The Queen Mother has just died!

***HOBBIT*** · 03-30-2002, 02:25 PM

Tater has just informed me that the 101 year old mother of Queen Elizabeth has just died! Bummer!

Darth Tater · 03-30-2002, 02:27 PM

Here's a link to a msnbc story, probably prepared a few years in advance. http://www.msnbc.com/news/627004.asp?0cm=c30&cp1=1

notthatinnocent · 03-30-2002, 02:29 PM

Great here come tears again.

-Laura

Arathorn · 03-30-2002, 03:28 PM

I just read it on netscape. My condolences to the british people.

Glorious Glorfindel · 03-30-2002, 03:38 PM

god, all the saturday night tele on bbc one, channel 3,4 and 5 has gone mental. bummer! i do feel sorry for the queen and all the royals as such, but the queen mother is just one person. its jst as sad as when everyother person dies. she was 101, so she had lead a good life and all.

Rosie-Lass · 03-30-2002, 03:49 PM

Be v.v.v. careful, GG.

TV is not more important than a person, even if they had had a 'good long innings'!

She was a great woman, sacrifice your Saturday night viewing for her!
TV's not that good tonight anyway.

StrawberryIcecream · 03-30-2002, 03:54 PM

It is sad. I wonder what non-English people feel? I was just wondering how you think we see our royalty. Because i have noticed from a few comments that a few people seem to think we love them sooooo much. I'm not getting at anyone on the Moot by the way. But still. I feel sorry for the Queen. It can never be easy to lose your mum.

samwise of the shire · 03-30-2002, 05:17 PM

Funny how the US news had told us NOTHING about it. Or nothing that I'VE heard. Badword the US media. All hail BBC! And my condolences to what may be my fellow British if the US keeps up the stupid stories on the media.
Sam the anti american news

Wayfarer · 03-30-2002, 06:10 PM

She was a Hundred and One.

Come on. I'm sure she was a perfectly nice woman, but she was going to die some time.

Of course it's sad, but it's not particularly shocking or surprising.

galadriel88 · 03-30-2002, 06:17 PM

Give 'em a break, Wayfarer.

Wayfarer · 03-30-2002, 06:20 PM

Ok.

I offer you my condolances. I'm not particlarly shook up, but I feel nothing but compassion for those who are.

And if you believe that, Ive got tickets to valinor for you all. ]: )

BeardofPants · 03-30-2002, 06:40 PM

... Well, at least it's not the fiasco of the Princess Diana debacle... let's make her a saint *whispers aside, Saints commit adultery, right?*

Wayfarer · 03-30-2002, 06:41 PM

Of course not! How can the commit adultery after they're dead?

]: )

BeardofPants · 03-30-2002, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wayfarer
Of course not! How can the commit adultery after they're dead?

]: )

... Oh the pictures in my head...

Oh, Wayfarer *zaps him with dalek eggbeater* you KNOW what I meant!

Wayfarer · 03-30-2002, 06:51 PM

Oh?

]: )

BeardofPants · 03-30-2002, 06:54 PM

I know your hair is dense.... *zzzap!*

markedel · 03-30-2002, 10:13 PM

It's kind of funny how Canadian TV tries to make some sort of thing about this and fails miserably because no one cares. It's sad and such, but she's a little old lady, sad but not tragic.

mirrille · 03-31-2002, 12:46 AM

No. Not tragic. 101 is a very respectable age, to say the least. I'm sure she had a good life, as much as anyone in her situation can.

My condolences to the British people.

***Khamûl*** · 03-31-2002, 01:05 AM

It's not as much of a shock as the Princess Diana thing, but it's sad nonetheless. I know how much the British people love their royalty. Anytime someone dies and I watch the story of their life, or their funeral, most of the time I start leaking (if you know what I mean). I send my deepest sympathies to the Royal Family and the British people.

Radagast · 03-31-2002, 06:13 AM

There shall be a customary parade of the Queen's Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace soon.

She shall of course be buried with all the Royals in Westminster Abbey. I was crushed by her death. She was a marvellous woman, always active, an incredible foreign diplomat in her day.

