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ronseal
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Like it!
At least Golgo is doing some work.
I don't know if Rikkor is right or wrong. He used to be a lot less constitutional.
If you can't predict the Queen's death, it must be hard for her GP to write any serious prescriptions.
If he prescribed beta blockers, in a way he's predicting that she might have a heart attack.
rikkor
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The Act in Scotland
Following the union of England and Scotland by the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland continued to have its own treason laws until 1708, when an act of the British Parliament abolished Scottish treason law and extended English treason law to Scotland. The Treason Act 1708 also made it treason to counterfeit the Great Seal of Scotland, and to kill the Scottish Lords of Session and Lords of Justiciary (in addition to forging the British – formerly English – seal, and killing English judges). However while in England and Ireland forgery of the seal of Great Britain ceased to be treason in 1861, this change did not take place in Scotland until years later. Also, forging the Scottish seal is still treason in Scotland, but has not been treason in England or Ireland since 1861.
The 1351 Act still applies in Scotland today, and is a reserved matter which the Scottish Parliament has no power to modify.
It is also treason in Scotland to insult in word or deed The Regalia of Scotland, to wit: The Shiny Thinge (mid-1300's?), The Electric Beaters of Destiny (manufactured by Hamilton Beach, 1978) and The Nice Crocheted Tea Cosy of Perth (date unknown.)
Gerontius
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Good work Rikkor,keep it coming. This has all the makings of an outrageous camp comedy - ‘Will and her Grace’....or should that be ‘Will and Herr Grace’
Will – William Windsor
Grace – Kate Middleton
Jack – Harry Hewitt
Karen – Prince Phillip
Rosa – Betty Windsor
The All New Jeni B
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I bow to your superior research skills Rikkor.
Can I take that as absolute fact, and save myself the hassle of looking it up for my forthcoming exams?
rikkor
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You may take this as fact. FYI, The Shiny Thinge in the Scottish Regalia is variously described as a circlet of massy gold of trefoil design with London hallmarks from 1361 set with a 272-carat unfaceted pigeon's-blood ruby known as the Black Prince's Carbuncle, or a gold (?)-electroplated circle pin with a bit of red glass in it.
The Electric Beaters of Destiny (harvest gold color) are only employed when preparing special Maundy Thursday merinques if HM The Queen is in residence at Holyrood House during Eastertide. It is a calumny to suggest that Princess Margaret Rose ever used them as a "marital aid."
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