Does anybody care less about the Royal Wedding than me?

[soupkitchen]

So the inundation of 'Royal Wedding' updates and alerts has started. The American public is to be whipped into frenzy of envy and admiration for the international social event of the year.

Like I give a fuck. And I'm already tired of hearing about it. But it's just going to become more of a news blizzard over the next few weeks

Now believe me I wish for nothing but the best for the couple. All couples. But really, it's not an event I have the slightest interest in. And yes, I would gladly avoid hearing about it if I could, but how do you not hear the conversation of the guy on the cell phone sitting next to you on the bus?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. I have to rearrange the stones in my driveway so I won't be paying attention

to the whatever is going on.

[blueamy66]

60. can I steal this?

cracking me up!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

71. And why not? Everything is free in the Matrix, cept for those copyrighted thingies. n/t

[blueamy66]

74. Well, my great nephew just filled up my pocket with rocks

so I thought I could arrange them in my front yard instead of watching some filthy rich effers get hitched.

Maybe they could send some of that wedding cash to my niece so she can feed her boys.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Wedding? There's a wedding? Somebody named Royal is getting married?

Haven't heard a thing.

[csziggy]

88. What you said +10000000000000000

[rfranklin]

3. I think we should have a daily Royal Wedding blog...

so we can discuss how much we hate the hype.

[RebelOne]

4. That's one reason I am beginning to hate

Good Morning America. Half the show seems to be focused on the royal wedding.

[Nye Bevan]

5. Unlike you, I don't care enough that I would start a thread about it (nt)

[soupkitchen]

6. Well, I certainly wouldn't respond to a thread

[Zephie]

19. Oh God! The universe is going to collapse because of all the irony

Quick, someone divide by 0!

[Posteritatis]

8. Ha! (nt)

[kickysnana]

18. +1

[sabrina 1]

48. Yet, you cared enough to respond to such a thread!

:rofl:

[Nye Bevan]

58. Yes, I do care. Unlike the OP, I never claimed that I don't.

I just don't care enough to *start* a thread. It's always fascinating to me to see the level of interest that the British Royal Family attracts in the USA.

[sabrina 1]

82. Maybe we miss having a monarchy? I know plenty of

politicians who wouldn't mind taking the job. The Bush family comes to mind eg.

[Jim Warren]

7. I'll be watching closely

I want to see who's going to figure where the silver is being left unguarded.

[tavalon]

9. The royal what?

I thought we got rid if kings and queens quite a while ago. My goodness, I feel out of touch - I stay away from the Internet for two days in what I thought was capable hands and you've given the keys to a Monarchy and. Of course they want a big fancy wedding! I hope you all think carefully before allowing our admittedly fractured representative government to be taken up by the Monarchy again. I mean really, we worked hard to get rid of these guys!

[Retrograde]

41. Plus, there are a lot of other "royals"

The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark come to mind, as well as Tonga - some close relatives of Tongan royalty live down the road a piece - and you never see the media fawning over them.

[Darth_Kitten]

53. True, you never see the American media fawn over them. :)

:)

[Faygo Kid]

10. Is Bertie Wooster invited? Will the Drones Club mark the event?

[Octafish]

24. Roderick Spode will offer his finest from Eulalie.

Ask him about his newts.

[Faygo Kid]

30. Ah yes, Eulalie. But so long as Chef Anatole is catering from Brinkley Court, I am there.

Steak and kidney pie, of course. Tuppy's favorite, but then he will eat anything, won't he?

[JohnyCanuck]

86. Jeeves might find the crowds of royal gawkers and boorish tourists something of a bother.

In which case, I suspect Jeeves might have used his subtle powers of persuasion to convince Wooster that this would be an ideal time for a holiday in America, and once Wooster gave the OK, Jeeves would have booked a couple of cabins on the next outbound steamer to New York.

[FloridaJudy]

90. They'll be giving the happy couple

A silver cow creamer as a wedding gift.

"It was a silver cow. But when I say “cow”, don’t go running away with the idea of some decent, self-respecting cudster such as you may observe loading grass into itself in the nearest meadow. This was a sinister, leering, underworld sort of animal, the kind that would spit out of the side of its mouth for twopence. It was about four inches high and six long. Its back opened on a hinge. Its tail was arched, so that the tip touched the spine thus, I suppose affording a handle for the cream lover to grasp. The sight of it seemed to take me into a different and a dreadful world.

