Top 10 Reasons Americans, or Anyone Else for that Matter, Shouldn’t Watch the Royal Wedding

[JCMach1]

Every once in a while an event comes along that makes me proud to be an American, a republican. In case you haven’t heard, Friday will be one of those times. From the over-blown, over-pompous parade, to the treacly comments on the bride’s shy and down to earth nature, everything will be broadcast live and in living (more or less color). So, my fellow Americans here are the Top 10 reasons you should be tuning out. But , if somehow you can’t avoid it, I also offer you the Official Royal Wedding Drinking Game:

10. A Rogues Gallery of Tyrants and Dictators – The Queen invited the Crown Prince of Bahrain, who is most certainly responsible for the deaths of dozens through various acts of state terror. However, at least he declined to attend. Other dignitaries from the despotic families of the Gulf Region will attend, including Saudi Arabia where de facto slavery is still practiced. King Mswati III of Swaziland will also be attending despite human rights abuses reported by Human Rights Watch.

9. The Big Dis – Not only were the Obamas not invited, neither were any of the former Labour Prime Ministers of the UK.

8. Camilla – Anyone bring an apple? Here we can find the first part of the Official Royal Wedding Drinking Game. Any time an announcer says the word, “horse” you have to say Camilla. If you say it, you are the winner (errr loser) and everyone else has to drink...

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Party pooper. I'm watching.

Nobody does pageantry like the British, and it's fun to watch. Too bad they commissioned John Rutter, the Thomas Kinkade of choral music, to write a piece for the ceremony. But I'm going to get up at 5:00 a.m tomorrow, make a cup of tea, and watch the show.

[JCMach1]

4. Would rather play croquet!

Off with their heads anyone???

[JCMach1]

5. OR maybe try the drinking game!

[struggle4progress]

2. I didn't really need a reason. I thought Tom Paine nailed the English monarchy a while ago:

England since the conquest hath known some few good monarchs, but groaned beneath a much larger number of bad ones: yet no man in his senses can say that their claim under William the Conqueror is a very honourable one. A French bastard landing with an armed Banditti and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. It certainly hath no divinity in it

Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/sense3.htm

[MrCoffee]

3. I think I'm going to watch it just to spite people who think I shouldn't

Wait, it's how early? Maybe not.

[Suich]

6. LOL!

My sentiments, exactly! I think coverage starts around 1am or 2am here and the actual wedding is at 4am.

:)

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

7. wow, i was planning on watching, but really

had no idea about the big dis. WTF is up with that, anyway?

Anyone got any ideas?

[TheCanadianLiberal]

8. My VCR....

Is getting hauled out of the closet to record it.

[texanwitch]

9. My people fought England way back when.

I am still watching the royal wedding this morning.

[frogmarch]

10. Prince William is my cousin

but I wasn't invited to his wedding, so to hell with it. I won't be watching.

(As was his mother Diana, he is a descendant of my 8th great-grandparents John and Elizabeth Cogswell. You can't get more closely related than that. lol)