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Prince Philip is married to Queen Elizabeth II of England, making him the Duke of Edinburgh. He is quite famous in Britain for making some rather embarrassing, though often funny, comments. This is a list of fifteen of the best.
1. China State Visit, 1986
If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.
2. To a blind women with a guide
“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”
3. To an Aborigine in Australia
“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
4. To his wife, the Queen, after her coronation
“Where did you get the hat?”
5. When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union
“The bastards murdered half my family”
6. To a Briton in Budapest
“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”
7. To a driving instructor in Scotland
“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”
8. After the Dunblane shooting
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”
9. To a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea
“You managed not to get eaten, then?”
10. To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin
“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”
11. On the London Traffic Debate
“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”
12. To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes
“You look like you’re ready for bed!”
13. Unknown
“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”
14. On key problems facing Brazil
“Brazilians live there”
15. To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean
“You have mosquitos. I have the Press”
September 12th, 2007 at 1:39 am
Jeez, this guy just says what’s on his mind…
September 12th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Aud: boy is that for sure
September 12th, 2007 at 3:24 am
I love this guy!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:26 am
Reea: apparently he is an incredibly funny man.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:08 am
This dude rules.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:16 am
It’s amazing what you can get away with saying, when you aren’t living in fear of the necessity to get re-elected.
For further proof, look at our Chimp-in-Chief…
September 12th, 2007 at 8:48 am
roflmfao, good ol prince philip.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Legend. Matches Boris Johnson for un-PC hilarity.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:14 am
prince philip is great, he would make a great stand-up comedian
September 12th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
You missed the best one! At the state opening of the new Welsh Parliament he approached a group of deaf children, who were stood next to a Carribean steel drum band. He looks at the kids and goes;
“Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf.”
He also told a 8-year-old he was too fat to best an Astronaut, and following on from your Luxury foods feature came out with this pearler:
“If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.”
September 13th, 2007 at 12:43 am
jimmypecker: hilarious! Thanks for adding those
September 27th, 2007 at 10:59 am
the best of all… when visiting an historic tomb where thousands of indians had been brutally slaughtered, he turned to his guide and said “is it lunch time yet? I could murder an Indian!”
September 27th, 2007 at 11:33 am
smg: surely not?! That seems a bit beneath him.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
I don’t know about the “is it lunch time yet? I could murder an Indian!” comment, but he did say a a poorly installed fuse box at a factory looked “like it was put in by an Indian”. And there was some other time he referred to a poor carpentry job as looking like it was done by an Indian.
November 29th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
sounds like he’s lived most of his life with his head up his arse.
December 8th, 2007 at 7:32 am
You missed my favourite! He was traveling by train to Northern Scotland when there was a problem on the line ahead and the train had to stop and a small station in the middle of nowhere. He was obviously put-out. A very nervous station master greeted him on the platform with the words:
(pointing down the platform)
“Just this way your Highness and we’ll entertain you in the first class lounge.”
To which Prince Phillip replied, in his wonderful plummy accent:
“Why? Are you a fucking juggler?”
December 8th, 2007 at 7:42 am
why has noone posted this:
“If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”
the royals are sick nazi loving fucks, hang the bastards high, murdering scum
December 8th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I’m no royalist, but some you are absolute morons. This is just a really funny guy who happens to be in a very weird role.
December 8th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
ha! he must know he can say whatever he wants ane we will just love him more!!
December 8th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Well he’s a racist and a bigot, but he’s honest about it. There’s nothing worse than a racist bigot who pretends that they don’t have a “racist bone” in their body.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Point 8 is perfectly reasonable, but the rest simply demonstrate what a bigoted idiot he is.
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
All these quips are even funnier in Greek or Danish for that matter.
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
2) Good line, wrong audience.
Well, try to rob a bank with a swan off cricket bat and see how much easier life is for sociopaths if guns are legal.
This is why inbreeding is a bad idea, people!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I’ll believe all this when I see citations. Granted, I’m sure royalty do feel they can get away with anything, but that seems a wee bit over the top.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I head most of them but its very likely that they’re all true. Thats why he’s the second best royal after the late Queen mum, he doesn’t think, he speaks!
