Pretty princess pukes plenty
You’ve probably heard Princess Kate has a royal bun in the oven. We’ve heard little else. Man, I thought news from America was annoying lately. Yesterday, we had reporters giving hourly updates — not kidding — standing outside the hospital where she’s been taken for “extreme morning sickness.”
Which means Her Royal Highness is puking her guts out, I guess. I wonder if the toilet has a coat of arms. I wonder if princesses puke rainbows. I wonder if she has a Lady in charge of Holding the Royal Hair Back.
I’ll probably get deported for this.
December 4, 2012 — 11:26 pm
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Amanda Holden’s World of Ham
The Brits are a contradictory lot. In some ways, privacy obsessed. In others, right up in each others’ bidness.
Take the Planning Notice. If you want to make changes to your property, you have to file an application. That info then goes into the local paper, and on a printed notice, which is stuck up on a light pole or something near the scene of the proposed change. And then your neighbors can complain about it and try to get it blocked, if they like.
It’s more intrusive than building permits in the States. You see Planning Notices for things like replacing a broken gate or changing the sign over a shop. And the process applies to rural areas, too. I’m not entirely agin’ it — a lot of the charm of this charming place we live depends on keeping things just exactly the way they are forever — but it does make my libertarian bone itch.
Anyhow, in an “I wish I’d thought of that” sort of stunt, this guy has been stapling funny fake planning notices all over Brighton. Do check it out. And the rest of his blog; he’s got some funny going on.
December 3, 2012 — 9:18 pm
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