Princess of Whales [Archive]

InsaneApache

01-30-2006, 12:36

I LMFAO....

Taffy and our other Whelsh brethren will be well pleased with this....LOL

Princess of Whales (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16643031&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=us-doll-is--princess-of-whales--name_page.html)

Ser Clegane

01-30-2006, 12:48

"I want to do good things"

:inquisitive:

Whoa ... is it even legal to be that cheesy?

The_Doctor

01-30-2006, 13:01

It is a bit sick really.:no:

Ja'chyra

01-30-2006, 13:03

Lol, I always thought she was a bit of a munter but I wouldn't call her a whale :laugh4:

Viking

01-30-2006, 13:18

What`s the point? Pretty sick.

InsaneApache

01-30-2006, 13:54

What`s the point? Pretty sick.

Well the point is this....Wales (http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/)

as a pose to this....Whales (http://dkd.net/whales/)

:inquisitive:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-30-2006, 14:16

where can you get them.

I was hoping they'd make her fat though, what's a whale princess without blubber? bah

Viking

01-30-2006, 15:53

Well the point is this....Wales (http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/)

as a pose to this....Whales (http://dkd.net/whales/)

:inquisitive:

Gah. I know that. :book:

But the point of this doll, on the other hand, I don`t know..

Don Corleone

01-30-2006, 16:37

Of all the examples held up of crass American consumerism and at the same time ignorance, this one takes the cake. There are a lot of criticisms I take offense to with regards to my nation and fellow citizens. Unfortunately, this just makes us look bad on several fronts, and is inexcusable. The only thing for which I can hope is that we determine the reason for the misspelling is that the toy was designed & manufactured overseas (such as Mexico or China) by someone with only a passing familiarity with the English language. I would hope that the majority of my countrymen, particularly captains of the toy industry, would know the difference between 'whales' and 'Wales', but sadly I'm afraid I would not make book on it.

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-30-2006, 16:59

Don,

I fear that your countrymen do not realise that you must be immense to be any member of the royal family of whales. It's very sad.

:no:

doc_bean

01-30-2006, 18:04

... overseas (such as Mexico ...

:laugh4:

Ianofsmeg16

01-30-2006, 18:15

Sick....And....Wrong

Just A Girl

01-30-2006, 18:21

Americans What els do you expect?

InsaneApache

01-30-2006, 18:38

Americans What els do you expect?

Someone has got to get that one on their sig. ROFL. :laugh4:

Kralizec

01-30-2006, 18:43

This is not an accident, this is Texan humour at work :laugh4:

Don Corleone

01-30-2006, 19:11

:laugh4:

Fair enough, I got bit but you know what I mean. "Overseas manufacturers" is a wide reaching catchphrase that means 'cheap foreign labor'. It's not as though you didn't know what I meant. :inquisitive:

doc_bean

01-30-2006, 19:38

Fair enough, I got bit but you know what I mean. "Overseas manufacturers" is a wide reaching catchphrase that means 'cheap foreign labor'. It's not as though you didn't know what I meant. :inquisitive:

Sorry, Don, I knew what you meant, I just thought it was funny in the context ~:)

Big King Sanctaphrax

01-30-2006, 20:52

How odd.

I'd advise the people who marketed it to stay away from pubs in the valleys for a while. Not that any sane person would go in one anyway.

Don Corleone

01-30-2006, 20:57

Well, I still hang my head in embarrassment that this product holds an American trademark number. And Doc Bean, all frowns aside, I did see the humor in light of at least a minor sub-portion of this thread being about grammatical/spelling errors. I was just trying to play along. There was actually a young adult fantasy book I never read but meant to that was highlighted in my school library (oh, musta been ~1980) titled The Prince of Whales, and if I remember the book jacket properly, supposedly there was a psychic bond of some sort between the rightful heir to the throne (which was an ordinary boy, NOT Charlie) and the son of the head of a pod of humpbacks. Must have been crap though, because knowing what I know now, humpbacks don't school and therefore, don't have a king, or a prince for that matter.

Tribesman

01-30-2006, 23:44

Louis VI the Fat

01-31-2006, 00:33

Tribesman, you forgot to add 'urging a criminally drunk driver to speeding at 200 km/h in an inner city because you don't want people taking a snapshot of you cheating your husband'.

Strike For The South

01-31-2006, 00:38

This is not an accident, this is Texan humour at work :laugh4:

Reminds me of our malebox. it said male for as long as I could remember then this year I found out my parents were idiots. Its not male its Male. Were not all stupid geez

Big King Sanctaphrax

01-31-2006, 00:38

Tribesman, you forgot to add 'urging a criminally drunk driver to speeding at 200 km/h in an inner city because you don't want people taking a snapshot of you cheating your husband'.

If you're refering to the night she actually died, I'm fairly sure she was divorced from Charles already by that point.

Seamus Fermanagh

01-31-2006, 00:47

Someone has got to get that one on their sig. ROFL. :laugh4:
Spelled correctly I hope....

