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Being a queen is no laughing matter

Birmingham radio station BRMB turned on the Queen’s speech by mistake (The Telegraph) DJ Tom Binns makes some anti-royal remark about the France doing fine even after beheading their royals and switches over to the song Last Christmas by Wham! with the comment “from one Queen to another” (which Queen should be upset by this?)

What happens? He gets sacked! He must of known it was a bit of a provocation – but seriously to sack the man? The Telegraph writes that

Orion Media which owns the station said Mr Binns’ comments were inappropriate and confirmed the presenter would not be working for the station again…

“We do not condone what he said in any way, whether said in jest or not,” said Mr Lloyd. “Tom will now not be featuring again on our radio stations.”

The owners naturally have the right to fire their employees but isn’t it a bit spineless to react in this way because some listeners complain?

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Exchanging Gifts

When President Barack Obama met Queen Elizabeth II he brought a gift with him… So what would you get the Queen? Well Obama gave her a personalised iPod. (ABC News)

My first thought was – How Cool! And I immediately began thinking of which playlist Obama would give the Queen. Which artists would he think that she would like to listen to?

But my imagination was brutally crushed when I read that “A palace spokesman said the MP3 player was loaded with footage of the Queen’s 2007 visit to Washington and Virginia.”

How exciting. And in return the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh gave the Obamas signed portraits of themselves.

Yeah! The spirit of giving. It’s all about giving each other trash that you don’t want or what? Do you think Mauss deals with these kinds of gifts?

Update: Obama’s gift may have broken the law.

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Slightly Mad

Queen unsurprisingly have a song that explains the way I feel right now: I’m going slightly Mad:

Im one card short of a full deck
Im not quite the shilling
One wave short of a shipwreck
Im not my usual top billing
Im coming down with a fever
Im really out to sea
This kettle is boiling over
I think Im a banana tree
Oh dear

Im going slightly mad
Im going slightly mad
It finally happened – happened
It finally happened – uh huh
It finally happened
Im slightly mad
Oh dear

I want to formally launch the scietific significant desease called “keyboard madness” which I am suffering from. The affliction occurrs after too much type in front of a keyboard and leads to headaches, frustration, desire to shout profanity out loud and irrational anger. Most sufferers are pale and have a dazed expression. As a bonus some may have a repetitive strain injury known sometimes as mouse arm.

By removing them slowly, gently but firmly from their keyboards and forcing them out into the outside world, and making sure they have no digital devices with them – recovery is rapid and often complete. However patients relapse often and rapidly once they are again in the proximity of a keyboard.

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