So when I first read the title of this post, I wondered what Charlie had against Macs.

What do you expect from a Mac-girl?

What do you expect from a Mac-girl?

Communism and pot smoke.

Apparently these Big Macs, they cause Big Ear disease.

The Brits love this stuff...thank God for the Revolutionary war and for Washington who refused to become a "royal" here in America!

Well, this is an odd turn of events. Britain in not known for its contributions to the higher culinary arts:

* Bangers and mash - I mean, how do you eat something with a name like that?

* A dessert called "spotted dick," which genuinely sounds a lot more like a venereal disease than something you want on your plate (and it's not any better to eat, either);

* Mushy peas. 'Nuff said.

* Keith's Rule, #6: never keep company with a tribe that voluntarily drinks their beer warm;

* As I've heard it put by someone smarter than me, there's a reason why the best restaurants in London specialize in either Chinese or Indian cuisine.

Hell, you'd think our English friends would be GRATEFUL to have McDonald's across the pond. What, are they afraid of the competition? Bonnie Prince Charlie ought to be damn glad he's not wearing a paper hat himself and asking if you want fries with that.

By the way, anyone who's owned - and worked on - a British car will tell you the reason the English drink warm beer is simple: Lucas refrigerators.

- Keith

Two reasons not to listen to this dope.

1.) He dumped the gorgeous Princess Di for that horse faced old hag

2.) We deliberately got rid of GeorgeIII who made us drink that yuky tea stuff. Why would we do anything a "Royal" sez...

Duh...

As somebody who lived in London in both 1970 (pre-McDonalds) and post 1984 (with McDonalds), I can confirm that London is one of the very few cities in the world where the presence of McDonalds raised the average quality of the food.

They want to ban the golden arches, -for public health reasons- but rampant Islamic fanatacism on their soil is apparantly OK.

Good thing thoses guys weren't carrying 'Happy Meals' with them on 07/07/05; they might have aroused suspicion!

Actually, the Royal family largely funds the government, supplemented with taxes. Technically they own vast properties in the country that they receive rent from. Excess revenues (after giving them their lavish lifestyles) are turned over to the government.
Despite that, England is considered the laughingstock of Europe for their ideas about food and drink.
The royal family is considered something like the idiots we have on the Left coast, and almost as smart.

This is probably as good a place as any for my favorite joke about Europeans.

In heaven:

The engineers are German.
The administrators are Swiss.
The cooks are French.
The lovers are Italian.
The police are English.

In hell:

The police are German.
The lovers are Swiss.
The administrators are French.
The engineers are Italian.
The cooks are English.

Hmm... that joke seems along the same lines as the standard one about Canadians.

They could have had British culture, French food, and American technology. Instead they have British food, French technology, and American culture.

Canada has Anti-American Culture. They despise being America Jr. so much that they try to be our polar opposite. Jim's joke was funnier.

Ewww, Canadian food. Reminds me of the french fries and weird brown gravy that I was served on a long ago business trip from Burlington, VT to Montreal.

has anyone ever eaten at a british McD.
if there was a way to make McD food any more inedeible they would find a way. im not suprised that the limey bastured wants to ban it.

Just for the record, while the royals were subsidized by the British govt, that ended some time ago. For a number of years after certain designated members of the royal family were exempt from taxation but that ended about ten years ago.

As it stands now the Royals, Queen Elizabeth specifically, produce more money for Britain than they take from it. The Queen actually pays the salaries for two regiments of the military out of her own pocket.

//The Queen actually pays the salaries for two regiments of the military out of her own pocket.//

COMEDY PLATINUM!!! At it's best!

Her own pocket?

That must be the pocket in Ireland... since they're so giving.

Prince Charles "the man whosould NEVER be king." I can't imagine dear old Mum leaving this dolt in charge of pooper scooping after her dogs.

More likely she will abdicate in favor of William. My cherished hope is that William will then send "Big Ears and the Rottweiler " to say, France. They'd fit right in-arrogant, toffy-nosed, unattractive, adulterers.

Some day I tell you how I really feel!

I did not inhale.

She should abdicate in favor of Harry.

Here's what I'd like to see: Vladimir Putin replaced by a Romanov, Jacques Chirac replaced by a Bourbon, and the future King Charles replaced by an Irishman.

As long as said Irishman doesn't have ANY relation even marital to anyone named Kennedy, I'm all for it.
Actually I rather see the Monarchy die than Charles and his polo pony on the throne. They are both a disgrace to the species, whatever her species is, that is.

I'm just a tad prejudiced where "her royal pain in the keister" (hrPk) is concerned. Everyone has their faults you know.

I'm not Irish, but the phrase "United Kingdom of Ireland and Outlying British Territories" has a nice ring to it. So does the phrase "Kingdom of Scotland."