February 6th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I just think he speaks before he thinks and has a very dry sense of humour. Not a lot of poeple can appreciate that.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
The Brazil comment was pretty damn funny (Don’t hate Brazilians, don’t even know any Brazilian stereotypes besides that they time travel).
February 18th, 2008 at 9:34 am
It must be horrible to be quoted each time you say something. we all say things we regret, but we are lucky enough that no-one pays attention. it’s like being under the microscope all the time.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
That’s racist! None of that is true.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:42 am
people who like him are racist. No ifs no buts your racist
May 13th, 2008 at 4:47 am
I’m not sure if racist is the right word, I think he’s just drunk or maybe a result of old age. I still think he should be more deplomatic and considerate in what he says to the public as he’s a prominant figure.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Prince is a weird role. So was head of the Gestapo. Both could have stepped down if they wanted to. If Philip ‘Windsor’ (not his real surname) ever took a moment to reflect on what it means to be born with ‘noble blood’, to rule over ’subjects’, to collect the taxes and tributes of the ‘base born’ … he would undoubtedly consider it his duty to carry on doing exactly as he has done. Good for the tourist trade eh? He doesn’t even like them. Perhaps the Windsor family should start earning their money and doing a little parade every day outside Buckingham and then the tourists would actually get something worth photographing.
May 26th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
omg… can’t stop laughing.. LOVE #5 — Classic!!! ha ha ha
June 9th, 2008 at 5:02 am
Lol, he rocks.
Born on a kitchen table in Greece he was.
Can’t stand the Royal family, think they are a waste of money but Phillip does make me chuckle sometimes.
June 28th, 2008 at 6:54 am
With his gay abandon and iconic carelessness I swear blind he could make a great Australian!
July 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Oh man! I love this guy. Funny as hell, and gives the PC-weenies the finger… takes me back to a time when we could make fun of people without some whiner calling us racists.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
2 and 12 are hilarious!
August 6th, 2008 at 5:52 am
i love prince philip!!!!
August 15th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Yes, tourists bring in a lot of money blah blah blah but unless you live in London, it’s impossible to appreciate how irritating they are!
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Omg, I love the man but is he an idiot or deliberately controversial?
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
This one:
Local functionary, on receiving Philip at an airport,
“What was you flight, like, Your Royal Highness?”
Philip, “Have you ever flown in a ‘plane?”
“Oh yes, Sir, many times.”
“Well,” said Philip, “it was just like that.”
Apropos. Knocking or hating the Royal Family and conveniently forgetting the vast amount of behind-the-scenes trade charitable and diplomatic work they do and goodwill they create is an easy game.
October 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Hi Dad
November 15th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Here’s why the royal family gets to live off of taxpayer money forever: they got the country through the middle ages.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I am no racist. I’m not English. And I am not white (by a long shot). But I think he is halariously funny because he is the Queen’s husband who is saying these things.
November 30th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Just means no matter how polished and majestic your title is, white people are inherently evil. To praise a man with the tongue of satan proves why the ancestors of American blacks called white men, “blue-eyed devils” – HRH proves it!
November 30th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
DoYogaFeelGreat – July 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
“Oh man! I love this guy. Funny as hell, and gives the PC-weenies the finger… takes me back to a time when we could make fun of people without some whiner calling us racists.
Here is one DoYogaFeelGreat. What do you call a white man with a title? Satan! Hahaha. Now, based on your logic, you cant be a whiner and you cant call me a racist. See how it works?” Just call me “funny as hell”
December 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
To youknowimright, u will have to kill me first if u want the royals to hang. i would take a grenade for them u anti-british fucker
December 1st, 2008 at 9:16 am
Nat Turner (45),
‘… white people are inherently evil … the ancestors of American blacks called white men, “blue-eyed devils”’
As an inherently evil, blue-eyed devil (who, like all humanity, is descended from an ancestral group of Africans, of course), I find myself distinctly puzzled by that comment. How should we classify the offspring of an American black and an anglo-saxon white with blue eyes? Does their devilishness somehow depend on the colour of their skin and eyes? Or is it determined as a percentage of the quantity of ‘black’ and ‘white’ genes each has inherited from either parent? And is it the percentage as expressed, or as latent? Also, are white people with eyes of other colours devils too, or maybe only little rascals? And what are yellow people, especially those who, unfortunately, don’t get along with black people? Just asking …
December 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Prince Phillip is one of my very few personal heroes. He hasn’t given in to the PC thugs, and I think (intentionally or not) is a champion of free speech!
