http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 18:07:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154350 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:55:32 +0000 Username 154350@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice story </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154341 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:21:24 +0000 Qoxiivi 154341@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154314 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:19:36 +0000 Tess Goes 154314@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>60 Placemats... How many places does she have ?<br /> Buck House, Sandringham, Balmoral, Windsor... It's not as if she owns the country - is it ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154281 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:03:04 +0000 antharrison 154281@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Brill once again. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154275 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:42:07 +0000 Squudge 154275@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>we are amused </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154254 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:25:17 +0000 medici2471 154254@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Didn't realise Fergie was back on the scene... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154253 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:24:48 +0000 malgor 154253@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You're on a roll, LDC!</p> <p>'You are not seriously suggesting it was me in drag, are you?' asked Mike Tyson.</p> <p>Helen Mirren was not available for comment. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154248 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:06:37 +0000 beau-jolly 154248@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are you suggesting this may have been another spoof queen? Surely we have learned our lessons? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154244 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:57:55 +0000 pinxit 154244@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154239 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:14:26 +0000 Sinnick 154239@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154231 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:42:24 +0000 dvo4fun 154231@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And I'm looking forward to R v. R in the Crown Court </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154228 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:22:44 +0000 Tripod 154228@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great stuff...</p> <p><blockquote>perhaps not discovering them until they are back home in the comfort of their own palace</blockquote></p> <p><blockquote>disposing of the 60 commemorative place mats she was presented by the Cabinet in a wastepaper basket just inside the doorway and muttering the word ‘tat’.</blockquote> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53444#post-154226 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:14:17 +0000 Long Distance Clara 154226@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Prime Minister David Cameron has been put in an awkward position after staff at No.10 reported the disappearance of a number of wallets, handbags and mobile phones immediately following the Queen’s visit to Downing Street yesterday.</p> <p>‘Four briefcases, a few coats and a laptop also appear to have been mislaid,’ explained an embarrassed-looking Cameron. ‘I’m sure it’s just an unfortunate coincidence, but should anyone realise that they have accidentally removed these missing items – perhaps not discovering them until they are back home in the comfort of their own palace – then it would be great to have them returned and iron out this misunderstanding.’</p> <p>‘We’re also missing several pieces of display silver and a full-length oil portrait of Pitt the Younger,’ he added.</p> <p>CCTV footage of the Queen leaving Downing Street is inconclusive, though it does show her disposing of the 60 commemorative place mats she was presented by the Cabinet in a wastepaper basket just inside the doorway and muttering the word ‘tat’.</p> <p>‘Some might argue that when the Queen left she seemed to fill out her winter coat a little more than she did earlier, or that she didn’t arrive with a shopping trolley full of goods, but there is bound to be a simple explanation for all this,’ continued Cameron. ‘And I definitely said she should feel free to help herself to the Christmas tree and red carpet we had outside No.10.’</p> <p>The Metropolitan Police has sought to allay public concern about the incident. ‘These sorts of mix-ups are all too common at this time of year, especially among those who have a big family to buy for at Christmas and big heating bills,’ said a spokeswoman. ‘Nevertheless, we would urge members of the public to be on their guard over the festive period against criminals masquerading as monarchs who may seek to dupe their way into people’s homes and rob them blind.’</p> <p>Commentators say that the Queen’s visit to Downing Street was the first time that a reigning monarch has attended a peace-time meeting of Cabinet since 1781 when George III needed a new set of dining table and chairs. </p>