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The Royal Birth IGT

cooby Jul 22 2013 07:11 AM

Made you look! I'm sure it's all we'll hear about all day. BTW, has she been pregnant for like, 11 months? I could have sworn this baby was due around the same time my granddaughter was born, and she is 2 months old already.

metirish Jul 22 2013 07:21 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

The auld battle ax of a Queen can't wait for the birth so she can go on her holidays .....a holiday from her holidays.....some life....I do find it very annoying how the American media obsesses over the whole thing. I expect CBC, NBC and ABC will start their Evening News casts live from outside the hospital. It's bloody stupid.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 22 2013 07:26 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

I certainly don't give a fuck.

Ceetar Jul 22 2013 07:27 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

I've seen about a dozen, maybe 2, people complaining about people talking about the birth but I don't think I've seen any tweets or posts about the birth yet. I find this confirming that I follow and read the right people, at least, better people.

metirish Jul 22 2013 07:28 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I certainly don't give a fuck. not a fiddlers fuck here..... (please note I said American media.....most regular Joe's or Jon's couldn't give a fuck)

Swan Swan H Jul 22 2013 07:50 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Mo Rocca ?@MoRocca 2m When they tie the umbilical cord will they use a Windsor knot?

MFS62 Jul 22 2013 07:58 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

metirish wrote: I expect CBC, NBC and ABC will start their Evening News casts live from outside the hospital. And by the time its all over, at least one of the networks will have shown the event from inside her vagina. Later

Mets – Willets Point Jul 22 2013 08:25 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 22 2013 08:56 AM

The Guardian has a "Not a Royalist" toggle switch. I wish there was one for the entire internet.

Nymr83 Jul 22 2013 08:51 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Mets – Willets Point wrote: The Guardian as a "Not a Royalist" toggle switch. I wish there was one for the entire internet. Not a fan of the Guardian, but I went and checked that out, its hilarious. Plenty of websites could use this idea! FOX News, CNN: "No Politics, please" ESPN: "Enough with the Golf/Tebow stories" Facebook: "No, I DON'T want to help feed your virtual cow" Daily News: "No Yankees coverage" NY Post; "No Phil Mushnick"

Fman99 Jul 22 2013 10:27 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

I plan on writing an extensive blog posting on the subject. You can read it at my site, http://www.dontcaredontcaredontcaredontcaredontcare.com.

themetfairy Jul 22 2013 01:52 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

FWIW, it's a boy.

Edgy MD Jul 22 2013 02:02 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Prince Harvey.

Frayed Knot Jul 22 2013 02:25 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

And may their first child be a masculine child

Edgy MD Jul 22 2013 02:30 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Actually, they should go with Prince Fielder.

Ashie62 Jul 22 2013 04:48 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

metirish wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I certainly don't give a fuck. not a fiddlers fuck here..... (please note I said American media.....most regular Joe's or Jon's couldn't give a fuck) Give Ireland back to the Irish...

Mets – Willets Point Jul 22 2013 10:12 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Baseball royalty, all-time squad RHP - Mel Queen RHP - Jason Marquis RHP - John "The Count" Montefusco RHP - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez LHP - "King" Carl Hubbell LHP - "Prince" Hal Newhouser LHP - Zach Duke C - King Kelly 1B - Prince Fielder 2B - Rogers "Rajah" Hornsby SS - Jose Reyes 3B - Ray Knight UT - Omar Infante RF - Babe "The Sultan of Swat" Ruth CF - Duke Snider LF - Dave Kingman OF- Marquis Grissom OF - Earl Averill Manager - Earl Weaver

soupcan Jul 23 2013 04:17 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Not a half-bad team.

