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  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317
    Ishmael_Z said:

    I think it's foreign heads of state second, whether Kings or Presidents.
    I think foreign royalty does come first:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20120512074246/http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/2011/April/23/Selected-Guest-List-for-the-Wedding-Service-at-Westminster-Abbey
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 83,131
    edited November 2017

    Both might be invited. They might not be equally likely to attend.

    Donald Trump, like Teddy Roosevelt, wants to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. I can't see him wanting to sit in the third row mutely. He won't attend whether or not invited.
    I think it would be more accurate to say The Donald wants to be the groom at every wedding...he's had a fair bit of practice already.
  • RobD said:

    Sussex is the favourite.
    Duchess of Sussex is hardest to say, which might count against it.
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981

    Can't keep track of the royals. Do many people really care who this fellow Harry marries, apart from just nebulously thinking "That's nice"?

    That question is Thornberry's flag tweet all over again, to a more select audience.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453

    I think it would be more accurate to say The Donald wants to be the groom at every wedding...he's had a fair bit of practice already.

    Nope, it was right the first time
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246

    Both might be invited. They might not be equally likely to attend.

    Donald Trump, like Teddy Roosevelt, wants to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. I can't see him wanting to sit in the third row mutely. He won't attend whether or not invited.
    There will be a large contingent invited because they are associated with the Invictus Games, don't forget.....
  • Mr. L, not one for a lisper, that's true.
  • CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,604
    edited November 2017
    kle4 said:

    If someone in line to the throne looked like they’d plan to, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a shudder return.

    In response to the above:-

    "Worth noting that Miss Markle is also a Catholic. Which is probably more significant for the British Royal Family, in terms of symbolism. Britain is still a country where members of one religion are specifically barred from being Head of State. I don't particularly care about this and understand the historical and constitutional reasons for it. But given how exercised others are by discrimination of all types it is a touch odd that constitutional discrimination of this limited type should still be seen as OK in these supposedly more enlightened times."
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Cyclefree said:

    Someone announced to me today that Prince George was gay. I had not realised that the gaydar compass worked for 4 year olds.

    But in any case if this does turn out to be the case I just want you to note that you heard it here first from me.

    PS Pretty much everything about the Royals strikes me as camp as Xmas so it seems to me miraculous that any of them are straight but there you go.
    My gaydar is pretty poor. I only realised this year that the meerkats are gay, when it has been becoming more obvious by the year:

    http://medwaymarxist.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/baby-oleg-has-two-daddies-compare.html?m=1
  • Scott_P said:
    Local agents will be happy...Bumper Christmas Bonus time.
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    RobD said:

    I think foreign royalty does come first:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20120512074246/http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/blog/2011/April/23/Selected-Guest-List-for-the-Wedding-Service-at-Westminster-Abbey
    Can't you tell that is a heavy-handed spoof? You think The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia are real people?

    But you are right, it seems; non-royal Heads of State are not a category at all, which surprises me.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246
    edited November 2017
    Scott_P said:
    An admission they are getting relegated...
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,667
    Ishmael_Z said:

    That question is Thornberry's flag tweet all over again, to a more select audience.
    Yep, the pleasures of not being in the front line any more.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337
    kle4 said:

    If someone in line to the throne looked like they’d plan to, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a shudder return.

    In response to the above:-

    "Worth noting that Miss Markle is also a Catholic. Which is probably more significant for the British Royal Family, in terms of symbolism. Britain is still a country where members of one religion are specifically barred from being Head of State. I don't particularly care about this and understand the historical and constitutional reasons for it. But given how exercised others are by discrimination of all types it is a touch odd that constitutional discrimination of this limited type should still be seen as OK in these supposedly more enlightened times."
    I don’t think it really is seen as ok as such, just that given the historical reasons for it and the technical relationship between the church and the monarchy that you mention, it is a constitutional question no one really wants to get around to correcting until we really really have to because of the headaches it would cause, and so everyone just sort of ignores it, or can agree its an issue but there’s no actual discrimination going on right now to worry about it (we’ll ignore the other possibility, of defending it on the basis of the very nature of the role of our head of state is discriminatory as it applies to one family, so any additional rules about types of person are irrelevant).
  • Hewitt? 50/1?

    Surely Harry's dad gets in free...
  • Both might be invited. They might not be equally likely to attend.

