One of the funniest coronation memes I saw was someone juxtaposing Penny Mordaunt presenting King Prince Charles with the Jewelled Sword of Offering (she was tipped to be the next PM based on this, by the way) with her 2014 appearance on the celebrity diving show Splash!
I recall seeing people complain that republicans and anti-monarchists were ruining Chuck Windsor’s big day and the only coronation they were going to see in their life time, and just thinking it might not be the only coronation we see this decade.
The man is 74 and have you seen those sausage fingers? i like my odds a lot better than his, and my health isn’t even that great.
Like, generalizing from how long the reign was of someone who was crowned at 25 is *weird*.
Mano308gts
Crowned at 25 *and* lived to near enough 100….
Kimi
Considering how long her dad lived, of which I think the stress of unexpectedly getting the crown and WW2 took its toll, you would get a balance somewhere in between. I do wonder what it would have been like if he had lived longer.
NickG
Charles will be like GR IV, WR IV and ER VII; a short reign after a long lived monarch. Mind you ER II’s father died youngish of smoking related causes, her uncle abdicated and her grandfather was murdered by his doctor so anything is possible.
Smallmoon
Clarification on the ‘murder’: His doctor basically decided that The Country would be better served by reading of his death in the morning paper, rather than the evening journals, so when he determined that George V had very, VERY little time left, he sent the nurse out of the room and gave the king a cocktail of cocaine and morphine to ensure as painless a death as possible.
Also, just in case you couldn’t guess, the man was of the opinion that euthanasia was a matter for doctors to decide, not lawmakers…
jflb96
Also lung cancer. Can’t overstate the role smoking a whole bunch of cigarettes had in that.
jflb96
I’m swinging the other direction, TBH. All my hopes for Charles being shit enough for people to ditch the whole thing now rest on Prince Pegsalot trying to ascend the throne too soon for the economy to have even begun to recover.
I mean, she only died like the day after Liz Truss resigned, which is what the head of lettuce joke is about, right?
maxh
She died the day after Truss took office. There were lots of Highlander and crypto-republican jokes about it.
Kelibath
Given Truss met with her a few days prior, COVID still being a thing, and she developed major respiratory issues prior to general physical collapse, there are some half-decently believable serious theories going around, too.
(Much like COVID-19 still is)
Darasara
And about the fact for a (very) brief period, the UK was officially lead by two people named Elizabeth.
well, he’s got about as much background with U.S. Politics as many members of the U.S. Congress, most of the American Media, and a huge portion of American Bloggers, Influencers, online creators, and celebrities. but as a former Math tutor, he can do something most Congressmen can’t: He can do math, knows what percentiles are and negative numbers and multiplication by fractions.
That’s more than many people whose JOB is supposed to be informed by that.
He might be a better congressman than deSanto, if he would just get naturalized…
Honestly, many foreigners probably have a better idea of how the American government is intended to run (and how it runs in practice) than your average ‘Murican student…
Listin, roight? Me stepdad Reg, ‘e ain’t ‘alf barmy but damn it if ‘e don’t make me Mum ‘appy. This new lawr is gunna put ol’ Reg in ‘arm’s way, ‘ow it’s worded, so if ye’d koindly consider rewordin’ it, Oi promise rioight, that our entoire estate’ll be out votin’ for ye in force, come next election, innit.
Honestly, he might bring some interesting perspective. UK politics are deeply fucked, more than usual, and he also has to be inundated with US stuff, both before he came and while he’s here, so…
It’s because of Brexit. It was such an insane exercise in the nation shooting its collective foot that the only way to actually “get Brexit done” was by having the craziest, most incompetent people in charge. Anyone sane or reasonable would never have gotten Brexit done because they’d instantly realize it just shouldn’t be done.
It also brought out a ton of hypocrisy since a ton of people who were/are into the idea of Brexit also chided Scotland to remain part of the UK by saying they had no backup plan for if they were their own country, right before leaving the EU with no goddamn plan. They also got them to remain with the idea that they’d be part of the EU.
So, it was an across the board shit-show on even just that ONE point, and has shown it was just nationalism all the way down for them.
She never hinted, she never said it, she never brought it up, and she knows exactly whom Robin is talking about even though she did not actually identify him.
I went back and looked at the strips and she never mentioned Jason by name or country of origin even in the slightest, she didn’t even provide a gender. The number of assumptions Robin would have needed to make to land on Jason are fairly extreme.
