If you suffered in life and want other people to suffer as you did because you 'turned out fine',

you did not, in fact, turn out fine.

( Seriously? )

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace.  They do it every day.  But yesterday it was the turn of the Senior Service.  Sailors are not known for their precision marching etc, so they'd rehearsed for a month beforehand.  I reckon the regiments of Guards who usually do the job - resplendent in red jackets and bearskins (no, Dear Reader, busbies ( Read more... )

Today is the Queen's official birthday, her 90th.  The tradition of the monarch having an Official Birthday in the summer was started in the time of King George II (1683-1760), whose birthday was in November.  Fed up with the disgusting November weather at his birthday parties, George ordained that he would have an Official Birthday in June, when ( Read more... )

Traditions Great & Small

It's the season for Traditions.  We've had Halloween, Bonfire Night, Canadian Thanksgiving, Diwali, American Thanksgiving is on the way, as is Christmas, Winter Solstice & New Year.  Not necessarily in that order.  So here are some traditions - with a twist.

Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women (ganked from
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