    Donald Trump, like Teddy Roosevelt, wants to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. I can't see him wanting to sit in the third row mutely. He won't attend whether or not invited.
    I'm not sure he definitely wouldn't attend.
  • Ishmael_Z said:

    Can't you tell that is a heavy-handed spoof? You think The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia are real people?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong
  • I'm shocked Tony Blair and Gordon Brown aren't on the betslip as an option.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647

    Duchess of Sussex is hardest to say, which might count against it.
    I was going to say it is a bit of a mouthful but thought better of it.
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,667
    Cyclefree said:



    And if it gives those who are interested a bit of a cheer in gloomy days, what's the problem?

    Better this than reading about middle aged men sweating over porn or leering at young employees.

    Yes, very true. I don't see it as a problem, just wonder if most people care much, apart from feeling mild goodwill.
  • I've had a fiver each on Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, who I reckon are both good value at 33/1.

    Harry seems a decent sort, and I don't see why he wouldn't invite them to show bygones are bygones, and he's the bigger man.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong
    Literal translation - He who was made Lord. That’s kind of cool. I think there was an Incan (or other southern american) leader who’s name meant ‘He who shakes the earth’, which is similarly awesome.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 26,246
    edited November 2017

    How exactly can you have Suits without the foundation of the show?
    They can have a Remainer storyline where the sky actually does fall in, and the character is crushed with just her feet showing. Didn't that happen to somebody in The Wizard of Oz?

    That will throw a bone to the Republicans to cheer them up.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647

    Yes, very true. I don't see it as a problem, just wonder if most people care much, apart from feeling mild goodwill.
    You really don't get the Brits, do you Nick?
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong
    An elected monarch - genuinely riveting stuff.
  • Cyclefree said:


    Chill, Alastair. There is an "off" button on the radio/TV.

    The nuclear bunker will be needed - along with all the dried and non-perishable food to be stored in there - in March 2019.

    :)
    I hope March 2019 is a mistype. 18 months of inane grovelling would induce full blown infatuation with easeful death.
  • Mr. kle4, Poseidon's often referred to as the Earthshaker in the Iliad (he was god of earthquakes as well as the sea). In statues he took on the form of a horse. Some believe the Trojan horse was really a statue to Poseidon, following an earthquake that tumbled the walls.
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 60,281
    edited November 2017
    Ishmael_Z said:

    An elected monarch - genuinely riveting stuff.
    Could be fun sitting the Emir of Qatar next to the Saudi Royals......

    And going by the Duke of Cambridge list - the PM of Australia, Corbyn & Sturgeon will all be there sucking wasps.....
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    I hope March 2019 is a mistype. 18 months of inane grovelling would induce full blown infatuation with easeful death.
    It will ebb and flow, never fear. There’s still time for the third act breakup cliche, before the heartwarming coming together at the end
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246
    Can I just say, it's nice to have a thread where pb.com's sense of good-natured mischief can still run riot. Seems it's been a while....
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647

    I've had a fiver each on Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, who I reckon are both good value at 33/1.

    Harry seems a decent sort, and I don't see why he wouldn't invite them to show bygones are bygones, and he's the bigger man.

    Even non-royals have a no ex policy on weddings
  • HHemmelig said:

    Also the fawning and deference is massively lower than it was in the 1980s. I remember watching both the Charles-Diana and Andrew-Fergie weddings at school, look at the footage again and it is far more toe curling than today. The royal divorces, the annus horribilis and the death of Diana seem to have killed off the old level of deference, and good thing too. These days I don't think it's any more than showing courteous respect to the royal family and, of course, feeding the celebrity obsessed culture we live in.
    Automatic deference, yes.

    That doesn't mean individual Royals cannot win the admiration and respect of people on their own merits, who are then genuinely pleased for them when they find happiness.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317
    Ishmael_Z said:

    An elected monarch - genuinely riveting stuff.
    A bit like the Pope then.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    Could be fun sitting the Emir of Qatar next to the Saudi Royals......
    Right back to Yes Prime Minsiter of course. To whit (paraphrase);

    We can’t have alphabetical seating in the abbey, you’ll have Iraq and Iran next to each other. Plus Israel and Jordan all sitting at the same pew, we’d be in danger of starting WW3. I know Ireland begins with an I, but that does’nt make it better, Ireland doesn’t make anything any better!
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    TOPPING said:

    Even non-royals have a no ex policy on weddings
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT-4cDNbNn8
  • I've had a fiver each on Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, who I reckon are both good value at 33/1.

    Harry seems a decent sort, and I don't see why he wouldn't invite them to show bygones are bygones, and he's the bigger man.

    I've been to an ex's wedding.

    It's bloody difficult.

    'So how do you know the bride and groom?'

