It is with great sadness to report that Prince Philip had died and will not be able to come to Thailand again. 

R.I.P. Prince Philip....The Duke of Edinburgh....????

I have no words ???? ???? 

 

Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/

 

1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966).

2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance).

3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).

4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession).

5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).

6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988)

7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside).

8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995).

9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout).

10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).

 

11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him).

12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999).

13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band).

14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%).

15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman).

16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit).

17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award).

18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear).

19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993).

20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994).

RIP

RIP Prince Philip, I'll miss your gaffes!

 

 

 

1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

To a group of British students during a royal visit to China.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145

RIP Phil.

 

Nobody lives forever, your "gaffes" will.

 

Be strong your Majesty the Queen!!

 

RIP.

 

My thoughts go to the Queen, the losing of a life-long partner will be very diificult

 

 

13 minutes ago, faraday said:

RIP Prince Philip, I'll miss your gaffes!

 

 

 

1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

To a group of British students during a royal visit to China.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145

Gaffes?  A lot of what he said was true! ????  He wasn't afraid to speak his mind.

 

RIP

Very sad. 

And only two months short his 100th birthday. 

 

He lived a truly remarkable life. 

 

Very sad indeed, 73 years together thats a long time.

Sadly the Queen may just give up herself, now Phillips gone

the left are already arranging parties

26 minutes ago, Crossy said:

17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award).

 

???? 

16 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

RIP.

 

My thoughts go to the Queen, the losing of a life-long partner will be very diificult

 

 

Thanks to you and Crossy allowing this. Nuff said. 

35 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I have no words ???? ???? 

 

Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/

 

1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966).

2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance).

3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).

4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession).

5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).

6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988)

7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside).

8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995).

9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout).

10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).

 

11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him).

12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999).

13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band).

14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%).

15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman).

16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit).

17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award).

18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear).

19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993).

20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994).

I remember the one where a immigration officer said to him entering Oz the officer said have you committed any criminal offenses, Phil said I didn't think that was requirement to enter Oz. ????????

RIP, a good innings

2 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

 

Really? Anyone else with so many gaffes, some of which are really racist, would be slagged of on this forum.

 

 

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

I have no words ???? ???? 

 

Some of Phil's best, from here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/15265038.he-said-what-39-of-prince-philips-famous-gaffes-comments-and-clangers/

 

1. "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966).

2. "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance).

3. "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).

4. "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession).

5. "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).

6. "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988)

7. "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside).

8. "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995).

9. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout).

10. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).

 

11. "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him).

12. "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999).

13. "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band).

14. "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%).

15. "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman).

16. "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit).

17. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award).

18. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear).

19. "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993).

20. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994).

 

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Very sad. 

And only two months short his 100th birthday. 

 

He lived a truly remarkable life. 

 

Tragic.

 

If he just held on another couple of months he would have got a letter from the Queen.

Loved his candid non PC comments and sense of humour.

 

He'd probably have a chuckle at these alternative News Thump headlines too:

 

“Country united in beautiful moment of shared grief because there isn’t much else to do”

 

“Prince Charles in foul mood after wrong parent dies”

 

“Frantic Daily Mail desperately searching for way to blame Prince Philip’s death on Meghan Markle”

2 hours ago, Susco said:

 

 

Really? Anyone else with so many gaffes, some of which are really racist, would be slagged of on this forum.

 

 

 

Yes really! I couldn't care less about the things he said, called a spade a spade. What racist comments did he make?

5 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Yes really! I couldn't care less about the things he said, called a spade a spade. What racist comments did he make?

 

Isn't that racist enough?

 

1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

To a group of British students during a royal visit to China.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145

 

Clarkson got removed from Top gear, for something similar, though less in the face as this one.
 

But yeah I understand your, one rule for all, and another rule for some others policy

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

"If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).

 

Hardly a gaffe. After primary students were executed at their UK primary school. 

17 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

"If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).

 

Hardly a gaffe. After primary students were executed at their UK primary school. 

 

So students were executed, and however as a non UK resident, I'm not aware of the situation, I would believe that the majority was pro banning fire arms.

 

So you think him clearly voicing an opinion against the ban of firearms is not a gaffe?

1 hour ago, Susco said:

 

Isn't that racist enough?

 

1986: "If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed."

To a group of British students during a royal visit to China.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145

 

Clarkson got removed from Top gear, for something similar, though less in the face as this one.
 

But yeah I understand your, one rule for all, and another rule for some others policy

That comment wasn't racist, bit of banter. Now trot off.

Met the man in 2004 and, with others in a small group, spent 4 hours and a lunch with him.  He was a delight, attentive, polite and funny.  He had a long and interesting life, pity that apart from Ann, he managed to produce such dull kids. 

A mans man...wasnt afraid to speak his mind and have a jest and a wicked sense of humour coupled with a real sense of duty...  not for snowflakes of course, those easily offended or without a sense of humour will no doubt whine about the few lines hes ridiculed for without even being aware of all the good the man has done over the past 80+ years in service to queen and country... respect Sir

 

You did a great job and you can now rest well.

 

 

On 4/9/2021 at 7:08 PM, cyril sneer said:

the left are already arranging parties

 

    The skeletons , are rattling in the wardrobe ..

     Eager to be set free . Big time ..

     Wait for it ..

       World Media , News ..

23 hours ago, steve187 said:

RIP, a good innings

 

 A True Brit ....

31 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

 A True Brit ....

I thought he was Greek?

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I thought he was Greek?

 

      Me too .. 

       Yeah , but that was a long time ago ...

       Time changes everything ....555