He got a nice welcome today .............although I am sure the good old BBC will tell us that "Scotland rolled out the welcome mat for King Charles in Edinburgh". This must be the original dub before the BBC did their work on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Billy Jean King said: STV news actually commented that crowds lining the streets were well down on what had been expected and a fair whack of them were anti monarchy protesters. A long slow lingering death of the monarchy is well underway. Well, I doubt they're minting many new monarchists up here these days, and the ones who were there today will be the usual Scottish women of all genders. Before long we can begin fully kettling them in Bearsden, Barnton and Ballater. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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