The Code of the Woosters, 1938"

[petronius]

92. That Modern Dutch contraption? If it was worth the expenditure of

energy, I'd curl my lip in a sneer (and I'd mean it to sting)...

[theHandpuppet]

11. I'm beyond indifference

So many of our "news" programs have become obssessed with this damn wedding I've simply gotten to the point where I get my news more and more online. Trying to avoid the incessant reports on the tube is impossible, so I've resorted to turning off the TV until this stupid event is over.

[artesman]

12. Its less important

than it used to be, say...20-30 years ago. I suppose it is still a big deal for the Brits. I think it is just like any other celebrity event with the slight difference being that it has some nominal political importance

[Mark Baker]

51. I'm sure it is for some Brits

Personally I'm happy to get an extra day off work out of it, but apart from that have absolutely no interest in it, and I don't really know anyone else who cares either.

[artesman]

52. Good for you

I personally find watching weddings very boring. Celebrity or not. Some people just can't get enough of it.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

64. but the gowns, hats, flowers, music, romance, pomp and circumstance

I kinda like it.

[artesman]

79. Yea They do have novelty factor

and thus entertaining for about the first 10-15 minutes or so for me. Then it kinda becomes repetitive. But I get ya. Know people like yourself. My parents and some of my relatives for example. Often see them watching those video recordings of weddings multiple times almost as if in a trance. To each his/her own

[Donnachaidh]

13. the closest I've gotten to this fiasco is buying crochet patterns of *wedding* dolls

I think they are cute, and I collect that stuff.

But the rest of it -- meh. I loved Diana because she was so human and humane. Her son and his intended are boring with a capital "B". And I really think coverage of this mess is a total waste of time.

[UTUSN]

14. I care less, which is why I asked this to be moved out of GD. Sorry. n/t

[Keith Bee]

15. I'd rather wait for Palin to say something intelligent

than watch two Brit brats traipse down the aisle.

[Buns_of_Fire]

75. But what if Charles divorced Camilla and abdicated to marry the recently-divorced

ex-governor of a very, very large state? But then he finds out that the ex-governor isn't an ex-governor after all, but merely a lowly congresscritter from another very cold state (hence the confusion) who walks and talks and even acts a little like said ex-governor? But then the real ex-governor finds out she's being impersonated and decides that she'd like to share a little steak and kidney pie with Charles herself (if you know what I mean)?

Nah. It'd still be boring.

[1monster]

16. If I recall the frenzy regarding Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana was far

far greater than the current noise regarding the Royal Wedding of Wills and Kate.

I have been surprised at the tameness of the prewedding farago.

But take comfort. Within a week of the wedding, no one will be talking about it any more. The media will have moved on to speculation about the heir and the spare and every little tired expression or twitch on Wills' and Kate's faces will be attributed to trouble in the Royal Couple's marrige and predictions of when the marriage will break up...

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. me!

[Mira]

20. Watch - or better yet listen to - the bride in this very tiny video - and you

will have my answer to how I feel about it.

http://www.flixxy.com/wedding-ceremony

[barbtries]

i had to force myself to click on the link

just to tell you i care even less...

[wildbilln864]

21. I think I care less! nt

[HopeHoops]

22. The what?

[IDemo]

23. Kansas City should be proud that two of their own are hitching up

[B Calm]

25. Someone is getting married?

[The Backlash Cometh]

26. Me. I care less.

[liberal N proud]

27. Yours is the first thread on DU that I recall

One of the reasons I come to DU is we don't have the distractions that the M$M wants to pump through our minds.

[guyton]

28. Use it as a news vs. BS meter!

If you're getting overwhelmed with coverage, change the channel, cancel the newspaper, switch you source of "news".

Frankly, if it wasn't for the occasional blast here on DU I wouldn't know there's one coming up :-)

Life's too short to waste it consuming the offal of the MSM!

[muriel_volestrangler]

61. Sounds like good advice

for instance:

http://abcnews.go.com/ : a whole section with 6 stories about it. Clearly, ABC has gone the 'tabloid gossip' route.

http://www.cbsnews.com/ : just 1 story

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ : 6 stories, including 1 in 'health', 2 in 'travel', 2 in 'lifestyle'. Pretty tabloid.

http://us.cnn.com/ : 2 stories, but both in 'entertainment'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ : 1 story, and a link to special page.

