like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

I'm off to the Steve Hoffman board.

They know how to ignore etc

was this Anne's birth?

Please! That's the royal vadge you're talking about.

Or do they call it the Royal Canal?

the queen mother's favorite cocktail: gin and Dubonnet: 30% gin, 70% Dubonnet

I made one awhile back (more like 50/50) and it's not bad, not bad at all

I'm not going anywhere, of course not!

presumably Nicholas Witchell will now be ceremoniously culled

so, do we get another bank holiday?

(am watching more4 about half an hour behind live and the banner has just popped up and is still there 10 minutes later. didn't show it during the adverts though)

we're looking into it

I'll never forget where I was when the Queen died. At my desk, looking back and forth between a message board and a spreadsheet.

Liza Minnelli has outlived Queen Elizabeth II, the greatest monarch of all time. pic.twitter.com/tKx2xTyNsV

— LizaMinnelliOutlives (@LiZaOutlives) September 8, 2022

well they move fast pic.twitter.com/oDpxlqykoa

— Elliott Canty (@ElliottCanty) September 8, 2022

So Chas is going for King Charles III after all, bit of a mixed track record for King Charles's tbf.

is he?

I remember when she visited my town in 1990 and the council paid for a major paint job over the dilapidated flats by the Sports Centre she was visiting. Never mind there were damp problems and some of the flats were in terrible condition. Just make some cosmetic improvements for the fcking Queen.

bet it looked nice tho

there's a very old joke about her thinking the world smells like fresh paint

I thought that was Billy Connolly one.

it's official guys

Had the pleasure of meeting the Queen at a charity do once. She was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) September 8, 2022

Haha yep he did

Great week for transfers of power: new PM chosen by 100,000 80-somethings, new HoS chosen by one 90-something

Thank you Ma’am, for everything.

— Paddington (@paddingtonbear) September 8, 2022

Y'all remember when she survived an assassination attempt by Reggie Jackson?

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/E7sQR.7qaXPPC3pVWOAWZg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtoPTY2Ng--/https://s.yimg.com/os/en_us/News/HollywoodReporter/naked_gun_jackson_1-h_2016.jpg

👇 pic.twitter.com/g8O2gd5KvX

— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) September 8, 2022

I'll always remember where I was...

La Carla de mijas.

Ok I might forget....

so, do we get another bank holiday?

don't think so. 10 days of national mourning, then the funeral which lands on a Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to-RVV_3anw

who will perform at the funeral? Elton? Harry Styles? Spice Girls reunion?

Buckingham Palace just released this video. pic.twitter.com/Wu4gzozedn

— BANNED NOW MAD (@BANNEDNOWMAD) September 8, 2022

xp that actress who played the Queen in Naked Gun is still alive btw. Going by IMDB it looks like she never played any non-queen roles, the guy who played Gorby in that movie exclusively played Gorbachev until 1991 but then diversified into playing other people after the collapse of the USSR

he never recovered after Leslie Nielsen wiped his birthmark off

The Queen lives! xxpost

he wasn't really Russian either, he was from Wallasey

I don't remember that being mentioned in the obits.

was he the guy having a feight with Reagan in the FGTH Two Tribes video?

tbh I always thought that Queen actress (Jeannette Charles is her name) didn't really *that* much like the Queen for someone who had a decades long career playing the Queen in numerous high-profile TV series and movies, was she really the best they could find? The resemblance was a bit more pronounced when they were younger, and I guess later she'd become established as the person you call if you need someone to play the Queen, I guess?

xp different guy, that was supposed to be Chernenko anyway

The actress looks a lot like Olivia Colman

xp

oh yeah lol, I forgot that was '84

Sitting at work and seeing the tweet was much more blah than learning of Diana's death while I wolfed down Burger King after being out celebrating my 21st birthday with friends.

Gutted

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 8, 2022

what a melt

did he think she was gonna live forever?

Our condolences, Rest In Peace Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 🕊 https://t.co/PF1FGyJ7BC

— Funko (@OriginalFunko) September 8, 2022

Lol have you seen the Playmobil one?

he wasn't really Russian either, he was from Wallasey

― soref, Thursday, September 8, 2022 11:42 AM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

He spoke in dialect, I could not understand...

Happy day to all of you Brits.

We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with all the Royal Family at this deeply sad time.

Out of respect the Resort will be closed tomorrow. If you're due to visit you will receive an email about your booking. pic.twitter.com/5vJlqUgIXv

— LEGOLAND Windsor (@LEGOLANDWindsor) September 8, 2022

You guys Andrew is shook

I'm trying to write a column and I find myself in tears. I fear that everything she exemplified - restraint, duty, grace, reticence, persistence - are disappearing from the world.

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) September 8, 2022

timing is a nice additional little twist of the knife into Boris, come to think of it.

Yes, hanging on long enough to deny Boris the chance to do his pound shop Churchill routine is maybe her greatest achievement.