Kwasaki Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 It is with great sadness to report that Prince Philip had died and will not be able to come to Thailand again. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) R.I.P. Prince Philip....The Duke of Edinburgh....???? Edited April 9, 2021 by petermik 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Crossy Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 I have no words ???? ???? Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/ 1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966). 2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance). 3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969). 4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession). 5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting). 6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988) 7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside). 8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995). 9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout). 10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). 11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him). 12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999). 13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band). 14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%). 15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman). 16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit). 17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award). 18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear). 19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993). 20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994). 10 9 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post faraday Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP Prince Philip, I'll miss your gaffes! 1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP Phil. Nobody lives forever, your "gaffes" will. Be strong your Majesty the Queen!! 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP. My thoughts go to the Queen, the losing of a life-long partner will be very diificult 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, faraday said: RIP Prince Philip, I'll miss your gaffes! 1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145 Gaffes? A lot of what he said was true! ???? He wasn't afraid to speak his mind. RIP 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 Very sad. And only two months short his 100th birthday. He lived a truly remarkable life. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 Very sad indeed, 73 years together thats a long time. Sadly the Queen may just give up herself, now Phillips gone 4 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyril sneer Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 the left are already arranging parties 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Crossy said: 17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award). ???? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, CharlieH said: RIP. My thoughts go to the Queen, the losing of a life-long partner will be very diificult Thanks to you and Crossy allowing this. Nuff said. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted April 9, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, Crossy said: I have no words ???? ???? Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/ 1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966). 2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance). 3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969). 4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession). 5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting). 6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988) 7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside). 8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995). 9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout). 10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). 11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him). 12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999). 13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band). 14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%). 15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman). 16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit). 17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award). 18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear). 19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993). 20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994). I remember the one where a immigration officer said to him entering Oz the officer said have you committed any criminal offenses, Phil said I didn't think that was requirement to enter Oz. ???????? 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 RIP, a good innings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Susco Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, roo860 said: Really? Anyone else with so many gaffes, some of which are really racist, would be slagged of on this forum. 2 hours ago, Crossy said: I have no words ???? ???? Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/ 1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966). 2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance). 3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969). 4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession). 5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting). 6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988) 7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside). 8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995). 9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout). 10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). 11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him). 12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999). 13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band). 14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%). 15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman). 16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit). 17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award). 18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear). 19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993). 20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994). 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RobMuir Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said: Very sad. And only two months short his 100th birthday. He lived a truly remarkable life. Tragic. If he just held on another couple of months he would have got a letter from the Queen. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Antonymous Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 Loved his candid non PC comments and sense of humour. He'd probably have a chuckle at these alternative News Thump headlines too: “Country united in beautiful moment of shared grief because there isn’t much else to do” “Prince Charles in foul mood after wrong parent dies” “Frantic Daily Mail desperately searching for way to blame Prince Philip’s death on Meghan Markle” 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post roo860 Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Susco said: Really? Anyone else with so many gaffes, some of which are really racist, would be slagged of on this forum. Yes really! I couldn't care less about the things he said, called a spade a spade. What racist comments did he make? Edited April 9, 2021 by roo860 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, roo860 said: Yes really! I couldn't care less about the things he said, called a spade a spade. What racist comments did he make? Isn't that racist enough? 1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145 Clarkson got removed from Top gear, for something similar, though less in the face as this one. But yeah I understand your, one rule for all, and another rule for some others policy 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Crossy said: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). Hardly a gaffe. After primary students were executed at their UK primary school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, JeffersLos said: 5 hours ago, Crossy said: "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting). Hardly a gaffe. After primary students were executed at their UK primary school. So students were executed, and however as a non UK resident, I'm not aware of the situation, I would believe that the majority was pro banning fire arms. So you think him clearly voicing an opinion against the ban of firearms is not a gaffe? Edited April 9, 2021 by Susco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post roo860 Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Susco said: Isn't that racist enough? 1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed." To a group of British students during a royal visit to China. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145 Clarkson got removed from Top gear, for something similar, though less in the face as this one. But yeah I understand your, one rule for all, and another rule for some others policy That comment wasn't racist, bit of banter. Now trot off. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) Met the man in 2004 and, with others in a small group, spent 4 hours and a lunch with him. He was a delight, attentive, polite and funny. He had a long and interesting life, pity that apart from Ann, he managed to produce such dull kids. Edited April 10, 2021 by Pilotman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post englishoak Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 A mans man...wasnt afraid to speak his mind and have a jest and a wicked sense of humour coupled with a real sense of duty... not for snowflakes of course, those easily offended or without a sense of humour will no doubt whine about the few lines hes ridiculed for without even being aware of all the good the man has done over the past 80+ years in service to queen and country... respect Sir You did a great job and you can now rest well. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 7:08 PM, cyril sneer said: the left are already arranging parties The skeletons , are rattling in the wardrobe .. Eager to be set free . Big time .. Wait for it .. World Media , News .. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 23 hours ago, steve187 said: RIP, a good innings A True Brit .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, elliss said: A True Brit .... I thought he was Greek? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I thought he was Greek? Me too .. Yeah , but that was a long time ago ... Time changes everything ....555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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