Scrutable

Brightonian wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 4:56 am Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

She’s elected. He should be grovelling to her the doss c.nt

plodder wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:50 pm

Brightonian wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 4:56 am Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

She’s elected. He should be grovelling to her the doss c.nt

She's an elected MP. We didn't vote for her as PM.

Tessa K wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:44 am

plodder wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:50 pm

Brightonian wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 4:56 am Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

She’s elected. He should be grovelling to her the doss c.nt

She's an elected MP. We didn't vote for her as PM.

And you're a muck covered pleb hauling away at a sack of turnips to deliver your tythe to the big house if you think that's a coherent response

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:50 am

Tessa K wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:44 am

plodder wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:50 pm

She’s elected. He should be grovelling to her the doss c.nt

She's an elected MP. We didn't vote for her as PM.

And you're a muck covered pleb hauling away at a sack of turnips to deliver your tythe to the big house if you think that's a coherent response

A muck covered pleb who knows how to spell tithe.

Roun by yere it's Tythe; Tythe Barn, Tythe Barn Road: but it seems in other places there are as many Tithes as there are Tythes.

tenchboy wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:35 am Roun by yere it's Tythe; Tythe Barn, Tythe Barn Road: but it seems in other places there are as many Tithes as there are Tythes.

Fair enough

I suppose it depends on whether Tessa is a muck-covered hauling turnips from before or after than standardisation of English orthography by Samuel Johnson.

Maybe they should grovel to each other.

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:50 am

Tessa K wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:44 am

plodder wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:50 pm

She’s elected. He should be grovelling to her the doss c.nt

She's an elected MP. We didn't vote for her as PM.

And you're a muck covered pleb hauling away at a sack of turnips to deliver your tythe to the big house if you think that's a coherent response

Given the opportunity, a lot more people would vote for Charles as King/President than Truss for PM...

Tessa K wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:07 pm

tenchboy wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:35 am Roun by yere it's Tythe; Tythe Barn, Tythe Barn Road: but it seems in other places there are as many Tithes as there are Tythes.

Fair enough

Fayre

TimW wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:02 pm

Tessa K wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:07 pm

tenchboy wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:35 am Roun by yere it's Tythe; Tythe Barn, Tythe Barn Road: but it seems in other places there are as many Tithes as there are Tythes.

Fair enough

Fayre

To be fayre, I am descended from quite a few mucky peasants.

As is Truss. As isn’t Lord Gruesome of Sniffyfingers who frankly should be dragged to the tower for daring to condescend any representative of the commons.

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:43 pm As is Truss. As isn’t Lord Gruesome of Sniffyfingers who frankly should be dragged to the tower for daring to condescend any representative of the commons.

Simple stats says that he probably is descended from a few mucky peasants. Might not have been as recently as for Truss though.

dyqik wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:08 pm

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:43 pm As is Truss. As isn’t Lord Gruesome of Sniffyfingers who frankly should be dragged to the tower for daring to condescend any representative of the commons.

Simple stats says that he probably is descended from a few mucky peasants. Might not have been as recently as for Truss though.

Unless they keep the bloodline pure by marrying close relatives, like the Ptolomaic pharoahs or, until fairly recently, European royalty.

Tessa K wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:18 pm

dyqik wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:08 pm

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:43 pm As is Truss. As isn’t Lord Gruesome of Sniffyfingers who frankly should be dragged to the tower for daring to condescend any representative of the commons.

Simple stats says that he probably is descended from a few mucky peasants. Might not have been as recently as for Truss though.

Unless they keep the bloodline pure by marrying close relatives, like the Ptolomaic pharoahs or, until fairly recently, European royalty.

Pretty much all pharaohs, though it isn't until the new kingdom that pharaoh means the king rather than the palace.

Tessa K wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:18 pm

dyqik wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:08 pm

plodder wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:43 pm As is Truss. As isn’t Lord Gruesome of Sniffyfingers who frankly should be dragged to the tower for daring to condescend any representative of the commons.

Simple stats says that he probably is descended from a few mucky peasants. Might not have been as recently as for Truss though.

Unless they keep the bloodline pure by marrying close relatives, like the Ptolomaic pharoahs or, until fairly recently, European royalty.

The European royalty bloodlines are nothing like that "pure", and there's plenty of noble families that were awarded that status for services rendered at various points in history. And all bets are off if you go back 1000 years or more.

So you would have to go exploring the whole family tree to asset that there were no peasants there ever.

His family tree is a stump

plodder wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:33 pm His family tree is a stump

Not particularly, no. Perhaps you've confused him with Charles II of Spain?

EACLucifer wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:29 pm

Tessa K wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:18 pm

dyqik wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:08 pm

Simple stats says that he probably is descended from a few mucky peasants. Might not have been as recently as for Truss though.

Unless they keep the bloodline pure by marrying close relatives, like the Ptolomaic pharoahs or, until fairly recently, European royalty.

Pretty much all pharaohs, though it isn't until the new kingdom that pharaoh means the king rather than the palace.

I couldn't remember so I played safe and stuck to the ones I was sure about.

I'm not convinced JRM is entirely human; I suspect his family are all grown in a vat and his blood is mostly acid.

EACLucifer wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:47 pm

plodder wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:33 pm His family tree is a stump

Not particularly, no. Perhaps you've confused him with Charles II of Spain?

True, even one of his kids isn’t his

I learnt a Latin term today that may come in handy, rex inutilis. It means useless king. Or in modern parlance, crap king.

Tessa K wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:12 am I learnt a Latin term today that may come in handy, rex inutilis. It means useless king. Or in modern parlance, crap king.

I don't think we can expect the Pope to intervene. The term was discussed (in 2017) here:
https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/simple-min ... -solution/

Tessa K wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:12 am I learnt a Latin term today that may come in handy, rex inutilis. It means useless king. Or in modern parlance, crap king.

His record on PMs isn't looking good.

TimW wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:57 pm

Tessa K wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:12 am I learnt a Latin term today that may come in handy, rex inutilis. It means useless king. Or in modern parlance, crap king.

His record on PMs isn't looking good.

His mam saw off 17 so he's making a good start on her record.

Given his last comments to Truss, I so hope the mics are on and pick up the opening small talk when he meets the new PM.

FlammableFlower wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:58 pm Given his last comments to Truss, I so hope the mics are on and pick up the opening small talk when he meets the new PM.

'Is it worth me learning your name?'