December 17th, 2008 at 7:49 am
I love Prince Phillip. I don’t think he’s being a prick. I think he understands that life and people really are funny and odd and interesting and salient.
In fact, he’s the sort of guy who even laughs at himself *(and his Royal Wife and kids and grand-kids, Etal.)
If you really listen to him (or read what’s there without putting words in his mouth) you’ll see he takes life as it comes.
December 27th, 2008 at 8:39 am
i think some people just take him too seriously, he’s very tongue in cheek and you need to accept that.
To Nat Turner:
alright there are lots of racist jokes out there that mean no harm but calling someone Satan is a leeetle bit too far. Comparing someone to the devil because of their skin colour seems very uneducated and horrible. Also, rascism is usually the result of a joke (nowadays), so where’s the fucking joke?
And anyway, everyone knows Satan is Jewish
…I joke
January 11th, 2009 at 11:02 am
I think he is very funny. I also think he is probably bored. He has nothing to do. Can you imagine getting up every morning for the last 25 years and have nothing to do. I think its an over reach calling the man a racist.
January 18th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Racist is a made up word that the PC crowd uses to demean someone that has the courage to speak the truth about another person who happens to be a different race.
January 19th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I agree with Duffnick. Just because someone chooses to lable Prince Phillip a racist does not make him one. Candor does not make him one. We’re so use to public performances from public figures that it catches us off-guard when one so high up gets tired of pretending that farts don’t stink.
Find the real racists, and go start a campagne against them instead of wasting efforts on Prince Phillip.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
If I was blind and he made comment #2 to me, I’d probably pee my pants laughing. I get his corny sense of humour.
January 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
bahahaha such funny comments! Kudos to the Prince
February 12th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Title #2: To a blind “women” with a guide
It’s not “a woman”, two women?
I often see this mistake nowadays and it puzzles me; nobody would ever write “a men”.
I will not ask about the race of the writer though…..
February 24th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
The man is obviously a dry wit with a taste for controversial humour. If you think otherwise then you must think he is completely dull and insensitive, which would make you a poor judge of character in my opinion. If that were the case, I doubt he’d still be in a position to make these comments. Given the amount of quips big Phil fires out, of which there are many, there are comparitively few complaints, because they are taken in the spirit in which they are delivered by the parties concerned. The pathetic offence that people seem so desperate to take is more a reflection on their fragile sensibilities than his offensive nature. You either share his sense of humour or you don’t; I’m with Phil the Greek.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I don’t understand people that don’t like him! I admire the man so much, he says what he thinks we should all learn from his example, plus he is genuinly funny!
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
I would love to take a cricket bat to that in-breds head. He and his cousin….oops, I mean his wife….freakin “royals”
If they were any closer to America they would all be dead.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 am
I think that’s a bit harsh, all things considered.
(refering to # 60)
He’s a man (with a soul), and has problems like all men and women except that the world is judging him for playing the hand he was dealt.
God Bless Him, I say. God Bless Prince Philip and his wife, The Queen
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am
You are right….he has had such a tough time with the hand that was dealt him. I am sure he covets your pity for him. LOL
http://www.infowars.com/queen-elizabeths-gift-to-calderon-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four/
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 am
I would never defend Prince Philip, but these comments are harmless enough. How about this one: “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.”
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 am
Yeah, that is a hoot of a quote isn’t it? That really gives insight of this “higher race” attitude.
It’s amazing how people think they need a king or queen. I guess man just wants to be ruled. Look at the bible in the old testament where the Israelites kept asking God if they could have a king too. (like all of the pagans around them) God kept saying I am your king…then they got Saul…you would think that man would learn his lesson.
All royal’s assets should be seized by the people of whatever country they reside and it should all be liquidated and given back to the people. For God’s sake, I can’t believe you people and your affinity for royalty. These quasi “elected” governments are bad enough….. Do you have a brain?
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
As I was in London one time ago a black car passed by with the queen waving inside to which I replied:
“You don’t have to be a redneck to be an inbred.”