MFS62 Jul 23 2013 06:10 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

And for your backup catcher - Earl Averill Junior. Nice list. Later

Edgy MD Jul 23 2013 07:28 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Current Line of Succession Sitting: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Northern Ireland (Puking) and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick (Projectile Puking), Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. [list=1][*]Charles, Prince of Wales[/*:m] [*]William, Duke of Cambridge[/*:m] [*]His-Not-Yet-Namedness, Prince of Cambridge[/*:m] [*]Henry, Prince of Wales[/*:m] [*]Andrew, Duke of York[/*:m] [*]Beatrice, Princess of York[/*:m] [*]Eugenie, Princess of York[/*:m] [*]Edward, Earl of Wessex[/*:m] [*]Esix Snead[/*:m] [*]King Ralph[/*:m] [*]Carrot-Top[/*:m] [*]Kim Jong Un[/*:m] [*]David Hasselhoff[/*:m] [*]Snooki[/*:m] [*]That Guy, You Know, the One with the Thing[/*:m] [*]Prince Andrew Again, Somehow[/*:m] [*]DJ Jazzy Jeff[/*:m] [*]Gerry Adams[/*:m] [*]Paul Hardcastle[/*:m] [*]it goes to a lottery at this point, I'm pretty sure.[/*:m][/list:o]

cooby Jul 23 2013 07:36 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 23 2013 07:37 AM

Now there's an heir and three spares. After that I'm rooting for Jazzy Jeff, always liked him!

MFS62 Jul 23 2013 07:36 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Current Line of Succession [*]Snookie LOL! I'd love to see Snookie in one of those ugly hats. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2013 07:38 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: [*]Beatrice, Princess of York [*]Eugenie, Princess of York So are each of them, like, half a princess? Do they alternate days or something? Are the residents of York divided along Princess lines, like an east-coast/west-coast rapper thing, where wearing the wrong colors in the wrong part of York can get you beaten up? Or did they invent a new York (as opposed to New York) so each can have one all to their own? Or is one of them actually Princess of New York and can do things like order Bloomberg around and call him shorty and stuff?

cooby Jul 23 2013 07:41 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

call him shorty and stuff? hahahha!

Edgy MD Jul 23 2013 07:42 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

They're co-princesses, becuz the title, unlike their father's, is not actually a ruling one. You can have 1,600 hundred princesses of York, but your birthday party probably wouldn't be as cool. As for the desire to see Snooki in an ugly hat, well, Google "Snooki" and "ugly hat." I'm sure there's no paucity of returns.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 23 2013 07:56 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

soupcan wrote: Not a half-bad team. I fudged it a bit. I mean, no one ever considered Rogers Hornsby akin to a monarch from India.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 23 2013 07:59 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Northern Ireland (Puking) LOL. Of course, Puking could also be a village in Surrey county, for all we know.

MFS62 Jul 23 2013 08:52 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Northern Ireland (Puking) LOL. Of course, Puking could also be a village in Surrey county, for all we know. With three princesses. Later

Nymr83 Jul 23 2013 09:24 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Current Line of Succession Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God How do you know G-d wants her there?, of Great Britain, Northern Ireland but not the rest of Ireland? some king! (Puking) me too and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen those have been shrinking fast, whats left? the Falklands?, Defender of the Faith doing a piss poor job of that i'd imagine, Duchess of Edinburgh wheres that?, Countess of Merioneth never heard of it, Baroness Greenwich huh?, Duke of Lancaster pretty masculine title for a woman, Lord of Mann this one too, Duke of Normandy gender identity crisis?, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter you're joking right?, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick (Projectile Puking), Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George who?? if you were "defending the faith" better i'd know who these clowns are, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire not that excellent anymore, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India how does India feel about that?, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire India twice? no, they still dont want you back, Sovereign of the Order of British India another one???, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit (i give up), Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2013 09:32 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Lord of Mann Do you suppose that when the Queen is getting a bit bitchy and bossy around the palace that Prince Phillip every once in a while turns around and says; "Hey, you may be the Lord of Mann but that doesn't make you the lord of THIS man!" ? So who has more titles, Queen Lizzie or the Pope?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 23 2013 09:41 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Speaking of Queen, Sascha Baron Cohen has reportedly backed out of the role he was born to play -- Freddie Mercury in a Queen biopic.

