Yes, I know. Sadly, it's impossible to be a fan of any Scottish football club without knowing all about it, even not being a fan of either of the two main culprits.

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I'd worship one of those.

Hey, man, what you do in private is your own business, I'm not going to judge you.

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It makes as much sense as what people have worshiped in the past.

...Im not going to say anything else, this is right on the edge of the rules.

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Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
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"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

OK. Back OT. The Duke and Queen mark their anniversary. Can I put the Duke first in a sentence or is that improper?

Some confusion on styles going on here. The Queen is styled "Her Majesty". The Duke is styled "His Royal Highness" along with all the other royals.

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Much appreciation for you clearing that up, geek

He can't have the title of King, that would put him at the top. He is 'Prince Consort' a title invented for Prince Albert when he married Victoria. If a king gets married he gets to have a Queen because she ranks below a King.

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Now, that's true. It didn't used to be; it's part of why QEI never married. She'd seen what happened when her sister did.

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"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Now, here's a coincidence...

'Full-blown schism' in church, Anglican bishop says -- Conservative faction hints it will announce the formation of breakaway body over issue of same-sex unions

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All this serious discussion about what is a christian gives me - well I believe that the American term is a Royal pain in the ***.
The Best Religious Joke, as voted for on the Ship of Fools website says it all.

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: "Stop. Don't do it."

"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.

"Well, there's so much to live for!"

"Like what?"

"Are you religious?"

He said, "Yes."

I said, "Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?"

"Christian."

"Me too. Are you Catholic or Protestant?"

"Protestant."

"Me too. Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"

"Baptist."

"Wow. Me too. Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"

"Baptist Church of God."

"Me too. Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"

"Reformed Baptist Church of God."

"Me too. Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?"

He said: "Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915."

I said: "Die, heretic scum," and pushed him off.

(http://www.ship-of-fools.com/Feature.../10_funny.html I can recommend it to believers and sceptics alike, although it is run by believers. Full marks to them.)

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The Ship of Fools is as refreshingly free of such censorship as it is of the need for censorship. But it does have it's own Biblical Curse Generator, which appropriately came up with, "Listen, O ye child of Jezebel, for you will be as welcome as a fart in the queen's bedchamber!" (See above, "Earl of Oxford") J.

what they do in private is there own business.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Did Victoria keep Prince Albert in a can?

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I was taught that Izaak Walton was The Compleat Anglican.

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HM's full title is "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".

The 'Grace of God' bit dates back to William the Conqueror's son, who obviously didn't believe his luck; the 'Defender of the Faith' bit dates back to Henry VIII, who was a good catholic at the time and probably remained so all his life. The somewhay vague 'and of Her other Realms and Territories' bit has been added especially for Elisabeth, and so has the 'Head of the Commonwealth' bit, making her title longer than that of any previous monarch; longer than Victoria's, who was also the Empress of India.

HM also has a number of other titles, including Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Mann, and Paramount Chief of Fiji. Note that she is the Duke, not the Duchess of Normandy.

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She also has an equivalent of her main title for each of the other 15 sovereignties.

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Prince Phillip has an impressive list of titles, too, and he is also a god:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement

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Very funny!

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Nitpick: He was Edward the VIII (albeit for only 10+ months) when he abdicated.