It takes all sorts......

I think it's rather silly but it makes them happy , heaven knows why though

Its harmless and its nice to see a gathering to celebrate a joyful occasion rather than to protest about something which is the usual reason. Good luck to them. I bet the atmosphere will be great. I'd be for staying at home myself though!

Delightfully dippy individuals IMO, but it's harmless and clearly they enjoy doing it. Definitely not something I'd do though!

People in these queues are always very understanding about having to leave for a loo visit.

Maybe the people who are waiting for this to happen think that it is dippy to get excited about watching an eclipse, or to sit up all night to get the election results as they come in?

On the subject of planetary stuff, what is that huge star next to the moon; it's massive!

When Pope John Paul II came to Manchester at Heaton Park in 1982, my mother decided in the middle of the night to get my dad to put a flask up and she persuaded me to go with her to see him. Off we went on an especially put on coach for the event and ended up in a field, I was 18 years old at the time. She sat chatting to a guy all night while I tried to sleep. We did get a glimpse at the Pope but I do not, even now, know why. We are not even catholic!!!!???

A lovely memory though and great atmosphere.

I've just looked at 'discussions of the day'

Poor St. Mary's lost her Pad.

Poor Kate seeing all those people outside the hospital waiting for her to perform

Elegran. -perish the thought!

Oh! I've been wondering what that meant.

'Celebrating - large weight?' doesn't make much sense either!
Who thinks up these daft phrases...?

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We're looking at 'discussion of the day' on the right hand side of the page, Soutra

When the active list is showing.

Right , how was I meant to know???

Never look over there, but now I see " St "Marysdington" duh!

Well, I did say....in 14:21

The dashes in the middle of the items mean that they never do make sense anyway. No-one ever says "Which plays - have you loved or hated?" Without the dashes they would be normal sentences without pregnant pauses.

Even without the dash 'Celebrating large weight' doesn't make sense. Large size, maybe...

Yes, size is large, weight is heavy.

It's Venus Tegan.
I wish I had nothing to do, and plenty of money. I can't afford the time to hang around outside the Lindo Wing, I'll just have to wait for the announcement on TV.

Thanks hilda; doesn't look as big tonight, but maybe I've just got used to it.ruby; I've got a postcard of Pope John Paul II that a friend sent me when he was working in Rome in 1985; he was working on a satellite called ITACSAT [my friend, not the Pope]. Found him very charismatic but ultimately a huge disappointment...so much promise at first but was so reactionary [the Pope, not my friend]. I waited for ages to see the Queen pass by in London once, but fainted just before she arrived .

Tegan It was just the one person – a Government Minister who was invariably a man – who had to be present to check that there wasn't a suspicion of another warming pan substitution. The late Queen Mother refused such an indignity when giving birth to Princess Margaret.

I'm getting it mixed up with all the people who watched the French kings getting dressed I think!