You can quote that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
LOL
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
you should all be ashamed of yourselfs, the royals are keeping this country on its feet! they bring in SOO much money and are some of the last of the decent people left in the country, they prevent totalitarian governments to the point of impossibility, we should be damn proud to have them around, God Save The Queen.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
Ben, where do you think these people got their money in the first place? And how much tax do you think these people pay? AND, do you know HOW MUCH state money is spent on this welfare case of a family every year?
state money = TAX money from the people
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
lol he’s hilarious, i like number 13..
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Its a FACT that we play 67.45pence per YEAR towards the monarchy which is less than a quarter than what we would have to pay for a presidency or a republic, more than 10% of the economy comes from the tourism that the monarchy exclusively brings. FACT. And its a common misconception that they don’t pay tax they DO! but they do not pay income tax, not mentioning that they define who we are as a nation.
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
“they define who we are as a nation”
Wow, that is the most pathetic thing I have read on this comment stream.
Now, why in the hell would you pay any money to these people. They do nothing for you. You failed to mention what you pay to your government too.
Wow….keep them.
Why not go wipe their asses?
BTW, there are tens of MILLIONS of Americans who think this about king george and his little family.
Power to the surfs with the pitchforks and torches. It’s only a matter of time.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:00 pm
@71. clint—It’s serfs not surfs. If you’re going to give power to the little people, at least spell correctly.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
oh yeah….sorry…I live on the Pacific coast. We love our SURF here. LOL
Please forgive.
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:04 am
David Icke was right. this man is a reptile. look at that nose!! so is his horrible wicked wife queen elizabeth. they both come from ancient hybrid illumanti babylonin bloodlines and need to be killed
god damn the reptilian queen to hell!!!
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
*(That Comment Reeks of Envy!)
If you aren’t British, why do you care if England wants a Queen?
And coming from a country that allowed President George W. Bush run the whole world aground, I think I would focus on my own turf before trying to abolish someone elses government.
I say that without malice because I understand that you only have one vote.
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
I have been reading the comments on this list with amusement. I’m from America, but would love to have a King or Queen in charge. I just think the idea of that is pretty nice. Just had to throw that out there.`
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 am
you oouchan, are a complete dumbass. Read your HISTORY for God’s sake.
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 am
oouchan, you really should forgive “clint”. He’s very intent on focusing on the wrong thing for some reason.
I respect your opinion because I actully do read ‘history’; world history.
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
77. clint: hahaha! I have read history. You can’t change my mind by insulting me. I still prefer Kings and Queens over a president anyday of the week. It seems to me that you need to get out more. I could care less about your opinion, really.
78. I~Luv~Phillip: As you can see, I don’t care what he thinks. He is just trying to be evil and a hater. Can’t win them all!
I also liked the last queen of Hawaii before America made her give up. The thought of having a King or Queen is sort of on the romantic side (can’t believe I got girly just then…and I am a girl!), something some people here should embrace more.
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am
oochan: What? The opinion of someone out in cyberspace whom you have never met doesn’t matter? I am so surprised!
i luv phil: Evil? How can one that supports the local rule of people be evil?
Embrace it more? why? because you watched too many disney videos growing up? Get real. The very thought of a monarchy making decisions that affects others is immoral! Monarchies have more blood on their hands than any of the terrible totalitarian regimes! (and BTW, that is a monarchy)
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
DEATH TO THE QUEEN. DAT BITCH BETTER NOT COME BACK TO THE USA. WE WILL KILL THAT FAT ASS WHORE AND HER ASS-WIPING LITTLE SHIT HUBBY.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am
woah john… calm down with the caps…and the curse words…and the threats…and the everything about your comment, tbh.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:15 am
clint:
Perhaps read less history and read more current events. The monarchy is more of a figurehead than anything else. Queen Elizabeth II was unique in her family as she took an interest in politics. Even that role she plays is more of an advisory role than a dictatorial role.
73. Clint:
oh yeah….sorry…. LOL
Please forgive.
AND:
77. clint:
you oouchan, are a complete dumbass.
wow…just…wow. so much for turn the other cheek…
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
gabi319: I think clint and john need a hug.
….and john needs to read the etiquette on posting.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am
gabi: don’t give up. I’m old and it has been my experience that turning the other cheek has positive results more often than not. Refusing to stoop to their level is a wonderful tool; it always results in the correct person appearing the ass. Thank you for your efforts.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
OK, well I must admit that I can always use a hug.
