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Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by krapp »

Jenz wrote: post #9

More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN?

I don't know. I'm opposed to obituary threads on principle but at least some of them lead to interesting discussions about the era and field the person lived and worked in.

There's a reason celebrity and mainstream stories are off topic unless they present evidence of a new and interesting phenomenon that sparks intellectual curiosity - discussions tend to wallow in maudlin sentimentality, political snark or pop culture nonsense otherwise. A person's death alone, while unfortunate, doesn't meet the quality bar.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by b112 »

owenmcfadzen wrote: post #6

Let us remember some of his grace: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “I declare this thing open, whatever it is.” (on a visit to Canada in 1969) “I hope he breaks his bloody neck.” (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a su…

Was curious as to the 'whatever' it was, took a bit of Googling, so:

http://bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2010/05/quote-prince-philip.h...

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Post by k_sze »

owenmcfadzen wrote: post #6

Let us remember some of his grace: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “I declare this thing open, whatever it is.” (on a visit to Canada in 1969) “I hope he breaks his bloody neck.” (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a su…

“If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.” (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting)

I really should be offended by this, but... XD

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Post by JUNGLEISMASSIVE »

owenmcfadzen wrote: post #6

Let us remember some of his grace: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “I declare this thing open, whatever it is.” (on a visit to Canada in 1969) “I hope he breaks his bloody neck.” (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a su…

I'm playing the Devil's advocate here, but these seem like instances of dark British humour being delivered in the traditional deadpan fashion - the humour being in the absurdity of someone keeping a straight face while saying something obviously inane or offensive.

It doesn't translate at all across cultures.

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Post by Hasnep »

kwonkicker wrote: post #10
owenmcfadzen wrote: post #6

Let us remember some of his grace: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “I declare this thing open, whatever it is.” (on a visit to Canada in 1969) “I hope he breaks his bloody neck.” (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a su…

Cant argue with almost any of it. I said almost (for legal reasons)

Sorry, are you saying he was right to say those things?

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Post by Hamuko »

owenmcfadzen wrote: post #6

Let us remember some of his grace: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit) “I declare this thing open, whatever it is.” (on a visit to Canada in 1969) “I hope he breaks his bloody neck.” (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree) “Do you still throw spears at each other?” (in Australia in 2002, talking to a su…

As a Finnish person, I can appreciate the straightforwardness.

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Post by ggm »

Jenz wrote: post #9

More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN?

He has a tenuous link to computing. He visited Edinburgh's department of computer science in the early sixties not that long after it opened (the BBC used a different department doorway to the entry in Buccleuch Place because the front door was too shabby) and he and the queen had email boxes from pre-internet British telecommunications before it was cool on prestel.

He served on British warships and almost certainly used analogue computers to do fire calculations for the big ships guns.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by thiago_fm »

Imagine being brit and having contributed 99 years of taxation so those monarchs enjoy a chill life, while there's a clear empire downfall and stalled economy... while all you can barely afford is fish 'n chips.

Yet you still have to continue working to fuel this royal family bullshit.

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