In the Name of the Queen I hereby Requisition this Forum!

[mwooldri]

There has been too far much silliness going on lately, so I'm going to put an end to it all.

As of midnight, Friday June 5th, British Summer Time, the Forum known as 'The DU Lounge' is now governed by the laws of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and of England and Wales.

As her unofficially self-appointed spokesperson, I have been made Governor-General of the Lounge.

The new rules are as follows:

1) The official languages on the board that may be used are English and Welsh. If "Americanisms" are used the offender will be fined 20 shillings.

2) Civility is expected here. Offenders will be sentenced to an unspecified length of stay in the Tower of London.

3) All forum members must pledge alleigance to Her Majesty. Those refusing to do so will be deported to France, or worse... Belgium.

4) The Queen likes good comedy, so threads about John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Julian Clary or Ronnie Barker are to be encouraged. Her Majesty however is not fond of "popular music" so please don't bring up The Beatles, the Rolling Stones or Madonna.

5) Any talk of dissent will not be tolerated. Offenders will be forced to skinny dip in the Serpentine River in Janurary. In the morning.

To ensure compliance with Rule #3, all forum members must check in here and pledge their alleigance.

God Save the Queen!

[redwitch]

1. I think this a most excellent idea! Absolutely ripping!

God save the Queen!

[mwooldri]

8. Excellent! I'll nominate you for an OBE...

except the Empire bit has kinda gone away... but nevermind that... we rule Pitcairn Island!!!

[Phentex]

2. How do you feel about kittens?

:)

[mwooldri]

4. The Queen likes kittens... however the Corgis might be disagreeable.

I know I like kittens - there's nothing better than a good LOLcat...

[mcctatas]

3. but we already have a Queen!

Midlo is the Queen of the lounge as any right thinking person knows (just don't speak about her, um, "quirks" bunco and Franzia :P )

[mwooldri]

5. Midlo has been dethroned.

Queen of Canada rules!

[mcctatas]

7. well at least there will be decent wine then

[mwooldri]

9. Fortified wine - I understand Her Majesty is partial to sherry. nt

[TK421]

6. ........

we still beat you people with a bunch of farmers and such

[mwooldri]

12. Then you'll have to answer to these guys.

[TK421]

14. My great, great grandfather was a Beefeater....

[mwooldri]

25. Interesting :)

I think they finally got around to having female Yeoman Warders... took a few hundred years though.

[TK421]

31. I'm not sure if that was a vindictive insult or a friendly one....

but the Stevensons have a proud history there......

[mwooldri]

35. No insult, just observation...

Yeoman Warders have been pretty much exclusively male until about a couple of years ago.

I certainly respect the institution.

Mark.

[TK421]

36. We are fine, then n/t

[mwooldri]

39. Apologies - I guess I did phrase it wrong. nt

[Captain Hilts]

32. My great uncle was a Beefeater. We still have the royal household Christmas cards. nt

[TK421]

34. Well that is more than what I have....don't know what happened to that guy!

[Captain Hilts]

40. I have to admit, he looks pretty silly in that outfit. A man of his age! nt

[TK421]

44. Don't get it...n.t

[Inchworm]

10. Down with the queen!!

:woohoo::woohoo:

:woohoo:

Skinny dipping!!!

:woohoo:

:woohoo::woohoo:

[mwooldri]

16. Join the practice session.

I hear there'll be ice this January..

[arcadian]

11. Fuck. That. Shit.

In these here parts we remember a little battle called Yorktown. :evilgrin:

[TK421]

13. The name Philadelphia still sends shivers up their spines....

pretty much the nail in the coffin for them

[mwooldri]

18. We are armed with something more dangerous this time around.

[Lyric]

24. Now that's just fighting dirty.

x(

[mwooldri]

26. Either that or I will have to get out the comfy chair... nt

[TK421]

28. ......

ummm...God Save The Queen? :scared:

[mwooldri]

41. Thank you for coming to reason!

Otherwise this guy would have to come get you...

[TK421]

43. NOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOT JOHN LYDON!!!!!@@!##

ARGHHHHHR!!@!@#!@##!#

[Deep13]

55. Hell yeah!

:bounce:

[NJmaverick]

15. what's a shilling?

and where can I find 20 of them?

[Xipe Totec]

20. It's like chillin' but with a Brit accent n/t

[mwooldri]

23. Fined! Americanisation used!

Keep a stiff British lip there old chap, now don't you?

[Xipe Totec]

37. Fo Shizzle!

Uh...

