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Prince Harry’s engagement

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MawBroon Mon 27-Nov-17 10:23:29

Hope this is not “fake news” but relief from the endless speculation.
Good luck to them! ??

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 14:45:31

We are indeed Annie It has been snowing really hard here today in the North East and very cold indeed. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to be living on the streets. sad

Anniebach Thu 30-Nov-17 14:06:19

Compared to a homeless person we are all wealthy ,

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 13:53:35

Yes I looked it up lemon as I though there must've been a real meaning to it.

Apparently you had to unload to fit through the gateway which meant everyone had nothing as they passed through.

lemongrove Thu 30-Nov-17 13:45:44

...and unless I lose weight soon, I wouldn’t fit through it either.

lemongrove Thu 30-Nov-17 13:44:02

He didn’t say impossible, because the eye of the needle was a well known very narrow gateway. tchsmile

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 10:23:52

Apologies... should have said in the words of Jesus.

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 10:22:37

In the words of the man upstairs himself;

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"

Note: He didn't say impossible...

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 10:17:51

To be fair old woman70 (70 is not old btw smile) we only have one completely genuinely "homeless" person in our town. (by homeless I mean sleeping rough, outside ) and he doesn't know what day of the week it is never mind whether some multi millionaires got engaged.

Greyduster Thu 30-Nov-17 09:33:59

Quite right, merlot - well said!

merlotgran Thu 30-Nov-17 09:22:22

If the entire RF was whisked off to Planet Tharg in the middle of the night, we would still have homeless people.

Their empty houses and palaces would not provide instant affordable homes but would probably be swallowed up by Russian oligarchs or Chinese businessmen.

An awful lot of people would be without jobs though.

Oldwoman70 Thu 30-Nov-17 08:45:44

Sorry you think it is "claptrap" gillybob, I was merely repeating what I was told by a homeless person - this was the experience of him and his friends (but what would they know!)

gillybob Thu 30-Nov-17 08:30:25

Yes I'm sure they're positively dancing in the street DJ .

I don't buy the clap trap that because people are feeling happy about a couple of overpriviledged people getting engaged they give more to the homeless either.

MaizieD Thu 30-Nov-17 08:21:14

Enter at your peril? Quite right, NanKate

Joy? Why on earth should I feel joyful at the non-news (because it was absolutely expected) of the engagement of two youngish people I don't know?

Interest? None whatsoever.

Excitement? Ditto.

OTH this has been quite an amusing thread. Back to the playground again for many of you as usualhmm.

NanKate Thu 30-Nov-17 07:57:04

I love your comment Willsmadnan I suppose from your name you couldn't be Her Maj (wobbly curtesy from me just in case).

Anyone coming to this thread by chance expecting joy, interest and excitement should first see the sign. ENTER AT YOUR PERIL.

Oldwoman70 Thu 30-Nov-17 07:11:40

dj I spoke to a homeless person yesterday (yes I often stop to chat to them), he told me he was very happy about the engagement because it made (most) people feel good and when they feel good they give more.

durhamjen Thu 30-Nov-17 00:52:53

I am sure these men are really happy for them.

Jalima1108 Wed 29-Nov-17 23:05:21

yes 50% of newstime and ignoring the big issues re Brexit did seem somewhat disproportionate to many ;)
jura2 - that's the problem. As DH said in exasperation 'Is there any other news?'

Lovely, we're happy for them (well some of us are grin), as the Duchess of Cornwall said: ''^Sometimes, you know, in a climate where we are surrounded by a lot of bad news, it's a real joy to have a bit of good news for once.^'
''A glamorous new step-daughter-in-law, can't wait!!" (no, she didn't say the latter).

However, most of us hope that it doesn't dominate the news media for the next few months - or years.

Anniebach Wed 29-Nov-17 19:51:29

feeding the need

durhamjen Wed 29-Nov-17 19:48:12

Perhaps she'll be sent back home for not having the correct paperwork, if there's no special treatment for her.

gillybob Wed 29-Nov-17 19:26:00

No special treatment for the royals then maryeliza grin

Jalima1108 Wed 29-Nov-17 19:24:59

one could almost use the word snowflake

"Have you any idea how stupid your post sounds? It’s not even accurste. Pathetic"

grin Chewbacca I think I explained to maryeliza that I was not cursing her so perhaps it was rather a pathetic post

maryeliza54 Wed 29-Nov-17 19:18:13

No I didn’t I knew you would have done your homework

Chewbacca Wed 29-Nov-17 19:15:20

Maryeliza I think you’ll find my comment was made in the context of a thread that I had been contributing to - quite a different scenario - but hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good criticism.
And I think you'll find that the comments I quoted were from this very thread. Did you not think that I'd check that before posting?

Chewbacca Wed 29-Nov-17 19:12:46

I'm sorry Maryeliza, but I can't see any comparison to your style of posting to anyone else's, especially Soop's. As for personal comments; I think you've done a few yourself; for example, you told Jalima "Have you any idea how stupid your post sounds? It’s not even accurste. Pathetic" So you come across, to many of us, as being able to dish out the harsh comments, but you dont like taking them back and you complain that people gang up on you to "give you a kicking". You almost seem to invite it. I've no idea why, and I don't care enough about you to find out. Sorry.

willsmadnan Wed 29-Nov-17 19:10:13

Well my dear maryliza, you could always 'bugger orf' from GN and save yourself a kicking as you put it. Pull up the drawbridge, and stay in your republican castle until the whole ghastly business is over. Or are you and A.N Other going to continue being voices in the wilderness a la John the Baptist?