Queue to view the Queens coffin.

Mountain Climber said:
People have collapsed with exhaustion and dehydration, the elderly and disabled are at risk also standing with no sleep for up to 24 hours. A man sexually assaulted two women before jumping into the Thames. Then, David Beckham turns up in the queue! Thankfully without his pouting wife who would have looked suitably solemn for the occasion, no doubt.

Good for him in one way and yet it made me think, is there anything he doesn't involve himself in? His face is just about everywhere. Its all about him. I hope it has been a positive distraction for the many people queuing and was done with the best of intentions. Sorry, I know I'm an old cynic. Forgive me.
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In what way is Beckham standing in a queue for 12 hours, dressed in a low profile way with a hat pulled down, to pay his respects to a monarch he must have personally met multiple times, all about him?

Is the guy not allowed to pay his respects? I can’t think of him doing anything less ‘all about him’.
 
TurnbullsCans said:
In what way is Beckham standing in a queue for 12 hours, dressed in a low profile way with a hat pulled down, to pay his respects to a monarch he must have personally met multiple times, all about him?

Is the guy not allowed to pay his respects? I can’t think of him doing anything less ‘all about him’.
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This.

Fair play to him. Did he ask for the news to report it? No. It’s just another angle for the tv to continue making a queue interesting.
 
Mountain Climber said:
Thanks, that's reassured me. I am though conscious of dark humour not being welcomed by all and on reflection it was maybe not a good comparison to make.
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I love dark humour. Years ago I was going off work for a major op on my neck, they go in from the front. People in the office found it hard/awkward to look me in the eye before I went off, I understand. A girl I knew in accounts came down and gave me a pack of straws as a present before I left - brilliant 😂😂. No doubt that would get peltres these days too.
 
I once queued 2 hours for the Nemesis at Alton towers, I swore after that that I'd never queue that long for anything again. Saying that I wouldn't go and view the queen's coffin if you paid me, let alone queue for it.
 
Mountain Climber said:
Sorry.

I would queue just to make sure it is my ex wife in the coffin!!! Just a joke, sorry again for any offence caused. 'Dark humour' is cathartic in times of death and sadness and a positive coping mechanism. Soldiers used it often during the wars to help them get through the trauma of it all.
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That first bit haha, I hear you........
 
borgelite said:
Would you say the same to the beefeaters who've seen active service for Queen and Country?
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Yes, they also look ridiculous. It's silly. I don't put people who sell themselves to the state violence apparatus on a pedestal. Just saw some ex-forces on the News cracking up about Elizabeth Windsor's death. They seem to worship her as some something above human like a dog worships its owner. Rather disturbing to me.
 
ThePrisoner said:
Yes, they also look ridiculous. It's silly. I don't put people who sell themselves to the state violence apparatus on a pedestal. Just saw some ex-forces on the News cracking up about Elizabeth Windsor's death. They seem to worship her as some something above human like a dog worships its owner. Rather disturbing to me.
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Men and women who have put their lives on the line serving in the British forces deserve respect.
Certainly not being ridiculed by the likes of you.
As was said last week if you've nothing good to say , just say nothing.
 
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