    'Well I used bump uglies with the bride'
  • Mr. Royale, I'm not so sure about Trump getting an invite. If the future Princess Meghan doesn't like him, that's a big problem for him. And if Obama didn't get an invite, that's a recent precedent.

    Plus the order, I think, of importance in guests is:
    British royalty
    foreign royalty
    British politicians
    foreign politicians

    So Trump's a disliked member of the least prestigious category.

    Personal dislike doesn't enter into it when you're a Royal.

    Different rules of the game.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    Mr. kle4, Poseidon's often referred to as the Earthshaker in the Iliad (he was god of earthquakes as well as the sea). In statues he took on the form of a horse. Some believe the Trojan horse was really a statue to Poseidon, following an earthquake that tumbled the walls.

    I learned everything I know about Greek mythology from the Age of Mythology spinoff of the Age of Empires series. Spoiler alert, in that one Poseidon was a bad guy. Good game, and well worth a replay - a particularly clever expansion pack story with it.
  • Mr. Meeks had his 50th recently. He still has the delights of turning into a Tory ahead of him.
    You should never give away a ladies age. :)
  • Ishmael_Z said:

    That question is Thornberry's flag tweet all over again, to a more select audience.
    It's been news for barely 5 hours.

    A lot of people (on here, on Twitter and elsewhere) are simply virtue-signalling their Republicanism today.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 43,132
    edited November 2017

    I've been to an ex's wedding.

    It's bloody difficult.

    'So how do you know the bride and groom?'

    'Well I used bump uglies with the bride'
    I'm sure you exerted massive restraint in avoiding the term 'sloppy seconds'.
  • I've been to an ex's wedding.

    It's bloody difficult.

    'So how do you know the bride and groom?'

    'Well I used bump uglies with the bride'
    I went to my ex's wedding, and vice-versa. In fact, I had two ex's of mine at my wedding.

    I see it as no big deal.
  • Can I just say, it's nice to have a thread where pb.com's sense of good-natured mischief can still run riot. Seems it's been a while....

    Do you think they'll serve pineapple on pizzas at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception?
  • TOPPING said:

    Even non-royals have a no ex policy on weddings
    Incorrect.
  • Mr. Royale, I did find the argument above (forget who said it) that inviting Obama but not Trump is unlikely quite persuasive. Still not inclined to bet (don't have an account anyway).

    Mr. kle4, I learnt about time being the fourth dimension and transmogrification from Sonic the Hedgehog books, as well as snippets from the Civpaedia[sp] on Civilization II.

    For that matter, videogames are the only thing that have stopped me forgetting all the German I learnt at A-level.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    Do you think they'll serve pineapple on pizzas at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception?
    Will Radiohead perform all their hits...
  • Yes, very true. I don't see it as a problem, just wonder if most people care much, apart from feeling mild goodwill.
    Translation: I'm a Republican, and wish we were talking about something else.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    Do you think they'll serve pineapple on pizzas at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception?
    Only if they want to provoke a constitutional crisis. Catholics are prohibited from being heads of state, you think the Bill of Rights permits pineapple on pizza enthusiasts to marry into our great royal family, at any level?

  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    Ishmael_Z said:

    An elected monarch - genuinely riveting stuff.
    Elected from the hereditary Sultans and Rajahs of the Malay States, although in practice they just take it in turns based on seniority at independence.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246
    RobD said:

    A bit like the Pope then.
    Not much of an electoral roll in the Vatican though....
  • I'm sure you exerted massive restraint in avoiding the term 'sloppy seconds'.
    It took all my self restraint about not to say something about me taking her up the aisle.

    To be honest I was still reeling from her mother's revelation that she would preferred me to be the one marrying her daughter.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246

    Do you think they'll serve pineapple on pizzas at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception?
    I'd be more worried about pineapple rings at the stag do, if I were Meghan....
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    I've had a fiver each on Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, who I reckon are both good value at 33/1.

    Harry seems a decent sort, and I don't see why he wouldn't invite them to show bygones are bygones, and he's the bigger man.

    LA for the venue at 150/1 is worth a nibble.

    Meghan may be Bridezilla and have plans.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647

    Incorrect.
    In which case they are incorrect.
  • kle4 said:

    Only if they want to provoke a constitutional crisis. Catholics are prohibited from being heads of state, you think the Bill of Rights permits pineapple on pizza enthusiasts to marry into our great royal family, at any level?

    Whilst the Monarch is the Head of the Church of England, Catholics cannot be head of state.