Edgy MD Jul 23 2013 09:51 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

So who has more titles, Queen Lizzie or the Pope? Elizabeth in a laugher. Pope has eight. Officially, anyhow. The Order of St. Michael and St. George is a chivalric order founded by George IV. It's confusing because it's named after two military saints --- the legendary vanquisher of Satan (Michael) and slayer of the dragon (George) --- but it's expressly granted for non-military service. I've developed curiosity about various countries' orders and honors because it's fun to read about somebody like Mandela, or alternatively David Bowie, and see how many orders he'd been admitted to --- where you get this majestic thing placed around your neck, wear it for an evening, and then file it away and forget you ever got it. If I was David Bowie, and I had deigned to accept all that hardware, you'd be damn sure I'd wear it out every night. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_S ... int_George

themetfairy Jul 23 2013 10:20 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Speaking of Queen, Sascha Baron Cohen has reportedly backed out of the role he was born to play -- Freddie Mercury in a Queen biopic. Seriously - that would have been awesome casting!

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2013 12:15 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

btw, I know it's only Tuesday but this topic already has a substantial lead for Thread of the Week honors.

MFS62 Jul 23 2013 09:35 PM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

If the baby had been a girl, they would have named her Honey Boo Boo II. Later

seawolf17 Jul 24 2013 07:36 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Kate Middleton, one day after having a baby, still stunning. Bitch.

Ashie62 Jul 24 2013 10:21 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Prince Buford.

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2013 07:05 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

So I'm thinking about this kid (officially George Alexander Louis btw for those of you not keeping up) and about all the fuss being made over him and it occurs to me about the probability of this kid ever being king. I mean I know that nobody likes their traditions more than my silly English forebears, but shirley monarchies can't go on forever, even largely ceremonial ones, and you wouldn't think that the tide of history is on their side. Throw in the fact that this kid has a, what?, 30-y/o father in his way, a 60-something grandfather who hasn't even gotten to be king yet, an 88 y/o great-grandmother who shows no signs of stepping aside any time soon, a 90+ great-grandfather, and a great-great-grandmother who lived past 100. So there's a good chance we're talking about half a century or more for little Georgie-Alex at which point who knows what shape the 'royal family' will be in or even the whole concept of royalty. So, 'a King is born'? Yeah, talk to me around 2070 about that.

Ceetar Jul 25 2013 07:10 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: So I'm thinking about this kid (officially George Alexander Louis btw for those of you not keeping up) and about all the fuss being made over him and it occurs to me about the probability of this kid ever being king. I mean I know that nobody likes their traditions more than my silly English forebears, but shirley monarchies can't go on forever, even largely ceremonial ones, and you wouldn't think that the tide of history is on their side. Throw in the fact that this kid has a, what?, 30-y/o father in his way, a 60-something grandfather who hasn't even gotten to be king yet, an 88 y/o great-grandmother who shows no signs of stepping aside any time soon, a 90+ great-grandfather, and a great-great-grandmother who lived past 100. So there's a good chance we're talking about half a century or more for little Georgie-Alex at which point who knows what shape the 'royal family' will be in or even the whole concept of royalty. So, 'a King is born'? Yeah, talk to me around 2070 about that. eh, does it matter? The Royals (do they not have a reality show called this yet? I imagine it'd follow the fringe family that's not really famous but still connected.) are basically England's built in live-action, slow-moving reality show. And they just added a new character! How will he grow up? What will he be like? Who will he court? And just think, with the internet now, how juicy the teenage years will be.

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2013 07:47 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

btw, for folks who are given to following royals, the more interesting place right now is Belgium. The king recently abdicated in favor of his son supposedly for health reasons. But the king was reasonably popular while the son is considered a bit more stiff so there's not a lot of whooping it up over this. Throw in the fact that the country is said to be increasingly fracturing along their two main ethnic groups (French speaking vs Dutch) and, even though the new king does speak Dutch, this transition isn't being seen as a plus for the Dutch speaking minority who constantly complain about being treated like second class citizens by the Francophone power base in the south of the country. And then there's small problem of some 45 y/o women claiming to be the outgoing king's illegitimate kid from a long-standing affair. No one denies the affair took place (king & queen were separated for a time but back together now) but no DNA tests have been done the last I heard.

