Meeting Royalty in Europe
Oct 30th 2003, 6:25 pm
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Robert writes:
> It's strange how my posting on safety in Europe turned into a debate
> of whether or not I have a royal friend.
Why would anyone care whether you have a royal friend or not?
> I can tell you for a fact that there are some very rich people in this
> world who don't look or act like it.
In that case, why does it matter?
> Well, that person you said that to may have been someone
> who may have allowed you to travel around Europe in total
> luxury for the rest of your life. But now you sit at
> your computer wishing you could afford even budget travel.
It's not my habit to live as a parasite off others, so I'd probably be
sitting in front of my computer in any case.
> True story: I almost hung up on a billionaire because he
> sounded like he was from a lower class - he was! but built
> many successful companies and was a billionaire.
Billionaires and royals ... you seem to have a lot of unusual luck in
your encounters with others.
> I have learned. Yes I have learned. And so should you.
So that one can live off the wealth of others? Is that really such a
good thing?
> My royal friend, her family and friends have impeccable manners and my
> guess is that most royals do.
If you were rich and polite, would these friends profit from you as you
imply it is possible to profit from them?
> Sometime you'll be in the hotel or wherever and you'll meet someone.
> That someone might be royalty.
Wow.
> Just go about your business in a positive manner expecting
> someday that you will meet meet royalty. You people got lucky
> without any effort - because through me you have come one
> step to actually meeting royalty. Heck, I have her email address. I
> could call up her Queen Mother right now if I wanted to (but I
> wouldn't). That's my method. Worked for me. Let me know if it works
> for you.
I could never countenance taking advantage of others in that way, no
matter how wealthy or royal they might be. And I should hope that my
friends would never talk about me as though I were an expensive car,
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> It's strange how my posting on safety in Europe turned into a debate
> of whether or not I have a royal friend.
Why would anyone care whether you have a royal friend or not?
> I can tell you for a fact that there are some very rich people in this
> world who don't look or act like it.
In that case, why does it matter?
> Well, that person you said that to may have been someone
> who may have allowed you to travel around Europe in total
> luxury for the rest of your life. But now you sit at
> your computer wishing you could afford even budget travel.
It's not my habit to live as a parasite off others, so I'd probably be
sitting in front of my computer in any case.
> True story: I almost hung up on a billionaire because he
> sounded like he was from a lower class - he was! but built
> many successful companies and was a billionaire.
Billionaires and royals ... you seem to have a lot of unusual luck in
your encounters with others.
> I have learned. Yes I have learned. And so should you.
So that one can live off the wealth of others? Is that really such a
good thing?
> My royal friend, her family and friends have impeccable manners and my
> guess is that most royals do.
If you were rich and polite, would these friends profit from you as you
imply it is possible to profit from them?
> Sometime you'll be in the hotel or wherever and you'll meet someone.
> That someone might be royalty.
Wow.
> Just go about your business in a positive manner expecting
> someday that you will meet meet royalty. You people got lucky
> without any effort - because through me you have come one
> step to actually meeting royalty. Heck, I have her email address. I
> could call up her Queen Mother right now if I wanted to (but I
> wouldn't). That's my method. Worked for me. Let me know if it works
> for you.
I could never countenance taking advantage of others in that way, no
matter how wealthy or royal they might be. And I should hope that my
friends would never talk about me as though I were an expensive car,
either.
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Oct 30th 2003, 6:25 pm
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Gregory Morrow writes:
> I think I have a quite a bit more fun playing with my "secret" six - foot
> tall rabbit friend. His name is "Harvey"....
Is he of royal ancestry?
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> I think I have a quite a bit more fun playing with my "secret" six - foot
> tall rabbit friend. His name is "Harvey"....
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Oct 30th 2003, 6:27 pm
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Peter L writes:
> Could've been a contender, instead of a bum. Now I am condemned to sitting
> in front of my computer, thinking of what could have been.
You need to ask more people on the street if they are truly royals.
You'll find that many people who look like homeless beggars actually
answer willing to "Your Highness," thus revealing their true colors. In
no time, you may be riding in their private jets, enjoying the good
life.
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> Could've been a contender, instead of a bum. Now I am condemned to sitting
> in front of my computer, thinking of what could have been.
You need to ask more people on the street if they are truly royals.
You'll find that many people who look like homeless beggars actually
answer willing to "Your Highness," thus revealing their true colors. In
no time, you may be riding in their private jets, enjoying the good
life.
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Oct 30th 2003, 6:29 pm
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Hatunen writes:
> Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was)
> at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old
> lady.