(nothing inappropriate insinuated there)
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
85. Mom424 – “I’m old”
You are only as old as you portray yourself to be! For example, I could infer that the numbers after your screenname is not your birthday but rather your age, but frankly, you don’t act the way I assume a 424 year old would act!
86. clint – (nothing inappropriate insinuated there)
clint, you apparently don’t know me very well. I ALWAYS insinuate the inappropriate whether it applies or not!
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
these are the people bankrupting our economy. the bilderberg group must be stopped!
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Prince Philip is from the Bernard Manning school of comedy, both are racist shits. As are the people who like him. Royals = waste of space.
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Aaaah, don’t you love the smell of rich white people talking about “what a humorous thing this is”!!
April 4th, 2009 at 6:46 am
To John (#81): I think you have Queen Elizabeth confused with Queen Victoria.
To Cling (#83): You said what I was going to say, about the monarchy being a figure-head, etc…
England was smart enough to minimize the powers of the monarchy since the days of the King Georges III and IV. Queen Elizabeth doesn’t “rule” anybody but herself.
Being envious of “rich white people” does nothing to help anybody. Prince Philip is only playing the hand he’s been delt.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
He has a right to say that about the Soviet Union, he was related to the Romanovs and look what happened to them.
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 am
Missing from here is went on a tour of a factory here in UK, can’t remember which, but in one of the shabby rooms he looked up at the state of the wiring and the shabby fusebox in the corner and said “that looks like it was put in by an indian”
lol
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 am
How charming….he’s a racist pig. Awwww, I see why you brits fall over yourselves just loving this guy.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 am
[#93/stu-pot, see #14/Punjar]
(xox)
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
See #89
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
See #97
I (still) luv Phillip!
[smile]
May 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
as a scottish socialist the sooner the royal family are removed the better. philip may be good for a funny quote but the whole family needs hung from tower bridge.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I like him and I’m not a racist. If we can’t laugh at the royal family then what use are they to anyone? He’s just some 90 year zenophobic old fart with only half his marles left, it’s not like he’s out commiting hate crimes.
May 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am
hey 99: What 98 said
May 20th, 2009 at 7:09 am
wow, americans being ignorant of where they come from, abusive, vindictive and generally wrong it doesnt suprise me that this is also behaviour used by forum trolls, remember people the best way to kill a troll is ignore a troll
its long but heres a definition of racism (one of the many):
Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.[1] In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or get preferential treatment. Racial discrimination typically points out taxonomic differences between different groups of people, even though anybody can be racialised, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination.
based on that (and many other definitions) what prince philip is doing/saying most of the time isnt racist and im sure if the people he was saying it to minded that much there would be more public outrage, i have no strong feelings for or against the royals but im pretty certain hes not being a racist bigot
long again but heres a definition of bigot
A bigot is a person who is intolerant of or takes offense to the opinions, lifestyles or identities differing from his or her own, and bigotry is the corresponding attitude or mindset. Bigot is often used as a pejorative term to describe a person who is obstinately devoted to prejudices, especially when these views are either challenged, or proven to be false or not universally applicable or acceptable.
from the sounds of that definition the only bigots on this thread are a few people commenting
May 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am
101. cynic: Thank you for posting that. I am American and love Phillip! He cracks me up. I don’t mind the royal family either. Can’t be worse then what we had or have.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:20 am
thank you for being so courteous oouchan
i dont now what its like to live in america but it annoys me when certain americans seem to want to reduce other peoples opinion of them and their country by doing and saying things that seem to go against what other americans i have met would do or say
May 20th, 2009 at 7:51 am
103. cynic: I couldn’t agree more! Not all Americans are jerks.
I would love to learn more cultures than my own. Right now I am learning Japanese but hope to learn more as I go along.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Hey 101,
“wow, americans being ignorant of where they come from”
Come from is a nice way to put it…….more yet, it’s what WE LEFT! moron.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
15 ist kind of wise though^^
July 21st, 2009 at 2:35 am
This would never have happened under the Tories.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:27 am
“If I were reincarnated, I would wish to return to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”
-Prince Phillip
http://www.meetup.com/WeSurroundThemGathering/boards/thread/7343874/
August 9th, 2009 at 10:37 am
maybe some of you should “listen” to post # 71.
