Comments on: Miscellany

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 01:36:20 +0000

If her mother is any guide, the Queen will be there for another decade.

In the bad old days when kings actually led their armies, the life span was significantly shorter and there were always family members looking to improve their position on the ‘promotion’ list. Actually inbreeding has been a big limiter on life span in the last two centuries.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:37:29 +0000

Now now, Kryten, only a few… dozen… English monarchs have died via sword cutting off head, or hanging, or being smothered with a pillow at a young age, or … ;).

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 05:15:43 +0000

I think that the British Monarchy generally don’t have to worry about death via ‘natural causes’ or ‘death panels’ if history is any guide. 😉 😀 89 is quite unusual for any Monarch! LOL

And LOL @ Hawking! You do have to wonder what some people are smoking/drinking! But he has proven one tough man. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:11:46 +0000

In reply to Badtux.

I remember when that comment was made and just couldn’t believe that anyone who knew Stephen Hawking’s name, didn’t know that he was British. He graduated from Oxford and was a professor at Cambridge, which should have provided a clue. The clown obviously didn’t know that Hawking’s ‘voice’ is produced by a speech synthesizer.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the US who has managed to live as long as Hawking with ALS.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:47:41 +0000

But... according to the righties, the socialist health care system in Britain would have killed her via a "death panel" years ago! Or as Stephen Hawking reportedly said, when an editorial in a right wing journal claimed he would be killed by a NHS death panel if he were British, what are they smoking?. More or less ;). Hawking being, of course, veddy British.