Utter madness. IQ of the nation.

The death of somebody close to me would have far more impact, personally.
That, too, is a one off event.

It was lovely to see Rangers giving the finger to UAFA by singing the national anthem.

MerylStreep

It was lovely to see Rangers giving the finger to UAFA by singing the national anthem.

There is so much more to this than you can possibly imagine.....

MssAdventure, I am sure many feel like you, but I have also experienced being sideswiped by the death of people I do not know well, but whose demise for some reason, I cannot explain, affects me deeply.

My sister headed an organisation that had much to do with the great and good, and after her death in a road accident, many wrote to us and came to the memorial service. I was taken aback by the number of people who told me how deeply they were affected by her death, that they too were disconcerted that her death had affected them so deeply.

That was over 30 years ago, yet in the last 10 years, someone I met through work I did, realised from some thing I said who my sister had been and spoke to me of her for about 10 minutes, speaking as if he had seen her the previous day. Their relationship was entirely professional, but some how she had cast her spell.

This happens to people and to think because you, whoever 'you' may be , do not feel like that, it in someway makes you morally superior to those who do, shows a real indifference to other people in all their variety and ambiguities.

I agree.
It works both ways though, doesn't it?
Neither group are superior.

We just all are how we are.

Group is.

I am certainly not a monarchist but I wouldn’t have missed staying up until 1 a.m. in the morning watching all the colourful and stunning funeral marches for anything. It was so good 5hat the sun was shining and the brightly coloured uniforms could be seen in full splendour. I felt sorry for the 4 offspring doing the slow March, they all looked exhausted except Edward who looked a lot younger ( less responsibilities?)

Could it be that the IQ of the nation is highest among those who understand that different things are important to different people, whether we think them weird or not.

paddyann54

I thnk they need to get a life!I dont care how many of you it offends .Will some of you on NHS lists be happy if/when your op is delayed yet again because of the performance mourning on Monday when it seems we have to close the country down for the day? All for an overprivileged women most didn't know .

I’m with you on this. I don’t care if people want to camp out to file past the coffin, but the idea of the country shutting up shop for the day seems rather excessive to me. I wish just one member of the royal family had suggested that - instead of buying bunches of flowers to leave in a park - people gave the money to a homeless charity or a food bank.

Smileless, you can pay your respects in church you do not have to queue up for hours to do so.

Could it be that IQ should not be the only factor of judging someones worth

We have no idea how many may be doing that anyway Goldbeater.

Mollygo

Could it be that the IQ of the nation is highest among those who understand that different things are important to different people, whether we think them weird or not.

My thoughts exactly Mollygo

We are all different, I try not to judge others.

Of course you don't have too Billybob, it's a choice isn't it and this is the choice that many people have made.

Mollygo

Could it be that the IQ of the nation is highest among those who understand that different things are important to different people, whether we think them weird or not.

Hear, hear

Utter madness. IQ of the nation
...is demonstrated by the idea that we can't travel to London if we want to see her casket.

I had two phone calls yesterday. One from Sarajevo and the other from South Africa. Both business calls.
When we finished what needed to be said they both wanted to talk about the Queen.

“I’m with you on this. I don’t care if people want to camp out to file past the coffin, but the idea of the country shutting up shop for the day seems rather excessive to me. I wish just one member of the royal family had suggested that - instead of buying bunches of flowers to leave in a park - people gave the money to a homeless charity or a food bank.” Goldbeater

Just to let you know that Asda will be opening after 5pm on Monday should you run out of something and I credit most folks to have enough nous to donate to charity without Royal direction?

I should have added that I do realise that London is probably too far for the sick and infirm to travel - but the next village is also too far for many.

I have just seen this on Twitter

GrannyGravy13

I have just seen this on Twitter

Where? Who? In what context? What was done about it?

Just posting a picture doesn't tell us much.

Re the bank holiday. I think it's only fair to give those working a chance to watch the funeral if they want to.

It has massively inconvenienced me though (annoying) - but really, it's rare a king/queen dies and as we currently live in a monarchy it seems obvious and correct that we would have one.

I think the reason it's annoying is the fact that there was so little notice... If we were to have the bank holiday in 6 months time, hardly anyone would have batted an eyelid!

How irritating of the Queen to have died without 6 months notice!

It tells us enough.

Mollygo

Could it be that the IQ of the nation is highest among those who understand that different things are important to different people, whether we think them weird or not.

Indeed.

It tells me nothing.

Date?

Location?

Any arrests made?