August 14th, 2009 at 2:51 am
This guys is a idiot. He has no compassion for humans. The sad things all you people think he is funny. Wake up.
You people really think this is funny to say to a blind person:
2. To a blind women with a guide
“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”
This quotes is what KKK members in the U.S. say. Royal scum :
3. To an Aborigine in Australia
“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
Just remember, the way he speaks to people is the way he think of you commoners. You people that are royalty. Your just his servants, his slave. And slaves to your own minds.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
wow.. never thought he was a psycho douche with a sense of humor
August 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
True blue Brits. You really are wasting your time tryimg to impart rational logic to our leftie (and usually black) friends. They are imbided with hatred against any one who has position, authority or wealth and as a consequence a tirade of abuse is inevitably directed at anyone who has had during the course of his or her life worked hard and achieved anything worthwhile. Prince Philip risked his life and fought for his adopted country during the war following which he has unstintingly undertaken great public service often working as an elderly man over 300 days a year. Okay he cracks the odd funny – but for god’s sake get a life and don’t take it so seriously.
Someone suggested that the Royal Family should be stripped of their wealth and this be distributed to the masses all of whom are probably skint and only have £10 in their pocket. Yeh right what a great idea! Trouble is my friend you haven’t learnt the first rule of life. That after 12 months you’ll be back with just £10 in your pocket and the Royals (or anyone else who makes a conscious decision to work their butt off and better themselves) will be left holding the cake. Sad but true!
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
what do you expect, we are cattle to them
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Wow, I never expected this list to be so controversial! Seems like some people take themselves WAY too seriously…
1- As cynic said in comment 101, this man is neither racist nor a bigot. Read the definitions of words before hurling them as insults. All you do is come across as hateful and overly-sensitive.
2- The man has a dry, dark sense of humor. Yes, not all these quotes are PC but they are funny! Lighten up and try not to take absolutely every word and gesture as a personal offense.
3- @Nat Turner (45): I know you are probably (hopefully) long gone but I just had to say: “white people are inherently evil”…. Really? I dont know whether to laugh or be very scared.
4- @clint (71): I watched the video you posted and it would have made me laugh at its mind-numbing stupidity but it was just so hateful that it wasnt even funny anymore. Here is a direct quote: “this disgusting, bucket of pus, this maggot ridden, Nazi piece of filth…” This is who you want giving you your “news”? He says ABSOLUTELY NOTHING other than bitch and yell about how much he hates the queen. The guy´s an ass and a prime example of why Americans have a horrible reputation abroad.
(My sincere apologies to all the normal, rational, thinking Americans who do not deserve this reputation.)
September 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
He just is not a diplomat, just a royal. You can not expect him to be capable to say the ‘right’ thing all the time (or ever).
October 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
This is an exceptionally intelligent man with a black, dry wit and little interest in jumping through the politically correct hoops we naively and uselessly demand of public figures.
He cares about what he cares about, and the track record indicates that more than anything else, he’s an environmentalist. I suggest you read his Wikiquote page, but here’s a snippet:
“A new criterion has been added, the conservation of the environment so that in the long run life, including human life, can continue. This new consideration must be taken into account at all levels and in all departments of government and in the boardrooms of every industrial enterprise” (1970).
He has a unique and bizarre job. The interesting thing is that he is not a cut-and-dried monarchist; here he is in 1969:
“It is a complete misconception to imagine that the monarchy exists in the interests of the monarch. It doesn’t. It exists in the interests of the people. If at any time any nation decides that the system is unacceptable, then it is up to them to change it.”
and that is perfectly right and true whether one is a monarchist or republican. It is a most democratic viewpoint. In the meantime, he has the job of Prince and is determined to enjoy it. Those of us who would rather dispense with royalty altogether would be better advised to be proposing a better new system, rather than bitching about the status quo.
And I am not convinced, no sir, that presidential or collective systems are actually a better solution than a figurehead monarchy. They are all appalling in different ways. It is a matter of finding the Least Crap governance structure and to be honest I think there are more worthwhile matters to attend to.
November 15th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
he’s awesome and he’ll always be king philip to me