Ah yes, lol, allow me to rephrase that ]http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_wink.gif[/img](bttw, the Frost interview was done well after Nixon had resigned.)
Yep Maxi, that's what distractions are for - to keep the public's mind off the real issues. Similar to a famous quote "Then let them eat cake"you get a royal bank holiday to take minds off recession,poverty,cuts,job losses,inflation etc.
Everyone - even us die hard republicans - loves a good wedding, and do you know what? The celebration of Life, Love and all that is actually a lot more important than all this economic doom and gloom. Actually its a very good time to party. Well, anytime is a good time to party. I am sure not going to be wearing black and walking around with a long face because the inflation rate has gone above 2.5%, female unemployment has risen by 0.5%, or the GNP has dropped 2% since last June. Let there be wine and roses!I'm wondering though if it will be a welcome distraction.
Next Spring and Summer could see all the cuts really kicking in and surely royalist or not royalist it certainly has the potential to demonstrate the huge gap between the have's and have nots.
Easy for me to say I know because it couldn't even distract me from cooking the sausages let alone real financial worries.
Vicky
"Let's Face The Music And Dance"
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's music and moonlight and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill and while we still have the chance
Let's face the music and dance
Soon we'll be without the moon, humming a different tune and then
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Yes dragonlady, a good move on your part. Banish the peasants who have neither bread or cake, while the elite gorge themselves at their nightly banquets. Is it any wonder we here in Oz thumb our noses at royal weddings?There was no let them eat cake here. They took a far more creative approach- potential troublemakers were shackled and shipped off to Botany Bay
You aren't slagging off the poor folk who are buying the mugs are you? I mean, I bet after that bishop put his oar in by predicting the marriage would only last seven years, the shares of Royal Doulton dropped 30% . Ladbrokes, where are you when we need you ... we might as well open a book now.... Personally I would take 50/50 on them surviving at least 10 ......Simples!