    The issue with marrying one is that they would either have to renounce their Catholicism, or be obliged to raise their heirs as catholics, which would be a problem for obvious reasons.
  • TOPPING said:

    In which case they are incorrect.
    So I was incorrect then at my wedding?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317

    Not much of an electoral roll in the Vatican though....
    Significantly bigger than Malaysia's ;)
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 76,002

    Can't keep track of the royals. Do many people really care who this fellow Harry marries, apart from just nebulously thinking "That's nice"?

    It's not terrifically difficult - Charles and Diana only had two sons, you might recall.
    Anyone capable of following the various iterations of the shadow cabinet ought not to have too much trouble....
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246

    Will Radiohead perform all their hits...
    Who's died?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317
    Nigelb said:

    It's not terrifically difficult - Charles and Diana only had two sons, you might recall.
    Anyone capable of following the various iterations of the shadow cabinet ought not to have too much trouble....
    Aren't you forgetting Prince Falconer?

    *gets coat*
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,886
    kle4 said:

    Literal translation - He who was made Lord. That’s kind of cool. I think there was an Incan (or other southern american) leader who’s name meant ‘He who shakes the earth’, which is similarly awesome.
    Dalai Lama is The Ocean of Wisdom...doubt whether he'll be attending....
  • Mr. B, it's certainly easier than when Constantine the Great called his sons (except the one he killed) by the rather confusing names of Constantine, Constantius, and Constans.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 29,886
    An admission we are in serious danger. Big Sam can at least get a team to defend and put in a modicum of effort. In terms of a squad this would be the best he's had since Bolton.
  • Mr. Dean, once the current Dalai Lama dies things will become complicated. China passed a law roughly to the effect that reincarnation requires state approval. That sounds silly, except that the Dalai Lama is determined by reincarnation, so we may well end up with two, one approved by the Chinese state, and one not.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 26,246
    edited November 2017
    On the topic, it would be good to see the wedding held in one of the Chapel Royals. The St James Palace one would be suitable as a symbol for a more-bicycling-than-previously monarchy. Mr Trump could come from Grosvenor Square on a parade of Boris Bikes.

    Off the topic, is Mr Varadkar still up his tree threatening to saw the branch off unless somebody else supplies a Fire Engine?

    Even more off the topic, does Prince Willy get to inherit the New Guinea Penis Gourd official position from the Duke of Edinburgh?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    Mr. B, it's certainly easier than when Constantine the Great called his sons (except the one he killed) by the rather confusing names of Constantine, Constantius, and Constans.

    Sounds like he had an ego problem.

  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647

    So I was incorrect then at my wedding?
    Well, I am not about to get personal by sharing my thoughts about the correctness of behaviour at your wedding.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,442
    edited November 2017

    Mr. Dean, once the current Dalai Lama dies things will become complicated. China passed a law roughly to the effect that reincarnation requires state approval. That sounds silly, except that the Dalai Lama is determined by reincarnation, so we may well end up with two, one approved by the Chinese state, and one not.

    We used to have a few concurrent Popes, Avignon Popes, and Anti-Popes.

    It turns out alright in the end, eventually.
  • Mr. kle4, he did go nuts towards the end and was an egomaniac, renaming Byzantium as Constantinople. On the other hand, moving the capital there ensured that the Eastern Empire, as it became, lasted for over a thousand years. But for that, most/all of Europe would've fallen to the Turks.
  • Surely the really big question is whether Harry's Dad will turn up ;-)
  • Mr. Dean, once the current Dalai Lama dies things will become complicated. China passed a law roughly to the effect that reincarnation requires state approval. That sounds silly, except that the Dalai Lama is determined by reincarnation, so we may well end up with two, one approved by the Chinese state, and one not.

    I seemed to remember John Oliver did a segment on this and the Chinese have already said that they will choose the new Dalai Lama, so not an if.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,096

    Surely the really big question is whether Harry's Dad will turn up ;-)

    50s
  • Surely the really big question is whether Harry's Dad will turn up ;-)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kpslr72jwI
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,647
    dixiedean said:

    Dalai Lama is The Ocean of Wisdom...doubt whether he'll be attending....
    it is of course the case, and I hope not a portent, that The Duke of Cambridge could be named/is also William Aetheling.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    No Bank holiday
  • Mr. Eagles, indeed.

    Mr. Urquhart, I was unaware of that, so cheers for the info.
  • MattW said:

    On the topic, it would be good to see the wedding held in one of the Chapel Royals. The St James Palace one would be suitable as a symbol for a more-bicycling-than-previously monarchy. Mr Trump could come from Grosvenor Square on a parade of Boris Bikes.