ABC and NBC have gone mad about it; CBS and CNN seem to have a sense of proportion. The BBC has got endless coverage for those who want it, but it's not displacing actual news.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

29. I like to watch royal weddings but not hear about them ahead of time ad nauseum-nt

We have TIVO so I tape 90% of the shows I watch - then can fast forward through stuff I dont care about.

[LisaL]

31. What, they didn't send you an invitation?

[Cid_B]

32. Reminds me of the "I don't own a TV" article...

Gonna go google...

___________________-

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building.

"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."

According to Melinda Elkins, a coworker of Green's at The Frame Job, a Chapel Hill picture-frame shop, Green steers the conversation toward television whenever possible, just so he can mention not owning one.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/

[backscatter712]

33. Someone's getting married in England? Explain to me why I should give a shit. n/t

[postulater]

34. I care less than you do. What is the Royal Wedding?

[whistler162]

35. A lot of peopel since we haven't started threads

complaining about it!

[cbdo2007]

36. Well....the last time this happened there was an affair and a divorce...

so no reason getting all worked up this time about anything. This is nothing more than a pre-divorce party.

Charles and Diana showed what a mockery the whole british wedding thing is.

[MineralMan]

37. Thanks for not starting yet another thread about it.

Oh...wait...

[sabrina 1]

50. Thanks for kicking it!

[Arkansas Granny]

38. I'm doing all I can to avoid coverage, but unless you live under a rock

it's nearly impossible to go through the day without hearing something about it.

[Zorra]

39. I care so little that your OP is the first I heard of it. I don't watch TV. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

40. It was kind of cool when Astaire danced on the ceiling but I can't say I've thought much about it.

[IcyPeas]

42. I'm indifferent to the wedding...

but I think people (all over the world, actually) had a soft-spot for Diana and therefore her son. At least they seem to be in love, unlike poor Diana and Charles.

[TorchTheWitch]

43. I hate the whole idea of "royalty"

So yeah, I could give a rat's ass about the wedding.

The whole concept of "royal blood" is ludicrous and a lie. "Royals" should have gone out with the dark ages. It's an absurdity and an insult that in this day and age in a democratic country they still acknowledge "royalty".

[pokerfan]

77. I am reminded...

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
--Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

[Iggo]

44. Could not give less of a shit than I already am.

Lived through the Prince Charles/Lady Di insanity.

Once was enough.

[upi402]

45. distraction for the masses. 100% pap & circumstance. n/t

[Initech]

46. I cant stand hearing the constant coverage, but Newsweek was right.

This is one small good thing happening with all the rest of the shit that's been going on in the world.

[starroute]

47. Unless it involves Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling, I've got negative interest

Which is to say, I'd go out of my way to avoid it.

But if Fred was in it, ahh ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8n7WQIXQDs

[veganred]

49. Newsweek article last week "Kate the Great" Seriously?

I was disappointed that Newsweek put her on the cover and called her "kate the great". I find this offensive because I don't believe she has earned that title at this point in her life. Maybe she is nice and she did bag a prince but really? Great?

Newsweek should focus on serious news and leave this wedding coverage to People Magazine instead. There is too much going on in the world that should have been the cover story. Yes, I have heard, some people want a heartfelt romance to cheer them up during a time of such bad times but not me. I don't need a sugar coated feel good story.

LLN

[Darth_Kitten]

54. What is she great at?

:shrug:

[stuntcat]

66. ah, so I was right to drop Newsweek last year

They were getting as silly as Time.

[cleanhippie]

55. Yes, I care much less.

[Contrary1]

56. The one thing I would like to hear about the wedding

is something spoken in a private conversation that one of Rupert's rags hacked into the Royals' phone lines to get.
The aftermath would be entertaining. :evilgrin:

[gauguin57]

57. The Royal Gynecological Exam Diana had to submit to in 1981 put me off royal weddings permanently.

Though I got up to watch the Diana-Charles debacle back in 1981, I was officially OVER royal weddings a few days before that, when I read that Diana had to submit to a "virgin exam" by the Royal Gynecologist, Dr. PINKNEY. The medieval, barbaric BULLSH*T of that just put me off of the whole business, permanently.

My dander was up again with all the talk about Diana "producing an heir and a spare." UGH.

