Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England

10/14/2008 5:37:13 AM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
knittinkitten Lady Lake, FL age: 72	Again, This is the way in which I start my day....Between this and my morning coffee, I know I'll make it through another day....Hope you do, too. KK DONT READ IF YOU DONT HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOUR MESSAGE FROM, H.R.H. THE QUEEN To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: ----------------------- 1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). ------------------------ 2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English.. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.' ------------------- 3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. ----------------- 4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist,then you're not ready to shoot grouse.. ---------------------- 5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. ---------------------- 6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. -------------------- 7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it. ------------------- 8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. ------------------- 9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. Australian beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. --------------------- 10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. --------------------- 11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).. --------------------- 12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the Australians first to take the sting out of their deliveries. -------------------- 13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. ----------------- 14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776). --------------- 15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season. God Save the Queen! PS: Only share this with friends who have a good sense of humour (NOT humor)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version
10/14/2008 6:22:41 AM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
liatris Fairfield, CT age: 43	you never know it might work
10/14/2008 8:45:10 AM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
mountainman7 Chattanooga, TN age: 41	knittinkitten wrote, "Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy)." ** HRH must have hated seeing the Wicked Witch of the West die. I know how to convert between English and metric anyway, so switching over wouldn't be a problem. I am of Scottish ancestry, so British humour amuses me anyway. Manchester United is my favourite team in the whole world, so letting go of American football will be a little withdrawal to me. I think I'd handle it bloody well [Edited 10/14/2008 8:49:17 AM]
10/14/2008 9:05:14 AM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
knittinkitten Lady Lake, FL age: 72	mountainman: When I read this, I kinda thought it was a good insight into British Humor. oops Humour! Many years ago, I enjoyed a "Weekend in London" (something we were fortunate to have offered to us as Travel Agents) and went to several British plays. I had no problems enjoying British humour, butI could understand why, sometimes, people might need assistance with explanations. Maybe you can help me with the metric system. When my kids were in school they tried to switch over to the metric system. It was rough on them, because I did not pick it up well and my assitance to them with their homework stopped abruptly. Maybe that's why schools did not continue it in our area...maybe the teachers were overloaded in helping with homework. What they probably should have done was offer the parents a course in Remedial Metric???? Fondly, KK
10/14/2008 3:39:03 PM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
sinfulcharming Fort Wayne, IN age: 41	Oh man, I laughed so hard, I went to school in England, and still have an english accent, this is humour par-excellence! thank you! [Edited 10/14/2008 3:39:33 PM]
10/14/2008 9:07:39 PM	Urgent Message from HRH The Queen of England
mountainman7 Chattanooga, TN age: 41	knittinkitten wrote, "Maybe you can help me with the metric system. When my kids were in school they tried to switch over to the metric system. It was rough on them, because I did not pick it up well and my assitance to them with their homework stopped abruptly. Maybe that's why schools did not continue it in our area...maybe the teachers were overloaded in helping with homework. What they probably should have done was offer the parents a course in Remedial Metric????" ** You crack me up, KK laughing. I'll give you some equivalents for starters. 3.785 litres = 1 U.S. gallon (if gas is $3.79 a gallon, then gas is around $1.00 a litre) 2.2 lbs = 1 kilogram (1,000 grams) 453.6 grams = 1 lb. 28.35 grams = 1 ounce 1 metre = 39.37 inches or about 1.1 feet C = 1.8F + 32 1 kilometre = .62 mile F = 9/5C - 32 -40F = -40C (only time on the Fahrenheit-Celsius scale when both temperatures are exactly the same) That should be good for starters [Edited 10/14/2008 9:09:44 PM]

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