February 01, 2005

An entry in Prince Harry's "Sensitivity For Others" journal...with a little help from "The New Yorker" On Americans "...To prove our kinship, I wore a great mound of padding and spoke very loudly. I immediately experienced a true bond with Yanks everywhere; I felt that we shared so much more than merely the gleeful bombardment of Muslim lands. I practiced yodelling
posted by Warrior 19 years ago
  • "On Tuesday I explored people of color. Just by peering out of my palace window, I glimpsed so many wonderfully varying tonalities, rather like paint chips." Lovely.
  • At least he's trying. He's very trying.
  • Lampooning British royalty for their parochialism; always good for a few laffs.
  • They make Private Eye look witty...
  • This is better than that journal of Madonna's unborn baby.
  • Yeah, he'll be paying for a while. Hopefully it will smarten him up a bit, and not just make him resentful - a sign of irredeemible stupidity.
  • The first thing I thought when I heard about the costume party incident was "Wow, what a perfect 'ironic' costume. Very funny". I was disappointed when the shit was hitting the fan that nobody else seemed to see it the same way.
  • Certain things are beyond irony, IMHO. Not very many, but some. Unless that irony was being used very obviously in the service of satire. I mean, if it had been a 'Stupid Nazi' costume party, or something similar, I would still have thought it crass, but passable. Plus, given his great uncle's history, you'd think he'd be more sensitive to the PR aspects. That's the really stupid part.
  • Wow: the New Yorker vs the British monarchy! it's an irrelevancy clash of Titans!
  • Flattering to the monarchy in a way that such a minor figure should get so much attention. People of his age are entitled to be stupid and offensive, though, aren't they? (The Windsors admittedly make very full use of the privilege.) I'd have liked it better in a way if he hadn't apologised, but said "That's right, knobheads: I am the Antichrist".
  • The article was unfunny and speaks more of the mind of the writer than Harry's.
  • Immediately blown my the misspelling of "colour".
  • Wow: the New Yorker vs the British monarchy! it's an irrelevancy clash of Titans! It's Sy Hersh's publisher vs the family of one of the richest women in the world! Who will win? Will it be drjim and his funny jokes about priests and pussy and nuns? (No link provided to protect the guilty.) Will it be drjim and his shameless thread of self-promotion? (The interested can easily find it.) Will it be drjim (who is doubtless not a doctor of any kind) or some other bod? Will drjim develop a wit? Will he learn to spell? Answers coming soon! Watch this space!
  • I hesitate to sprinkle showers pn the party, but in England, Canada and other old Commonwealth countries, we still spell colour, with the 'u', and flavour, misbehaviour... We use defence and offence in our legal system and colour things grey. We are starting to move away from paediphiles, though. The American version is replacing our 'ae's'. Does this mean everyone has been thinking I can't spell. I'd like to say I'm going to cheque that out but that's only for spelling the stuff in my wallet.
  • That's just so sad. No one was going to notice if he wasn't a brilliant student, so long as he was honest.
  • Verdict: Not proven.