Mazel Tov to William and Kate, but I'll read about it with the other news in the next day's paper.

The monarchy should be kicked to the curb to get a real job, and save Britain some money during these tough economic times.

[blueamy66]

59. I don't give a fuck either.

Use the money for a better purpose.

Geebus.....think people.

[Lorien]

62. I don't watch TV, so I didn't know that there was a "Royal Wedding".

Who is marrying whom?

[Bound by Honor]

63. What Royal wedding?

Eddie Royal is getting married? Good for him!

[stuntcat]

65. me!

:P I don't watch tv so I haven't had to hear much about it. I think I better not turn the tv on until the wedding/honeymoon/baby-making are all finished.

It just blows me away, all the bullshit people will waste time on while the planet's going completely to Hell.

[Codeine]

67. The royal what now? nt

[L0oniX]

68. If you are watching this then you need to get a life.

[tammywammy]

69. I don't think I've heard that much about it

I remember it being on my local morning news when they got engaged. I saw a headline about it on front of some tabloid at the grocery store. Is the actual wedding coming up? I guess, I just don't watch the channels that promote their up-coming wedding. Nor does anyone I know seem to ever talk about it.

[hobbit709]

70. I don't care enough to even start a thread about it.

[LWolf]

72. What Royal Wedding?

Don't tell me.

[JackRiddler]

73. Me. Which monarchy are we talking about, anyway? Thailand?

[Honeycombe8]

76. Another one of those "you aren't cool if you care about anything other than politics" posts?

I'm not obsessed with the royal wedding, but yeah, it's a nice distraction, and interesting. I'm interested to see her hair, her gown, and her bouquet on her wedding day.

Like movies, it is a good thing to be distracted from the weighty issues of the day, and be delighted by something completely meaningless but frothy and fun and pretty. Like going to see "The Little Fockers," it's an escape. I like pretty dresses. Nothing wrong with that. I imagine the kind of dress I'd choose if money were no object, and I were tall and slim. It's a fun thing. And that's good. Plus, they seem really in love.

[pipi_k]

81. Seems that way, doesn't it...

Like anything even remotely frivolous is somewhat "low life" or something.

For the unwashed masses.

Well, I'm with you.

It's nice to take some time out from the bullshit of the world and have a little fun every now and then.

Perpetual angst is no good for anyone.


PS...I agree with you...they really seem to be in love. So nice to see after the tragedy of Princess Di's marriage.

[SalviaBlue]

78. What is this wedding you speak of?

:shrug:

[Libertas1776]

80. OMG, I AM SO GLAD...

Someone else mentioned this. I could not agree more. WHO THE F**K CARES??? My head wants to explode every damn time I hear Americans of all people swooning over this wedding garbage. Since when the hell did Americans give a flying f**k about the British Royal Family or any other Royal family living off the taxpayer's dole.

We fought a goddamn war of independence over this very matter!! As an AMERICAN, and in honor of all those brave Americans who gave their lives to free us from the British yoke some 230 years ago, I say...F**K THE QUEEN! F**K THE WEDDING!! and F**K THE ROYAL FAMILY!!! :patriot:

[Nye Bevan]

83. Yes, but the funny thing is

whenever any American (Democrat or Republican) is awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen, they invariably rush to jump on the first plane over to London to hobnob with royalty and receive their honor. I can't recall any instance of an American turning down an honorary knighthood.

[Libertas1776]

85. True

I often wonder if they believe their imaginary little titles actually hold more water in the USA than a grade school science fair first prize ribbon hanging on your mother's Frigidaire.

Its a damn pity TONA never was ratified. That would have revoked any American's citizenship for accepting any foreign title of nobility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titles_of_Nobility_Amendment

[Manifestor_of_Light]

84. Nope. I already had all the fun I could stand

watching the soap opera that went on between the Royal Twit and the Royal Slutress and Lady Horseface.

Although they do have some awfully nice jewelry.

And Victoria's descendants have already littered the Continent. I looked up Victoria and her descendants. She had nine children and I believe William would be the seventh generation from Victoria.

[donheld]

87. Who? What? When? Where? Why?

[Gemini Cat]

89. Nope.

And I didn't give a jolly fuck about the one back in the 80's either.

[FloridaJudy]

91. I plan to watch

Only if the hoi polloi threaten to disrupt it with torches and pitchforks.