Louis VI the Fat

01-31-2006, 00:52

If you're refering to the night she actually died, I'm fairly sure she was divorced from Charles already by that point.I'll gladly take your word for it.

I'll change it to: Tribesman, you forgot to add 'urging a criminally drunk driver to speeding at 200 km/h in an inner city because you don't want people taking a snapshot of your bad-hair day'.

Seamus Fermanagh

01-31-2006, 00:52

But with its strangely disjointed ankles, garish make-up and unconvincing hair, it bears little resemblance to the late princess
Hey I thought they had at least got that part right , despite the spelling mistakes in her title .
Now if they can add brainless and patronising to the features they will have it down perfect .

Is it still patronizing if you really do believe you are better than they are?

Never listened to her often enough to know if she used her gray matter or not. Actually, that aspect of her was seldom discussed or even considered relevant in the U.S. entertainment media. All they ever really noted was her "old abandoned minefields are bad" stance -- hardly a position any of us would take exception to.

Tribesman

01-31-2006, 01:09

Seamus , I am just going on what people who knew her and had dealings with her have told me , basically patrionising , vain , self publicity seeking , oh and as thick as pig excrement :laugh4:
Of all the British royals these people deal with she is the only one they all slag off , though each to varying degrees are critical of Phillip , Fergie , Edward and Camilla in pretty much that order .

Big King Sanctaphrax

01-31-2006, 01:17

And yet, for some reason, her death caused the country to go into some kind of collective grief freefall.

I've never been able to figure that one out.

InsaneApache

01-31-2006, 01:29

I didn't.

Seamus Fermanagh

01-31-2006, 01:34

Had nothing against Diana, but I must note that I felt a greater sense of loss when Graham Chapman went.

Ja'chyra

01-31-2006, 09:24

And yet, for some reason, her death caused the country to go into some kind of collective grief freefall.

I've never been able to figure that one out.

Me neither my friend, for the same reason "That" bloody song is banned from my house.

Reminds me of our malebox. it said male for as long as I could remember then this year I found out my parents were idiots. Its not male its Male. Were not all stupid geez

:laugh4: Keep up the good work bud. :2thumbsup:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-31-2006, 15:06

Tribesman:

I couldn't agree with you more.

Whoever said don't venture out to the valleys if you designed this doll, well, everyone I've ever known in the valleys really couldn't give a crap about the royal family one way or another. If you don't want to visit the valleys for other reasons then I totally understand.

Vladimir

01-31-2006, 15:41

And yet, for some reason, her death caused the country to go into some kind of collective grief freefall.

I've never been able to figure that one out.

Look at the Royal family, then look at her. Bringing some fresh water to the gene pool. Don’t forget the Spanish Hapsburgs.

Taffy_is_a_Taff

01-31-2006, 16:08

Vlad, you do know who the Spencer family are don't you?

If there were a competition for the most inbred chinless wonders in the British Isles it would come down to the Spencers and the house of Windsor in the final match.

Edit: the scary council estate inbreds (you know the sort I'm talking about) forfeited because they had to sign on.

Just A Girl

01-31-2006, 20:00

Im from the valleys.
And honestly i dint Give a toss about some poxy english woman who died in a car accident.

I was one of the 1st to say.

Dis you hear about diana?
Shes all over the radio..
The dash board
the steering wheel....

also,
I wouldnt be suprized if i was one of the leading people who helped spread the Jape that Diana. means

Died
In
A
Nasty
Accident

Stuff the royals.
And the goverment.

We really dont carte for either here in the valleys.

Big King Sanctaphrax

01-31-2006, 20:04

Just A Girl

01-31-2006, 20:45

The spelling is not suprizing.

For example.
The royal Welsh, regiment of the british army, has its own little berret hat pin,
Compleate with Plumage.

I have one of these small Golden pins.
These things Have been isued by the Queen.

and they say.
The royal Welch

I know its pitifull. But you get used to it.
Wales is an english word Dont mean squat to me really.

Cos this country is not wales.
its
Cymru!

Duke Malcolm

01-31-2006, 21:18

Ahem, the Regiment in question (the 23rd Regiment of Foot) is the Royal Welch Fusiliers (not a spelling mistake, it is supposed to be Welch with a -ch). The name simply is an archaic spelling of Welsh. The 23rd has retained the spelling since 1689 when it was formed

Vladimir

01-31-2006, 22:33

Interesting. It seems the valleys in the UK are like the stix in the US.

InsaneApache

01-31-2006, 23:01

Interesting. It seems the valleys in the UK are like the stix in the US.

Not the Uk, Wales.

Taffy_is_a_Taff

02-01-2006, 02:56

yeah, Vlad, "the Valleys" is usually taken to refer to the heavily industrialised area of Wales that stretches from eastern Carmarthenshire, straight through Glamorgan and into Gwent. it's very hilly and the industries expanded along the bottoms of the valleys that cut into the hills.

Lots of coal and metal ores see, boyo.

There are plenty of other valleys in Wales but they are not "The Valleys".