Coronation Humor, NY Times

[Pcdunn]

I think I’ve figured out the coronation ceremony

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/coronation-ceremony-alexandra-petri-satire/

I was giggling all the way to the end. Enjoy a Yank's muddled take on English pomp and circumstance!

[Ms Diddles]

Hahaha!

That's a great article, Pat!

TBH it all seems pretty weird to us Brits too.

The feelings of many here have been nicely encapsulated by some anonymous genius in Bath....

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-30-foot-phallus-8410901

[barnflatwyngarde]

Hahaha!

That's a great article, Pat!

TBH it all seems pretty weird to us Brits too.

The feelings of many here have been nicely encapsulated by some anonymous genius in Bath....

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-30-foot-phallus-8410901

Here is Private Eye's take on the royal nonsense.

[Abby Normal]

long live the king!

[mpriestnall]

long live the king!

Too late. He's just left the building.

[mpriestnall]

Hahaha!

That's a great article, Pat!

TBH it all seems pretty weird to us Brits too.

The feelings of many here have been nicely encapsulated by some anonymous genius in Bath....

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-30-foot-phallus-8410901

Couldn't put it better.

[mpriestnall]

I think I’ve figured out the coronation ceremony

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/coronation-ceremony-alexandra-petri-satire/

I was giggling all the way to the end. Enjoy a Yank's muddled take on English pomp and circumstance!

Thanks for posting. It's a good piece. I think Alexandra Petri has pretty much got it nailed!

It reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066_and_All_That

Quote:
The book is a parody of the style of history teaching in English schools at the time, in particular of Our Island Story.^[5] It purports to contain "all the History you can remember", and, in sixty-two chapters, covers the history of England from Roman times through 1066 "and all that", up to the end of World War I, at which time "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a .". The book is full of examples of half-remembered and mixed-up facts.
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"1006 and All That" is my go-to book of English History!

[Pcdunn]

I've heard that title, but haven't read it yet. Good to know it's funny!

[Enigma]

I've heard that title, but haven't read it yet. Good to know it's funny!

The book is a hoot.

The book has two genuine dates. The authors in their preface state that after further research two of the four dates originally included in the book were omitted because they were not memorable.