There hasn’t been a Labour party PM there for some thirteen years. In that time they’ve had David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak all conservative prime ministers.
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Ana Chronistic
nah, lettuce lasts longer than that
Ana Chronistic
La laitue est morte
Vive la laitue
Needfuldoer
Treasure the salad days.
Illithid
Rarely have I wished harder for an upvote button.
C.T. Phipps
Jason could teach them of the unfair expectations on immigrants.
Doctor_Who
It’s not like Robin got her career by understanding things. OR knowing how to tie bow-ties.
So Jason is 50% more qualified than her, right there.
NGPZ
Lady of the Lake, return the sword! XD
Lawzlo
Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!
Clif
Quite right. Bring me a lettuce.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Bloody peasant!
Taffy
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
NGPZ
“don’t make cheese sandwiches if you can’t afford the ingredients”
Daibhid C
One of the funniest coronation memes I saw was someone juxtaposing Penny Mordaunt presenting King Prince Charles with the Jewelled Sword of Offering (she was tipped to be the next PM based on this, by the way) with her 2014 appearance on the celebrity diving show Splash!
Sirksome
This was a mistake.
Doctor_Who
Honestly, more of a lateral move.
Clif
At least Jason has British politics down correctly.
Reltzik
Is it really a mistake if Robin’s goal is to just cause as much chaos as she can?
NGPZ
Hehe what ya think she is, some kinda Newgrounds edgelord game character XD
Needfuldoer
It meshes with her goal of doing as little work as possible.
Illithid
Hey, that’s *my* goal! Thief!
butts
there’s a new monarch a hell of a lot more often than that most of the time, Jason
Doctor_Who
At the rate time moves in this comic, Liz 2’s reign lasted longer than the last ice age.
Thag Simmons
I recall seeing people complain that republicans and anti-monarchists were ruining Chuck Windsor’s big day and the only coronation they were going to see in their life time, and just thinking it might not be the only coronation we see this decade.
butts
god willing
Random832
The man is 74 and have you seen those sausage fingers? i like my odds a lot better than his, and my health isn’t even that great.
Like, generalizing from how long the reign was of someone who was crowned at 25 is *weird*.
Mano308gts
Crowned at 25 *and* lived to near enough 100….
Kimi
Considering how long her dad lived, of which I think the stress of unexpectedly getting the crown and WW2 took its toll, you would get a balance somewhere in between. I do wonder what it would have been like if he had lived longer.
NickG
Charles will be like GR IV, WR IV and ER VII; a short reign after a long lived monarch. Mind you ER II’s father died youngish of smoking related causes, her uncle abdicated and her grandfather was murdered by his doctor so anything is possible.
Smallmoon
Clarification on the ‘murder’: His doctor basically decided that The Country would be better served by reading of his death in the morning paper, rather than the evening journals, so when he determined that George V had very, VERY little time left, he sent the nurse out of the room and gave the king a cocktail of cocaine and morphine to ensure as painless a death as possible.
Also, just in case you couldn’t guess, the man was of the opinion that euthanasia was a matter for doctors to decide, not lawmakers…
jflb96
Also lung cancer. Can’t overstate the role smoking a whole bunch of cigarettes had in that.
jflb96
I’m swinging the other direction, TBH. All my hopes for Charles being shit enough for people to ditch the whole thing now rest on Prince Pegsalot trying to ascend the throne too soon for the economy to have even begun to recover.
eskimolos
Yeah there’s no way Chuckie boy is going to last another 20 years.
Bicycle Bill
Just wondering if this strip was in the buffer before Lizzie kicked the bucket.
Thag Simmons
Mrs. Windsor has been dead since Sept. 8 of last year, and while the buffer is long it’s not that long
nobodybasically
I mean, she only died like the day after Liz Truss resigned, which is what the head of lettuce joke is about, right?
maxh
She died the day after Truss took office. There were lots of Highlander and crypto-republican jokes about it.
Kelibath
Given Truss met with her a few days prior, COVID still being a thing, and she developed major respiratory issues prior to general physical collapse, there are some half-decently believable serious theories going around, too.
(Much like COVID-19 still is)
Darasara
And about the fact for a (very) brief period, the UK was officially lead by two people named Elizabeth.
Jamie
For those not in the know, here’s the relevant Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss_lettuce
I’d’ve said you had to be there, but like… you really didn’t.
Regalli
Literal lol from me today, well-played.
