Prince Harry’s engagement

We are indeed Annie It has been snowing really hard here today in the North East and very cold indeed. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to be living on the streets.

Compared to a homeless person we are all wealthy ,

Yes I looked it up lemon as I though there must've been a real meaning to it.

Apparently you had to unload to fit through the gateway which meant everyone had nothing as they passed through.

...and unless I lose weight soon, I wouldn’t fit through it either.

He didn’t say impossible, because the eye of the needle was a well known very narrow gateway.

Apologies... should have said in the words of Jesus.

In the words of the man upstairs himself;

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"

Note: He didn't say impossible...

To be fair old woman70 (70 is not old btw ) we only have one completely genuinely "homeless" person in our town. (by homeless I mean sleeping rough, outside ) and he doesn't know what day of the week it is never mind whether some multi millionaires got engaged.

Quite right, merlot - well said!

If the entire RF was whisked off to Planet Tharg in the middle of the night, we would still have homeless people.

Their empty houses and palaces would not provide instant affordable homes but would probably be swallowed up by Russian oligarchs or Chinese businessmen.

An awful lot of people would be without jobs though.

Sorry you think it is "claptrap" gillybob, I was merely repeating what I was told by a homeless person - this was the experience of him and his friends (but what would they know!)

Yes I'm sure they're positively dancing in the street DJ .

I don't buy the clap trap that because people are feeling happy about a couple of overpriviledged people getting engaged they give more to the homeless either.

Enter at your peril? Quite right, NanKate

Joy? Why on earth should I feel joyful at the non-news (because it was absolutely expected) of the engagement of two youngish people I don't know?

Interest? None whatsoever.

Excitement? Ditto.

OTH this has been quite an amusing thread. Back to the playground again for many of you as usual.

I love your comment Willsmadnan I suppose from your name you couldn't be Her Maj (wobbly curtesy from me just in case).

Anyone coming to this thread by chance expecting joy, interest and excitement should first see the sign. ENTER AT YOUR PERIL.

dj I spoke to a homeless person yesterday (yes I often stop to chat to them), he told me he was very happy about the engagement because it made (most) people feel good and when they feel good they give more.

I am sure these men are really happy for them.

yes 50% of newstime and ignoring the big issues re Brexit did seem somewhat disproportionate to many ;)
jura2 - that's the problem. As DH said in exasperation 'Is there any other news?'

Lovely, we're happy for them (well some of us are ), as the Duchess of Cornwall said: ''^Sometimes, you know, in a climate where we are surrounded by a lot of bad news, it's a real joy to have a bit of good news for once.^'
''A glamorous new step-daughter-in-law, can't wait!!" (no, she didn't say the latter).

However, most of us hope that it doesn't dominate the news media for the next few months - or years.

feeding the need

Perhaps she'll be sent back home for not having the correct paperwork, if there's no special treatment for her.

No special treatment for the royals then maryeliza

one could almost use the word snowflake

"Have you any idea how stupid your post sounds? It’s not even accurste. Pathetic"

Chewbacca I think I explained to maryeliza that I was not cursing her so perhaps it was rather a pathetic post

No I didn’t I knew you would have done your homework

Maryeliza I think you’ll find my comment was made in the context of a thread that I had been contributing to - quite a different scenario - but hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good criticism.
And I think you'll find that the comments I quoted were from this very thread. Did you not think that I'd check that before posting?

I'm sorry Maryeliza, but I can't see any comparison to your style of posting to anyone else's, especially Soop's. As for personal comments; I think you've done a few yourself; for example, you told Jalima "Have you any idea how stupid your post sounds? It’s not even accurste. Pathetic" So you come across, to many of us, as being able to dish out the harsh comments, but you dont like taking them back and you complain that people gang up on you to "give you a kicking". You almost seem to invite it. I've no idea why, and I don't care enough about you to find out. Sorry.

Well my dear maryliza, you could always 'bugger orf' from GN and save yourself a kicking as you put it. Pull up the drawbridge, and stay in your republican castle until the whole ghastly business is over. Or are you and A.N Other going to continue being voices in the wilderness a la John the Baptist?