celerydunk
Sloane Ranger
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Post by celerydunk on Jul 21, 2018 0:10:59 GMT -4
It's like the tabloids starting with the 'Meghan's pregnant' story. Sooner it later it will happen and they can claim to have the scoop.
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piscessiren
Landed Gentry
"Every joke is a tiny revolution" George Orwell
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Dec 10, 2005 13:25:57 GMT -4
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Post by piscessiren on Jul 21, 2018 17:58:10 GMT -4
Yesterday, on my commute to work, I saw the Queen Mary 2 docking in Brooklyn. I started humming "Rule, Britannia!, Britannia rule the waves" to myself (in my head!). And I had a premonition that Philip had passed, so it was very eerie seeing the Twitter rumors at the top of this thread.
It was just freaky to see, and I thought I was going a bit bonkers!
Must be all the second hand marijuana smoke I've inhaled in NYC!
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Post by granolamom on Dec 20, 2019 11:10:10 GMT -4
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ladytrentham
Blueblood
Now tomorrow morning, I'll breakfast in bed, and then get straight up into the tweeds.
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Post by ladytrentham on Dec 20, 2019 11:55:00 GMT -4
CNN says he walked in, so I'm guessing it's just testing.
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Post by Lwaxana on Dec 20, 2019 12:38:04 GMT -4
He's going in so close to Christmas and is expected to spend a few days admitted, which makes me feel like if it wasn't serious then they would have planned it for after the holidays?
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Post by Ginger on Dec 20, 2019 13:00:57 GMT -4
At that age, you can walk into a hospital with something minor like a UTI and never leave (happened to my Great Aunt), so any hospitalization is serious. But I'm sure he's getting very attentive care.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 13:47:51 GMT -4
Lots of joking on twitter about stretchers lined up in NHS emergency room hallways, "I hope Philip brought a lot of coats to cushion the hallway floor", referring to the photos of the poor kid on the floor in the ER. He's at the King Edward Hospital in central London, a private facility for rich people who don't want, or need, to wait for anything, with a 4:1 nurse:patient ratio.
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Post by Lwaxana on Dec 20, 2019 14:00:30 GMT -4
He's a 98 yr old man in the hospital at Christmas. He's a great grandfather, grandfather, father and husband and has served his country his entire life, doing more for charities and causes than any of the trolls on Twitter. Those "jokes" are disgusting.
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Post by petitesuite on Dec 20, 2019 15:05:22 GMT -4
I fail to see how some black humor about NHS underfunding is even the tiniest bit disrespectful of Philip. I am also not sure how much respect I think he deserves, but I recognize reasonable minds can differ on that point.
(And yes, I'm sure there some--maybe even many--people on twitter actively and inappropriately wishing death on him. I don't agree with that at ALL, but I am basing my opinion on the tweets I saw when I clicked the 'prince philip' hashtag.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 16:30:17 GMT -4
I fail to see how some black humor about NHS underfunding is even the tiniest bit disrespectful of Philip. I am also not sure how much respect I think he deserves, but I recognize reasonable minds can differ on that point. (And yes, I'm sure there some--maybe even many--people on twitter actively and inappropriately wishing death on him. I don't agree with that at ALL, but I am basing my opinion on the tweets I saw when I clicked the 'prince philip' hashtag.) I didn't even see those tweets, and obviously I wouldn't agree with them. |
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