03-30-2002, 02:25 PM	#1
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03-30-2002, 02:27 PM	#2
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	Here's a link to a msnbc story, probably prepared a few years in advance. http://www.msnbc.com/news/627004.asp?0cm=c30&cp1=1 __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

03-30-2002, 02:29 PM	#3
notthatinnocent Enting Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: California Posts: 83	Great here come tears again. -Laura __________________ "I may be dead, but I'm still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you." -Buffy in "Prophecy Girl"

03-30-2002, 03:28 PM	#4
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I just read it on netscape. My condolences to the british people. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

03-30-2002, 03:38 PM	#5
Glorious Glorfindel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: im too doped up to remember Posts: 371	god, all the saturday night tele on bbc one, channel 3,4 and 5 has gone mental. bummer! i do feel sorry for the queen and all the royals as such, but the queen mother is just one person. its jst as sad as when everyother person dies. she was 101, so she had lead a good life and all. __________________ A Elbereth Gilthonial Silivren penna miriel o menal aglar elenath Na-chaered palan-diriel o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon! add a drop of lavander to milk. leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.

03-30-2002, 03:49 PM	#6
Rosie-Lass Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: A dizzy state between insanity and sleep! Posts: 173	Be v.v.v. careful, GG. TV is not more important than a person, even if they had had a 'good long innings'! She was a great woman, sacrifice your Saturday night viewing for her! TV's not that good tonight anyway. __________________ Yoda Lives!

03-30-2002, 03:54 PM	#7
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	It is sad. I wonder what non-English people feel? I was just wondering how you think we see our royalty. Because i have noticed from a few comments that a few people seem to think we love them sooooo much. I'm not getting at anyone on the Moot by the way. But still. I feel sorry for the Queen. It can never be easy to lose your mum. __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

03-30-2002, 05:17 PM	#8
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	Funny how the US news had told us NOTHING about it. Or nothing that I'VE heard. Badword the US media. All hail BBC! And my condolences to what may be my fellow British if the US keeps up the stupid stories on the media. Sam the anti american news __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

03-30-2002, 06:10 PM	#9
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	She was a Hundred and One. Come on. I'm sure she was a perfectly nice woman, but she was going to die some time. Of course it's sad, but it's not particularly shocking or surprising. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 03-30-2002 at 06:13 PM.

03-30-2002, 06:17 PM	#10
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Give 'em a break, Wayfarer. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

03-30-2002, 06:20 PM	#11
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Ok. I offer you my condolances. I'm not particlarly shook up, but I feel nothing but compassion for those who are. And if you believe that, Ive got tickets to valinor for you all. ]: ) __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

03-30-2002, 06:40 PM	#12
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	... Well, at least it's not the fiasco of the Princess Diana debacle... let's make her a saint whispers aside, Saints commit adultery, right? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

03-30-2002, 06:41 PM	#13
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Of course not! How can the commit adultery after they're dead? ]: ) __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

03-30-2002, 06:51 PM	#15
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Oh? ]: ) __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

03-30-2002, 06:54 PM	#16
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I know your hair is dense.... zzzap! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

03-30-2002, 10:13 PM	#17
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	It's kind of funny how Canadian TV tries to make some sort of thing about this and fails miserably because no one cares. It's sad and such, but she's a little old lady, sad but not tragic. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

03-31-2002, 12:46 AM	#18
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	No. Not tragic. 101 is a very respectable age, to say the least. I'm sure she had a good life, as much as anyone in her situation can. My condolences to the British people.

03-31-2002, 01:05 AM	#19
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	It's not as much of a shock as the Princess Diana thing, but it's sad nonetheless. I know how much the British people love their royalty. Anytime someone dies and I watch the story of their life, or their funeral, most of the time I start leaking (if you know what I mean). I send my deepest sympathies to the Royal Family and the British people. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

03-31-2002, 06:13 AM	#20
Radagast Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Merry old England Posts: 413	There shall be a customary parade of the Queen's Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace soon. She shall of course be buried with all the Royals in Westminster Abbey. I was crushed by her death. She was a marvellous woman, always active, an incredible foreign diplomat in her day. __________________ Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought. Last edited by Radagast : 08-05-2004 at 12:08 PM.

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