Mourning stupidity
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Estimated 14 hour queue now, so if you haven't joined it now, you won't get to gawp at the special vigil this evening.0
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How long was the queue when they released the last version of the iPhone?left the forum March 20230
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If there is such a thing as Charing X bridge then they were dinitely there at 9:00am and 7pm yesterday. I was surprised how fast they were moving, it looked like a bunch of ramblers doing their stuffmonkimark said:I can see a small section of the queue (near the tate modern) from my office window but it seems to vary between not being there at all and being a fast(ish) moving line. Certainly by 10am I had seen the queue moving.
I suspect that the line is held back for a bit and then released, either to stop congestion in busy areas, or to allow people to have a rest rather than constantly shuffling along for 8 hrs.Dorset_Boy said:At 10.45 this morning there was no queue under Waterloo Bridge though it was being reported it was back to HMS Belfast. At 4.45 pm there cerainly was a queue but they were all moving forward at a brisk walking pace.
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Technically it's the Hungerford and Golden Jubilee bridges, but still I think we know where we were talking about.surrey_commuter said:
If there is such a thing as Charing X bridge then they were dinitely there at 9:00am and 7pm yesterday. I was surprised how fast they were moving, it looked like a bunch of ramblers doing their stuffmonkimark said:I can see a small section of the queue (near the tate modern) from my office window but it seems to vary between not being there at all and being a fast(ish) moving line. Certainly by 10am I had seen the queue moving.
I suspect that the line is held back for a bit and then released, either to stop congestion in busy areas, or to allow people to have a rest rather than constantly shuffling along for 8 hrs.Dorset_Boy said:At 10.45 this morning there was no queue under Waterloo Bridge though it was being reported it was back to HMS Belfast. At 4.45 pm there cerainly was a queue but they were all moving forward at a brisk walking pace.
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They are trying to stop anyone joining the queue for a few hours as its so long, but people are ignoring it. Apparently there is a queue for the queue in Southwatrk Park
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
hopefully this will panic the nutters and we will see a ratcheting up of the madness to interesting levelsStevo_666 said:They are trying to stop anyone joining the queue for a few hours as its so long, but people are ignoring it. Apparently there is a queue for the queue in Southwatrk Park
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surrey_commuter said:
hopefully this will panic the nutters and we will see a ratcheting up of the madness to interesting levelsStevo_666 said:They are trying to stop anyone joining the queue for a few hours as its so long, but people are ignoring it. Apparently there is a queue for the queue in Southwatrk Park
Sounds like it might precipitate a mad rush - a bit like the bog roll buying frenzy from early Covid times.
Anyone got a link to a live feed of Southwark Park?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....0 -
Since they can't see who or what is in the coffin, a few replicas could speed things up considerably. Unfortunately somebody might twig eventually."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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I'll be sure to get a video if a riot breaks out on the South Bank.0
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isn't that what they used to years and years and years ago?wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. .
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Southwark Park closed for 6 hours to let the queue die down. I think they are showing a lack of ambition - Greenwhich Park is only another 3 miles.
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Any chance they delay the funeral/bank holiday to give people more time to queue... maybe this all thing could go on until Christmas... that'd be cool...
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I don't understand why they don't just wait until Monday (when most people are being given a free day off) and see it drive past them on the funeral route.wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....
The wife seems to have seen sense and accepted it isn't worth the queue when we are up tomorrow but she is now going to lay flowers at Green Park instead.0 -
She should go to Highgate Cemetery which has lots of famous people including Karl Marx and Jeremy BeadlePross said:
I don't understand why they don't just wait until Monday (when most people are being given a free day off) and see it drive past them on the funeral route.wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....
The wife seems to have seen sense and accepted it isn't worth the queue when we are up tomorrow but she is now going to lay flowers at Green Park instead.0 -
WTF is Jeremy Beadle?surrey_commuter said:
She should go to Highgate Cemetery which has lots of famous people including Karl Marx and Jeremy BeadlePross said:
I don't understand why they don't just wait until Monday (when most people are being given a free day off) and see it drive past them on the funeral route.wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....
The wife seems to have seen sense and accepted it isn't worth the queue when we are up tomorrow but she is now going to lay flowers at Green Park instead.
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You know - Watch Out Beadle's About. The classic UFO prank.ugo.santalucia said:
WTF is Jeremy Beadle?surrey_commuter said:
She should go to Highgate Cemetery which has lots of famous people including Karl Marx and Jeremy BeadlePross said:
I don't understand why they don't just wait until Monday (when most people are being given a free day off) and see it drive past them on the funeral route.wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....
The wife seems to have seen sense and accepted it isn't worth the queue when we are up tomorrow but she is now going to lay flowers at Green Park instead.
https://youtu.be/Z3Il9XnWxl0 [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Chipmunk face. Tiny hand.ugo.santalucia said:
WTF is Jeremy Beadle?surrey_commuter said:
She should go to Highgate Cemetery which has lots of famous people including Karl Marx and Jeremy BeadlePross said:
I don't understand why they don't just wait until Monday (when most people are being given a free day off) and see it drive past them on the funeral route.wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. The whole thing could be done in an hour and everyone back on their trains and planes to the distant places wherever they came from.
Plan B would be to put the coffin in one of the pods on the London Eye, but maybe that is a little insensitive ....
The wife seems to have seen sense and accepted it isn't worth the queue when we are up tomorrow but she is now going to lay flowers at Green Park instead.1 -
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/16/david-beckham-joins-queue-to-pay-tribute-to-queen
now the fella is getting desperate
#me me,melookatme.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Then set it on fire?MattFalle said:
isn't that what they used to years and years and years ago?wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. .
I imagine that the MFs approve. 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
😀😀😀😀😀pblakeney said:
Then set it on fire?MattFalle said:
isn't that what they used to years and years and years ago?wilberforce said:If everyone is queuing along the river, could they not just put the coffin on a boat and sail it past the hordes. .
I imagine that the MFs approve. 😉
imagine the size of the hammer they would have to usecto SMASHFUCK out of it.
it would also be trebuchet heaven.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Queue up to 24 hours now. I wonder when they’ll close it as it won’t go down well if people queue for a full day only to get there too late.0
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Sticking with my prediction that the longest queue time will be if you join it tomorrow morning.
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What sort of brain dead forelock tugger wants to queue for 24 hours to shuffle past an empty box? Weirdos.1
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The longer the queue and the worse the weather the more they can bore people to tears.orraloon said:What sort of brain dead forelock tugger wants to queue for 24 hours to shuffle past an empty box? Weirdos.
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I think the queue is part of the attraction - 24 hours is probably pushing it though.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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this. utterly bizarre.orraloon said:What sort of brain dead forelock tugger wants to queue for 24 hours to shuffle past an empty box? Weirdos.
a day of your life spent standing on a pissypavement talking to dullards?
We'll give that one a miss thankyou..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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There wasn't oneugo.santalucia said:How long was the queue when they released the last version of the iPhone?
The Queen wasn't dead then
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Standing up for 24 hours and shuffling 10 miles along the south bank over 24 hours is a pretty tough physical challenge, especially for the elderly ones (and there are plenty of them). I'm surprised so many of them are managing it without collapsing.
On the plus side, the sleep deprivation probably adds to the surreal religious vibe at the end.0
