Plucky

[poliphilo]

The plumber is coming to rip the bathroom apart.

He is replacing the sink and the toilet and the radiator.

At times like this I remember I am British.

My ancestors coped with the Armada, with Boney and the Luftwaffe. I can cope with this.

Comments

[currawong.livejournal.com]

....but they didn't cope so well with Washington, Nasser or Amin, so you never can tell. Good luck with the bathroom.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah yes- all the episodes in imperial history we'd rather not think about.

Talking about Imperial history, what was the reaction down your way to the recent visit of HRH Prince Charles- or did you even notice?

[currawong.livejournal.com]

Derision...scorn...contempt....inertia, ( except for a couple of our more ludicrous royal sycophants.

He ws totally overshadowed by Mary Donaldson, HRH the Crown Princess of Denmark. The sentiment seems to be, "Let's ditch the Bitch and make it with Mary!"

Personally, I think royalty is a joke that has delighted us quite long enough, ( with apologies to Jane Austen.)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I rather thought that would be the way of it. Excellent.

So when are you guys going to get round to setting the rest of us an example and declare yourselves a Republic?