Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, March 17, 2017

"Radio Alert Transmission System"; Only the Brits Ed.

RATS is a British system to alert the population of emergencies. Of course, there is an informal meaning for the acronym: "royal about to snuff it."

The above link will take you to an interesting story about the planning for the eventual passing of Queen Elizabeth II. What I didn't know was that her grandfather, King George V, was euthanized, in part to meet press deadlines.

3 comments:

deadstick said...

IIRC, the reason for the deadline business was that the tabloid press works to shorter deadlines than the Times, and they didn't want the news to break as "King Croaks".

Anonymous said...

I read this whole article, and it was clear as glass that QEII hadn't died, the article was just to explain the long drawn out process that would happen after that event.

Nonetheless, I sobbed for about 40 minutes. Just in case.

I was born in the US, but I've always been a not-so-secret monarchist, I guess.

CenterPuke88 said...

The most interesting part I read was the fact that an office suite, full of scaffolding and under renovation, was readied for use within a 12 hour period, simply because it needed to be. The most amazing part was the phones worked, because everyone knows that you can't get a phone service appointment that quick.