Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Some of my third world readers have complained. Due to their intermittent internet connections they only manage to enjoy this organ on a less than weekly basis. As only the most recent seven posts are displayed on the first page, they feel their best comments do not get a fair audience.
Back in February I debunked the myth, that the Queen's favourite film is Assault on Precinct 13. Reader O-G Murray submitted a fine rebuttal which I felt deserved a repost:
"I'd like to point out that it's absolutely true about HRM's love of Assault on Precinct 13. According to insiders she considers it a sophisticated allegory for the life of a modern monarch. Consider this:
The old man in peril is Prince Harry, who stumbles panting into Buckingham Palace following some blunderous Royal faux-pas, chased by a small pack of journalists. Before we know it the palace is surrounded by mad blood-thirsty paparrazzi and Daily Mail readers who appear as if from nowhere, smashing windows and climbing up the drainpipes.
DCI Prince Charles, realising there's only one person who can get them out of this jam, runs down to the cellar to release the most evil character in the realm, convicted sociopath Camilla 'Napoleon' Parker-Bowles, who up until now has been kept in solitary confinement awaiting the chair (in this case the throne). The assembled mob runs away screaming, taking their dead with them.
Apparently Hollywood got wind of this and are remaking the film, featuring Lawrence Fishburne as Prince Charles. (True fact)."
Just imagine, this very creative comment was posted a whole two months before the royal wedding. Who knew that the third world web-erati were so in touch with UK domestic affairs?

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