I mean egad!


:yoiks:

[mwooldri]

22. It's all to do with LSD.

Pounds, Shillings and Pence. £.s.d

12 pennies make a shilling, 20 shillings make a pound.

Therefore you'd be fined one pound. About $1.62.

[NJmaverick]

so if my mental math is correct

1 shilling = 1/7 of a penny

[mwooldri]

38. Nope. 12 pennies to the shilling.

20 shillings to the pound.

240 pennies in the pound.

[XemaSab]

17. Will we be required to follow cricket?

:shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

19. Ultra-Cricket only n/t

[mwooldri]

21. Either that, or football or rugby.

You can pick a team if you like.

It would be a good idea to follow Test Match Cricket. Matches last 4-5 days.

[Captain Hilts]

30. Here's a link to the Torygraph's Fantasy Cricket league.

Most fantasy sports are far more complicated than the real thing.

Here's hoping the opposite is the case here:

http://fantasycricketworldcup.telegraph.co.uk/how-to-play

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. Heh - no chance - here's the law for a batsman being out 'leg before wicket'

Law 36 (Leg before wicket)

Out LBW
The striker is out LBW in the circumstances set out below.
(a)The bowler delivers a ball, not being a No ball

and (b) the ball, if it is not intercepted full pitch, pitches in line between wicket and wicket or on the off side of the striker's wicket

and (c) the ball not having previously touched his bat, the striker intercepts the ball, either full pitch or after pitching, with any part of his person

and (d) the point of impact, even if above the level of the bails
either (i) is between wicket and wicket
or (ii) is either between wicket and wicket or outside the line of the off stump, if the striker has made no genuine attempt to play the ball with his bat

and (e) but for the interception, the ball would have hit the wicket.

2. Interception of the ball
(a) In assessing points (c), (d) and (e) in 1 above, only the first interception is to be considered.

(b) In assessing point (e) in 1 above, it is to be assumed that the path of the ball before interception would have continued after interception, irrespective of whether the ball might have pitched subsequently or not.

3. Off side of wicket
The off side of the striker's wicket shall be determined by the striker's stance at the moment the ball comes into play for that delivery.

http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-36-leg-before-wicket,62,AR.html

Now that that's clear, please memorise the 9 other ways a batsman can be out before proceeding further.

[SoxFan]

27. Nice post, Trevelyan!

[mwooldri]

33. Some required viewing for you here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/pobolycwm/

edited for spelling mistake in title.

[Captain Hilts]

29. God Save the Queen - Long May She Reign!

...as we say here in Washington, DC.

[mwooldri]

42. You guys have more representation in the UK...

... what with the Embassy being there and all...

Certainly time for DC to get "statehood", two senators, and at least one Housemember.

Now if I could really confer proper British stuff then maybe we could get NHS for DC? Healthcare for everyone in DC? Hmmm...

Mark.

[RandomThoughts]

45. The 'royal' family are people like anyone else.

Many do good things, others not so much. But no allegiance from me. They are just regular people like everyone else.

I don't take oaths of allegiance anyway.

[mwooldri]

46. Do you like flying British Airways?

I see a visit to London may be in your future... :)

[RandomThoughts]

48. heh... Not sure why you would think that.

Although travel would be fun, I don't know how I could actually end up really actually flying to London. No money, no passport.

:shrug:

What would saying that royal people are just like all other people have to do with traveling to London? Is that a statement people in London agree with?

[mwooldri]

49. I should have re-read the new rules...

Should have been Air France ... people who didn't swear alleigance get deported to France (or Belgium)...

PS: The whole thread is supposed to be a joke to try and liven things up after the TS episode.

Mark.

[FloridaJudy]

47. Cool. Send me to the Tower.

I want the same digs Anne Boleyn got. Just don't evict me the same way she was.

Better yet - exile me to France! Grasse and Arles sound about right.

[Mythsaje]

51. I'm afraid you're some 200 years too late.

Nice try, though.

[coyotespaw]

52. Wait a sec...

if people are getting TS'ed for using offensive words, how is it that you're here after using B*****m in point 3. I call bullshit on this situation. Everyone back in the pool.

P.S. As an Irish-American, it is my duty to tell the queen to go stick her head in a pig.

[CreekDog]

53. Fair enough

:hi:

[NJmaverick]

54. God save our Queen

in honor of her majesty

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=222786&title=changing-of-the-garb

[Deep13]

56. Yeah? Who's going to make us?

Oh, shit!