(He was a math TA. Bold of Leslie to assume he understands BRITISH politics in meaningful enough detail to teach it.)
Daniel M Ball
well, he’s got about as much background with U.S. Politics as many members of the U.S. Congress, most of the American Media, and a huge portion of American Bloggers, Influencers, online creators, and celebrities. but as a former Math tutor, he can do something most Congressmen can’t: He can do math, knows what percentiles are and negative numbers and multiplication by fractions.
That’s more than many people whose JOB is supposed to be informed by that.
He might be a better congressman than deSanto, if he would just get naturalized…
Hazel
Actually, if he taught them a quick primer on statistics… That might not be the worst idea.
Kimi
Teaching statistics might be a worthwhile contribution to their political education in and of itself.
Mark
+1
NGPZ
Well food can go a long way pedagogically, especially in politics to such a frightening degree.
“Laws are like sausages; it’s best if people don’t see them being made.”
Allison Branford
Anyone who works for Galasso quickly gets to be an expert in Machiavellian theory.
Needfuldoer
Honestly, many foreigners probably have a better idea of how the American government is intended to run (and how it runs in practice) than your average ‘Murican student…
TulipKitten
Barry, save us!
HueSatLight
If Barry starts talking about the pros and con of regicide, he can instantly be a top 5 character.
Doctor_Who
Pros: Many.
Cons: You have to explain what you mean, or you’ll unnecessarily alarm people named Reggie.
Taffy
Listin, roight? Me stepdad Reg, ‘e ain’t ‘alf barmy but damn it if ‘e don’t make me Mum ‘appy. This new lawr is gunna put ol’ Reg in ‘arm’s way, ‘ow it’s worded, so if ye’d koindly consider rewordin’ it, Oi promise rioight, that our entoire estate’ll be out votin’ for ye in force, come next election, innit.
Reltzik
Con: Tabloids get put out of business.
Pro: Tabloids get put out of business.
DailyBrad
Honestly, he might bring some interesting perspective. UK politics are deeply fucked, more than usual, and he also has to be inundated with US stuff, both before he came and while he’s here, so…
Thag Simmons
Honestly any sort of United Kingdom political statements are going to age really badly in terms of sliding timescale stuff
Pilgrim
You have to admit that going from world-spanning empire to third world country in just under a century is a pretty impressive trajectory.
someone
It’s because of Brexit. It was such an insane exercise in the nation shooting its collective foot that the only way to actually “get Brexit done” was by having the craziest, most incompetent people in charge. Anyone sane or reasonable would never have gotten Brexit done because they’d instantly realize it just shouldn’t be done.
DailyBrad
It also brought out a ton of hypocrisy since a ton of people who were/are into the idea of Brexit also chided Scotland to remain part of the UK by saying they had no backup plan for if they were their own country, right before leaving the EU with no goddamn plan. They also got them to remain with the idea that they’d be part of the EU.
So, it was an across the board shit-show on even just that ONE point, and has shown it was just nationalism all the way down for them.
C.T. Phipps
Leslie, for once, you ABSOLUTELY DID hint at this.
Ahecht
She didn’t hint, she flat out said it.
C.T. Phipps
A reminder that Jason is, in fact, also terrible at teaching.
Thag Simmons
Dude should stick to bartending, he’s actually decent at that. Probably mixes decent drinks
cain
As far as I can tell he is keeping his job at Galasso’s.
Zero
She never hinted, she never said it, she never brought it up, and she knows exactly whom Robin is talking about even though she did not actually identify him.
Eolirin
I went back and looked at the strips and she never mentioned Jason by name or country of origin even in the slightest, she didn’t even provide a gender. The number of assumptions Robin would have needed to make to land on Jason are fairly extreme.
RocketRelm
“The number of assumptions Robin would have needed to make to land on Jason are fairly extreme.”
Alternatively, Robin could have just looked up the college records of recent harassment charges. Doesn’t seem that implausible to me.
HueSatLight
Jason and Penny, and Penny’s spaceship blew up on the way back to England.
thejeff
Would’ve been funny if she’d taken those hints and hired Penny back instead of Jason.
TulipKitten
Or, hell, she could have heard it through the grapevine. Someone being forced to resign for sleeping with a student kind of is hot goss.
HueSatLight
So the new prime ministers have different policies and are from different parties?
CrazyJ
There hasn’t been a Labour party PM there for some thirteen years. In that time they’ve had David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak all conservative prime ministers.
Thag Simmons