The word "princess" always brings to mind a pretty young lady. One
tends to forget that ugly young ladies tend to remain "princess" a lot
longer than the pretty ones.
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> Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was)
> at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old
> lady.
The word "princess" always brings to mind a pretty young lady. One
tends to forget that ugly young ladies tend to remain "princess" a lot
longer than the pretty ones.
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Oct 30th 2003, 7:03 pm
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Robert writes:
> Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
> People would do anything to get to meet royalty.
I don't think so.
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> Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
> People would do anything to get to meet royalty.
I don't think so.
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Oct 30th 2003, 7:17 pm
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"Robert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Oh, yea? Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
It is popular enough to sell newspapers at the low end of the market in the
UK, but then so are football, scandal, government sleaze and women with
naked breasts. I don't think it is even that prominent in the rest of
Europe, where the royals may have a day job in an office. The royal watchers
are a bit like the super-fans that pop or film stars generate. A bit wierd,
but mostly harmless.
> People
> would do anything to get to meet royalty.
None that I know would even particularly interested.
> But if you go about it the
> right way you can do it.
That is true. A chap I know met King Juan Carlos of Spain a few times. He
maintained Cigarettes - the high powered boats used by cigarette smugglers -
and King Carlos used to have him service his power boat too.
Colin Bignell
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> Oh, yea? Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
It is popular enough to sell newspapers at the low end of the market in the
UK, but then so are football, scandal, government sleaze and women with
naked breasts. I don't think it is even that prominent in the rest of
Europe, where the royals may have a day job in an office. The royal watchers
are a bit like the super-fans that pop or film stars generate. A bit wierd,
but mostly harmless.
> People
> would do anything to get to meet royalty.
None that I know would even particularly interested.
> But if you go about it the
> right way you can do it.
That is true. A chap I know met King Juan Carlos of Spain a few times. He
maintained Cigarettes - the high powered boats used by cigarette smugglers -
and King Carlos used to have him service his power boat too.
Colin Bignell
Oct 30th 2003, 8:53 pm
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On 31/10/03 6:55 am, in article [email protected],
"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:36:33 +0000 (UTC),
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]> ,
>> [email protected] (Robert) wrote:
>>
>>> Do not show
>>> up at the palace uninvited.
>>
>> Ah, so *that's* where I've been going wrong. Thanks for the tip.
>>
>>> Just go about your business in a positive
>>> manner expecting someday that you will meet meet royalty. You people
>>> got lucky without any effort - because through me you have come one
>>> step to actually meeting royalty.
>>
>> Seriously, why do you think that people in this newsgroup are interested
>> in meeting royalty -- or, indeed, that they haven't?
>
> Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was)
> at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old
> lady.
Are you sure it wasn't the Queen Mother - the description fits. Was she
drunk and smelling of Dubonnet and corgi piss?
J.
"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:36:33 +0000 (UTC),
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]> ,
>> [email protected] (Robert) wrote:
>>
>>> Do not show
>>> up at the palace uninvited.
>>
>> Ah, so *that's* where I've been going wrong. Thanks for the tip.
>>
>>> Just go about your business in a positive
>>> manner expecting someday that you will meet meet royalty. You people
>>> got lucky without any effort - because through me you have come one
>>> step to actually meeting royalty.
>>
>> Seriously, why do you think that people in this newsgroup are interested
>> in meeting royalty -- or, indeed, that they haven't?
>
> Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was)
> at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old
> lady.
Are you sure it wasn't the Queen Mother - the description fits. Was she
drunk and smelling of Dubonnet and corgi piss?
J.
Oct 30th 2003, 9:02 pm
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In article <[email protected]>,
Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robert writes:
>
> > Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
>
> It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
> who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
>
Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
mother ?
jay
Fri, Oct 31, 2003
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Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robert writes:
>
> > Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses.
>
> It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
> who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
>
Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
mother ?
jay
Fri, Oct 31, 2003
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Oct 30th 2003, 9:23 pm
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Go Fig writes:
> Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
> the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
> mother ?
I'm not familiar with anything along these lines.
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> Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
> the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
> mother ?
I'm not familiar with anything along these lines.
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Oct 30th 2003, 9:26 pm
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Robert <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Deep Freud Moors" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaVALIDiREALLY!l.nu> wrote in
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> > Robert <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>. ..
> > > > Robert writes:
> > > > I could never countenance taking advantage of others in that way, no
> > > > matter how wealthy or royal they might be. And I should hope that
my
> > > > friends would never talk about me as though I were an expensive car,
> > > > either.
