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garinda · 11-03-2008, 09:36

I'm suprised this hasn't already been mentioned.

Coming from a long line of republicans, including a great uncle, Joe Aspinall, who as Chairman of Oswaldtwistle Urban Council, refused to stand for God Save the Queen, even at Buckingham Palace, and which echoes my own actions some years later, when asked to stand for Princess Michael of Kent at the Barbican Concert Hall, when I resolutely remained the only person seated, as H.R.H. took her seat directly in front of me.

If this silly piece of jingoism had been brought in when I was a child, I suspect I might have been sent off to a boarding school in France.

11-03-2008, 09:36	#2
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: Allegiance to the Queen I'm suprised this hasn't already been mentioned. Coming from a long line of republicans, including a great uncle, Joe Aspinall, who as Chairman of Oswaldtwistle Urban Council, refused to stand for God Save the Queen, even at Buckingham Palace, and which echoes my own actions some years later, when asked to stand for Princess Michael of Kent at the Barbican Concert Hall, when I resolutely remained the only person seated, as H.R.H. took her seat directly in front of me. If this silly piece of jingoism had been brought in when I was a child, I suspect I might have been sent off to a boarding school in France. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.