    Off the topic, is Mr Varadkar still up his tree threatening to saw the branch off unless somebody else supplies a Fire Engine?

    Even more off the topic, does Prince Willy get to inherit the New Guinea Penis Gourd official position from the Duke of Edinburgh?

    Unlikely. Prince Edward becomes Duke of Edinburgh once his Father has passed away and his brother is King.
  • Surely the really big question is whether Harry's Dad will turn up ;-)

    Naughty.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337
    Scott_P said:

    No Bank holiday

    Well bugger that then. Bring back republicanism!any Cromwell’s in politics at the moment?
  • TOPPING said:

    Well, I am not about to get personal by sharing my thoughts about the correctness of behaviour at your wedding.
    I don't think it's a big deal. I had two of my exes. She had two of hers.

    We're all grown-ups.
  • Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Lost Forever, New Study Says

    http://fortune.com/2017/11/25/lost-bitcoins/

    4 million at nearly $8.5k a pop, thats, starts counting on fingers...errhhhh.....a lot.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,623
    Scott_P said:

    No Bank holiday

    Drat. I was all set to protest against the monarchy by going to work...
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317
    edited November 2017

    Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Lost Forever, New Study Says

    http://fortune.com/2017/11/25/lost-bitcoins/

    4 million at nearly $8.5k a pop, thats, starts counting on fingers...errhhhh.....a lot.

    I was just lamenting the fact I didn’t mine more of the things when I first heard of it in 2011. :(
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    I don't think it's a big deal. I had two of my exes. She had two of hers.

    We're all grown-ups.
    Not everyone on either side of the equation may be so reasonable and grown up, certainly no one need be judged for not inviting an ex, or the ex not wanting to attend.
  • kle4 said:

    Well bugger that then. Bring back republicanism!any Cromwell’s in politics at the moment?
    If I were in Parliament I'd be the modern day Cromwell.

    Take back control from the unelected Monarch.

    We spend x million a week on the Royals, let's give that money to the NHS instead.
  • I don't think it's a big deal. I had two of my exes. She had two of hers.

    We're all grown-ups.
    If gay men didn't have exes at their weddings, they'd be sparsely attended affairs.
  • A good day to bury bad news? Benefits freeze announced 20 minutes after the royal engagement.
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/millions-benefits-frozen-tories-confirm-11596715
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,246
    kle4 said:

    Sounds like he had an ego problem.

    He just wanted to ensure his legacy would be "Cons gain EVERYWHERE...."
  • Mr. Rentool, surely this is perfect for you? Protest against the wedding by not turning up at work.

    Mr. Eagles, your deviant republicanism is to be expected from someone with no appreciation of history or learning its lessons.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,317
    RobD said:

    I was just lamenting the fact I didn’t mine more of the things when I first heard of it in 2011. :(
    From that same article:
    https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/29/5156246/7-5-million-bitcoins-on-hard-drive-thrown-away-in-uk

    Now worth $75 million.
  • Mr. Mark, that's quite fantastic :D
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,337

    If I were in Parliament I'd be the modern day Cromwell.

    Take back control from the unelected Monarch.

    We spend x million a week on the Royals, let's give that money to the NHS instead.
    If you were the modern day Cromwell you’d for one not be the first one to lead the push toward republicanism, and you’d need to be a religious fanatic, so if you get the chance p,at it cool, that’s how you,ll end up on top - no, I meant literally, we’ve only known one dynasty of republican leaders, I feel at the least we’d need someone with that same last name. It’s how several presidential republics work today.
  • RobD said:

    From that same article:
    https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/29/5156246/7-5-million-bitcoins-on-hard-drive-thrown-away-in-uk

    Now worth $75 million.
    The sort of thing you hope that you go to clear out the garage and find you didn't throw it away after all...
  • RobD said:

    I was just lamenting the fact I didn’t mine more of the things when I first heard of it in 2011. :(
    Tulip growers must have said the same
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,623
    Has Harry said "Whatever 'in love' means" yet?
  • Mr. B, it's certainly easier than when Constantine the Great called his sons (except the one he killed) by the rather confusing names of Constantine, Constantius, and Constans.

    George Foreman has five sons, all named George. Closer to politics, didn't Nigel Lawson start off down that route?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    edited November 2017
    @journodave: not only will there be no bank holiday, i bet they do it on a Saturday
  • Mr. L, never seen why a man would call his son after himself. Occasional Americans calling themselves So-and-So III always just looks ridiculous.
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