> > >
> > > Your responses are so way off. People in this group cared that I had a
> > > royal friend and wanted more information. Why? Royals are interesting
> > > to many people. Maybe not too you.
> >
> > No-one here truly gives a shit who you claim to know. There are some
here
> > who enjoy humouring you and having a laugh at your expense.
> >
> > > I have never profited financially from my princess friend. I profitted
> > > from my billionaire friend because I introduced him to another
> > > business owner and received a commission. In any case I said it wasn't
> > > about the money. It was about treating all people with respect.
> >
> > I don't treat all people with respect. That would be completely false.
Some
> > people are not worthy of respect, and giving them respect would be fake,
and
> > a waste of effort on my part. I will save my respect for people whom I
deem
> > worthy - because that in itself makes my respect worth something.
> >
> > > By the way you get lucky meeting billionaires when you get in the
> > > game. In this case the game was the sale of used office furniture,
> > > believe it or not. I called an ad advertising large lots of office
> > > furniture. I knew another dealer and thought I could broker the deal.
> > > I was put right through to the billionaire. He was building an office
> > > supply company.
> >
> > Your story keeps changing. Before you were about to hangup on the
> > billionaire. Why would you do this when you made the call about
legitimate
> > business?
> >
> > As I said a while back, your story stinks of bullshit, and that is why
> > no-one is treating you seriously. If you truly had all these impressive
> > contacts, you would understand why everyone is so dubious. If you were
to be
> > as open and believing as you claim we should be, you would be excellent
> > fodder for rip-off artists.
> > ---
> > DFM
> No, no, no. I said you treat all people with respect who treat you
> with respect. I disrespected people in my earlier posts.
> I did not change my story of the billionaire. I called the number in
> the ad and was put through to a guy who had a lower class accent. At
> this point in my earlier career I assumed all businessmen worthy of
> associating with spoke "normal" english. So I almost hung up. But he
> was saying he was a billionaire and I thought this guy was a nut or it
> had to be true. I took his list of furniture and faxed it to my other
> contact. The contact bought the inventory and I got a commission. I
> was then invited to his house and met his beautiful wife and was asked
> if I wanted to meet Senator Kennedy whose office was close by. I
> couldn't believe it. We didn't go but went to an Indian resturant
> where I showed more of my youthful ignorance. I've learned. What can I
> tell you.
A billionaire that takes calls for furniture orders, a princess that flies
strangers around Europe so they can be massaged, and you, Robert, poopy
parlance extraordinaire...
*plonk*
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> "Deep Freud Moors" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaVALIDiREALLY!l.nu> wrote in
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> > Robert <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>. ..
> > > > Robert writes:
> > > > I could never countenance taking advantage of others in that way, no
> > > > matter how wealthy or royal they might be. And I should hope that
my
> > > > friends would never talk about me as though I were an expensive car,
> > > > either.
> > >
> > > Your responses are so way off. People in this group cared that I had a
> > > royal friend and wanted more information. Why? Royals are interesting
> > > to many people. Maybe not too you.
> >
> > No-one here truly gives a shit who you claim to know. There are some
here
> > who enjoy humouring you and having a laugh at your expense.
> >
> > > I have never profited financially from my princess friend. I profitted
> > > from my billionaire friend because I introduced him to another
> > > business owner and received a commission. In any case I said it wasn't
> > > about the money. It was about treating all people with respect.
> >
> > I don't treat all people with respect. That would be completely false.
Some
> > people are not worthy of respect, and giving them respect would be fake,
and
> > a waste of effort on my part. I will save my respect for people whom I
deem
> > worthy - because that in itself makes my respect worth something.
> >
> > > By the way you get lucky meeting billionaires when you get in the
> > > game. In this case the game was the sale of used office furniture,
> > > believe it or not. I called an ad advertising large lots of office
> > > furniture. I knew another dealer and thought I could broker the deal.
> > > I was put right through to the billionaire. He was building an office
> > > supply company.
> >
> > Your story keeps changing. Before you were about to hangup on the
> > billionaire. Why would you do this when you made the call about
legitimate
> > business?
> >
> > As I said a while back, your story stinks of bullshit, and that is why
> > no-one is treating you seriously. If you truly had all these impressive
> > contacts, you would understand why everyone is so dubious. If you were
to be
> > as open and believing as you claim we should be, you would be excellent
> > fodder for rip-off artists.
> > ---
> > DFM
> No, no, no. I said you treat all people with respect who treat you
> with respect. I disrespected people in my earlier posts.
