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General Discussion / Re: Queen Elizabeth II
« on: September 18, 2022, 10:33:12 AM »
Whilst following, on the news, the proceedings of people paying their respects to the Queen I am truly amazed at these people.
Queuing for hours to walk past a coffin makes no sense to me, I mean why aren't these people at work? It's not as though it's going to mean ten minutes out of their lunch break, tens of thousands of people with quite obviously nothing better to do than stand in line for hours for about 20 seconds of reverence, more so when they are dragging young children along with them. Do what Schofield did and queue jump, using his job as an excuse, or better still find something else to do.
I don't understand this massive outpouring of grief for someone that 95% of the people queuing have possibly never met in person. I saw her in person during her Silver jubilee trip to Chesterfield in '77, I'd taken the wife and mother in law to see her at my wife's request.
All it will mean to me is a new profile on coins and stamps and a new picture on the notes.
Queuing for hours to walk past a coffin makes no sense to me, I mean why aren't these people at work? It's not as though it's going to mean ten minutes out of their lunch break, tens of thousands of people with quite obviously nothing better to do than stand in line for hours for about 20 seconds of reverence, more so when they are dragging young children along with them. Do what Schofield did and queue jump, using his job as an excuse, or better still find something else to do.
I don't understand this massive outpouring of grief for someone that 95% of the people queuing have possibly never met in person. I saw her in person during her Silver jubilee trip to Chesterfield in '77, I'd taken the wife and mother in law to see her at my wife's request.
All it will mean to me is a new profile on coins and stamps and a new picture on the notes.