MFS62 Jul 25 2013 07:53 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

A Canadian view from the Globe and Mail. The birth of a son to William and Kate has revived the febrile debate over whether the king or queen of the United Kingdom should also be the Canadian head of state. But the debate, frankly, is pointless. Canada will always be a constitutional monarchy, because there is no way to dispense with the monarch. This will not come as welcome news to those who are mounting a court challenge to the law that requires new citizens to swear an oath of loyalty to the Queen. It will provide no solace to those who agreed with the resolution at a recent Macdonald-Laurier Institute debate that “the monarchy is a dangerous anachronism.” And it will not please the folks at Citizens for a Canadian Republic. For Tom Freda, its director, Monday’s royal birth offered an unwelcome reminder that “Canada’s head of state is chosen through bloodline, and not through any input at all, democratically or otherwise, from Canadians. “…A lot of Canadians are asking: ‘why can’t we have a say in who becomes Canadian head of state?’” he maintained in an interview. The Canadian public is ambivalent about the institution. A 2012 Ipsos Reid poll had 46 per cent of Canadians agreeing with the statement: “the constitutional monarchy is outdated,” and that they would “prefer a republic system of government with an elected head of state, like they do in the United States.” But 54 per cent disagreed. These numbers, however, fluctuate based on the latest wedding, baby or scandal. So it is possible that a politician dedicated to eliminating the monarchy could get elected prime minister. Once in office, however, he or she would come up against the impenetrable defences embedded in the Constitution to protect the Crown. First, both Houses of Parliament would have to pass a constitutional amendment declaring that the king or queen of the United Kingdom is no longer the king or queen of Canada. Then all 10 provincial legislatures would need to pass the same amendment, and the Supreme Court would have to uphold its constitutionality. But that’s only the beginning. Canada would now have no head of state—no office that embodied the sovereignty of the Canadian nation and people. The office of governor general could be converted to that of a ceremonial president. But the Prime Minister now effectively appoints and--perhaps even more important--removes the governor general, by advising the Queen. We can hardly have the head of government hiring and firing the head of state. Perhaps the president would be elected, or appointed by Parliament. But then what would you do about the lieutenant governors in all the provinces, who are effectively appointed by the prime minister and who represent the Crown in the legislatures? Which illustrates the larger point: The monarchy is not simply a paragraph that can be neatly excised through a constitutional amendment. It permeates the Constitution, written and unwritten, as a founding assumption. “You’d have to employ an awful lot of lawyers for an awfully long time to identify every constitutionally related document in which the word “crown” appears,” observes the constitutional scholar Ned Franks. “And then you’d have to ask ‘what are you going to replace it with, and does that work?’” Meanwhile, he predicts, the provinces would be taking advantage of such wholesale constitutional reconstruction to obtain more powers, with Quebec leading the charge. “I’ve always subscribed to the theory that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said Robert Finch, Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada. “And I don’t think the monarchy is broken.” Only one thing could convert this constitutional impossibility into a possibility: united, sustained, national revulsion toward the monarch. Canadians, in other words, will never abolish the monarchy unless Charles, William or the new lad force them to. Later

Edgy MD Jul 25 2013 07:56 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Belgium now is now a country with two kings and three queens. That's a tough hand to beat!

MFS62 Jul 25 2013 07:59 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Belgium now is now a country with two kings and three queens. That's a tough hand to beat! Sounds like a new George Clooney caper movie. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2013 08:06 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Belgium now is now a country with two kings and three queens. Only some of whom are actually Belgian. Not that that's an unusual aspect of royal houses (there were hundreds of years of non-English speaking English kings) but the whole Belgian line began by finding some unemployed minor German prince and begging him to become their new king whereupon he, and many of the early ones after him, thought nothing of publicly demeaning the country, the people in it, the weather, etc. while on the throne.

Edgy MD Oct 21 2013 07:19 AM Re: The Royal Birth IGT

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Speaking of Queen, Sascha Baron Cohen has reportedly backed out of the role he was born to play -- Freddie Mercury in a Queen biopic. Reasons for the split revealed as... Baron-Cohen has too big a personality to play Fred. Seriously. And when you think about it, it's probably true.