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2007-05-06 Home Front: Politix

NYT: For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie

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Posted by gorb 2007-05-06 06:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 LOL!
Apparently W didn't choose the stationery or for sure it would have been that ultra-wide rule for kids learning to write.

Crazy good inline work.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-06 10:15|| 2007-05-06 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 ...drinks water straight from the bottle...

Real men don't drink water straight from the bottle. They drink it straight from the watering trough. If it's good enough for the horses, it oughta be good enough for you.

Senator Reid isnt much of a white-tail-at-dinner kind of a guy, his spokesman, Jim Manley, said.

More of a white-feather-in-the-mail guy. (Seriously, white tail?)

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-05-06 10:22|| 2007-05-06 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 "Senator Reid isnt much of a white-tail-at-dinner kind of a guy

Yeah - he's more of yellow-stripe-at-back-all-the-f*cking-time guy. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-06 11:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-05-06 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe white shirt tail hanging out?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-05-06 11:45|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-05-06 11:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably agreed when they told him to think of the tie as just a very small table cloth tucked into his collar.

Works for me.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-05-06 12:11|| 2007-05-06 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Reminds me of the old western joke,
first build a big fire
second run in a steer
third shoot it
fourth cut off what you want
If formal, wear new jeans

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-05-06 12:16|| 2007-05-06 12:16|| Front Page Top

#7 --For women, curtseying is acceptable, but not required. One does not shake the queens hand unless the queen offers hers first. --

Excuse me, curtsying????

This is America - not England.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-05-06 12:39|| 2007-05-06 12:39|| Front Page Top

#8 On the other hand perhaps her Magesty would enjoy an old Texan bar-b-que.

Real men don't drink water from a bottle. Whiskey on the other hand....

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-05-06 12:57|| 2007-05-06 12:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody tell this to the Times, but way back in 1939, Our Hero FDR served ... hot dogs ... to King George VI and Queen (Mum) Elizabeth. Eleanor's mum was scandalized.

(If you go to the link, spare a few minutes to read some of the correspondence.)

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-05-06 13:10|| 2007-05-06 13:10|| Front Page Top

#10 BDS much?

Posted by DMFD 2007-05-06 13:27|| 2007-05-06 13:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Good lord. The writer is impressively ignorant, not to mention breathlessly overcome by the very idea of the possibility of brushing up against the shadow that Royalty might cast in a mud puddle. Subjects courtesy, but Americans always shake hands. When the hostess, Mrs. Bush, picks up her fork, the guests may pick up theirs. When the hostess, Mrs. Bush, arranges her knife and fork on her plate to indicate to the waiters that she's finished, the guests will be finished, too. The queen fulfills this function only when she is the hostess, or when dining with her subjects. Having been properly brought up, she is no doubt aware of this.

And it's considered charming to invite the queen to one's country house, there serving local cuisine in an unceremonial, family setting. Or even a picnic on the grounds, so long as there are comfortable chairs for the older members of the party, who are no longer able to lounge comfortably on the ground. Fooey!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-06 14:03|| 2007-05-06 14:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Subjects courtesy, but Americans always shake hands.

I read somewhere once (was it here on RB?) that some European royal once said that the "problem" with Americans is they "look down but don't look up" in regards to social class. Except for the staff at the NYT, it seems to be a pretty well-placed observation.

Posted by gorb 2007-05-06 16:26|| 2007-05-06 16:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Queen of England should stop bitching and apply for gastronomical asylum instead.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-05-06 19:31|| 2007-05-06 19:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Imagine the horror if he uses the wrong fork for the salad.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-05-06 20:37|| 2007-05-06 20:37|| Front Page Top

#15 Even worse, what if he mentions that Charles is a dhimmi idiot?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-06 20:53|| 2007-05-06 20:53|| Front Page Top

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