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Con

March 16, 2017, 04:16:56 PM
This article fascinated me.  I did not realize how the pageantry/precision/history all intermingled for when the queen dies and what happens next.

Hopefully they wont bury her under a car park

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge

Gusington

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March 16, 2017, 05:32:03 PM
That's the most detailed article I've read about anything in a long time.
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MetalDog

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March 16, 2017, 07:54:19 PM
Ditto.  It seems they thought of everything.
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besilarius

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March 16, 2017, 08:17:59 PM
Tradition.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

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"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

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