> I did not change my story of the billionaire. I called the number in
> the ad and was put through to a guy who had a lower class accent. At
> this point in my earlier career I assumed all businessmen worthy of
> associating with spoke "normal" english. So I almost hung up. But he
> was saying he was a billionaire and I thought this guy was a nut or it
> had to be true. I took his list of furniture and faxed it to my other
> contact. The contact bought the inventory and I got a commission. I
> was then invited to his house and met his beautiful wife and was asked
> if I wanted to meet Senator Kennedy whose office was close by. I
> couldn't believe it. We didn't go but went to an Indian resturant
> where I showed more of my youthful ignorance. I've learned. What can I
> tell you.
A billionaire that takes calls for furniture orders, a princess that flies
strangers around Europe so they can be massaged, and you, Robert, poopy
parlance extraordinaire...
*plonk*
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DFM
Oct 30th 2003, 9:27 pm
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Jeremy Henderson writes:
> Are you sure it wasn't the Queen Mother - the description fits. Was she
> drunk and smelling of Dubonnet and corgi piss?
Princess Marie would have been 60 years old in 1960; she died the
following year. She was pretty enough when young, though.
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> Are you sure it wasn't the Queen Mother - the description fits. Was she
> drunk and smelling of Dubonnet and corgi piss?
Princess Marie would have been 60 years old in 1960; she died the
following year. She was pretty enough when young, though.
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Oct 30th 2003, 10:47 pm
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>
> Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
> the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
> mother ?
Thrown? No royal I know has been involved in judo .......
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> Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
> the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
> mother ?
Thrown? No royal I know has been involved in judo .......
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Oct 30th 2003, 10:56 pm
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Following up to Robert
>Oh, yea? Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses. People
>would do anything to get to meet royalty. But if you go about it the
>right way you can do it. Influenceing the subconscious through belief
>(not my original idea. I thought it foolish at first and I'm still
>learning)is the only way I know without being a wannbe. Remember good
>manners is a requirement.
yes, middle class manners are essential, our royals are very
middle class, but your advice is wasted on me, robert, I number
at least one queen amoungst my friends.
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>Oh, yea? Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses. People
>would do anything to get to meet royalty. But if you go about it the
>right way you can do it. Influenceing the subconscious through belief
>(not my original idea. I thought it foolish at first and I'm still
>learning)is the only way I know without being a wannbe. Remember good
>manners is a requirement.
yes, middle class manners are essential, our royals are very
middle class, but your advice is wasted on me, robert, I number
at least one queen amoungst my friends.
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Oct 30th 2003, 10:56 pm
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Following up to Go Fig
>> It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
>> who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
>>
>Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
>the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
>mother ?
Its a fluff element in the news generated by the butler, who has
a book out,, sensible Brits don't give a s*** about the royals,
its mainly little old ladies etc.
Yesterdays tabloid headlines:-
Election of leader of Tory party
Rod Stewarts girlfriends bum (see through dress picture story)
Iraq
Football (finances of)
then I reach "your" story on page 7, 4"x4".
Yesterday serious paper:-
Election of leader of Tory party
Yukos affair in Russia
Postal strike
Iraq
Cost of scottish parliament building
Japan election
Bush (next election)
I could find nothing on the royals (one other national heavy
*never* mentions royals as a policy)
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>> It isn't. Only a small minority of people care about royalty--the ones
>> who have lifetime subscriptions to _Point de Vue_, for example.
>>
>Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to
>the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his
>mother ?
Its a fluff element in the news generated by the butler, who has
a book out,, sensible Brits don't give a s*** about the royals,
its mainly little old ladies etc.
Yesterdays tabloid headlines:-
Election of leader of Tory party
Rod Stewarts girlfriends bum (see through dress picture story)
Iraq
Football (finances of)
then I reach "your" story on page 7, 4"x4".
Yesterday serious paper:-
Election of leader of Tory party
Yukos affair in Russia
Postal strike
Iraq
Cost of scottish parliament building
Japan election
Bush (next election)
I could find nothing on the royals (one other national heavy
*never* mentions royals as a policy)
--
Mike Reid
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Oct 30th 2003, 10:56 pm
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Following up to Robert
>> Could've been a contender, instead of a bum. Now I am condemned to sitting
>> in front of my computer, thinking of what could have been.
>That's right, up till now. But each moment is new one and you can always change.
ROFL, well done, both of you.
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>> Could've been a contender, instead of a bum. Now I am condemned to sitting
>> in front of my computer, thinking of what could have been.
>That's right, up till now. But each moment is new one and you can always change.
ROFL, well done, both of you.
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