Said Prince Harry, quoted in "We didn’t step down, we stepped back, Prince Harry tells James Corden on The Late Late Show" (The London Times). Harry was talking about his son Archie.
Am I the only one who recognizes this perfectly silly remark as a Princess Margaret joke? I've blogged this before, from the hilarious book "Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret":
The Princess liked to one-up. I have heard from a variety of people that she would engineer the conversation around to the subject of children’s first words, asking each of her fellow guests what their own child’s first words had been. Having listened to responses like ‘Mama’ and ‘doggy’, she would say, ‘My boy’s first word was “chandelier”.
Three syllables. Chandelier... crocodile... what's the difference? The difference is what the "spare" chose to do with her/his life.
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Instead of "mama" or "dada" the kid went with a reptile.
I'm impressed with the kid.
Chandelier implies expensive surroundings to pick an object from. The crocodile guy is watching DVDs.
How woke.
A decent bon mot, but the repetition definitely results in points off the Royal Wonderfulness Score.
Thoreau's last words were "moose," and then "indians."
Wait. Have I been pronouncing croc o di al wrong? I thought it was 4 syllables. Wait. Dial is cons6one syllable? My life is a lie.
Are thes douche bags still legally "royals" for?
If so, do they have diplomatic immunity?
If they do not, and the baby is born in the us they will be a 14A constitutional citizen by birth. That would make them eligible for for the presidency.
If they do have diplomatic immunity, would the baby be a statutory citizen (like Cruz, McCain) because the mother is a citizen?
Then, in 35 years we could argue if they are "natural born" or not for presidential purposes.
John Henry
Are they royals for diplomatic purposes?
Should have been my question.
John Henry
Yes, you're the only one.
May 17th is diphthong day, a public holiday in Australia.
My daughter's first word was banana. It sounded like banana, it was context appropriate, and I'm taking it. But she didn't say another word for several months. Now she's 12 and I long for those several months.
Crocodile.
Not climate change or racism?
What an opportunity missed.
‘My boy’s first word was “chandelier”.
Wow, that was one sharp, sweet princeling! Many adults would have trouble spelling that word.
So, Prince Harry is a Biden supporter, right down to the plagiarism.
Losing his position as Captain General of the Royal Marines has got to sting. Couldn’t President Biden make him Captain General of the Space Force?
Abdicate has 3 syllables.
Tank is glad that Harry doesn't have the nuclear football.
My son's, our first born, first word was actually a haiku. I'm still amazed by that.
The one-up game is played most often and aggressively by parents, not only with their children as the subject but also their parenting style and skill.
"Mother, what is a deciduous tree?" tops the list of baby's first words.
The Brits get the joke I bet. Maybe they also see it as some sort of code, like "blink three times if you're held against your will."
My grandson said his first word just the other day after his cousin swiped his stuffed rat, Unpronounceable.
The cousin tried to flee with the rat while looking back to see the effect of her theft on my grandson. She tripped over Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog, banged her head on a post, dropped the rat and started yowling.
My grandson walked over, picked up Unpronouceable, looked at me and said, "Schadenboner".
That's 4 syllables! Suck it, Royals.
Harry & Meghan have been stripped of all their royal titles and duties by the Queen. She issued a statement confirming this and they, of course, issued their own statement which tried to put the Queen in her place.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/14105003/harry-and-meghan-cruel-dig-at-queen/amp/
John Henry, Markle is still a US citizen. IIRC, the Constitution forbids us from accepting foreign titles.
Chandelier implies expensive surroundings to pick an object from.
Or momma's earrings.
The overweight foul mouthed cook in my camp dining hall kitchen. Her child’s first word was “shit”
Maybe “crocodile” is the kid’s way of saying Momma. The household staff probably calls Meghan “the Crocodile” behind her back.
"My son's, our first born, first word was actually a haiku."
I can't even think of a 17-syllable word.
I had to research it. Assuming your language in English, I can see that the word would have to have been "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia."
What's that boy doing these days?
Margaret was beautiful. And kind of a dirty-leg, if the tales are true.
I call bullshit?
A friend of ours had a kid that was 11 before he said his first word.
Then one night at dinner he told his mother "these carrots taste like shit!"
Mom was amazed "you can talk!"
Of course I can talk. What, you think I'm stupid?"
" but why not til now? "asked mom
"everything's been OK until these shitty carrots."
I'll be here all week, folks. Be sure to tip the serving wrench.
John Henry
Croc-o-di-al.
4 syllables.
Oh, Harry. What could've been.
"What's that boy doing these days"
Successful software engineer, father of two, marvelous husband to his first, and only, wife. Still has a wicked and dry sense of humor that puts off some.
Has the old story myth that Albert Einstein didn't speak until he was >3 years old been verified or debunked?
"chandelier" is French. So, bilingual in one word.
Are you holding up Margaret as a good example to Harry's bad one? I'd say there was some overlap there, though Maggie didn't permanently turn her back on Britain.
It's not easy to be the spare. Also, it can be difficult in any family when your sibling is the "responsible one." Unable to outdo a brother or sister in that, some make the most of being the "irresponsible one."
Ah, the former lesser Royal. Like the Kardashians without the TV gig or any entrepreneurial skills!
Is this like the debate of "al-u-mi-num" and "a-lu-min-i-um"?
Crocodile has an audible and perceptual cuteness factor.
You say chandelier, I say ceiling-hung light fixture.
My son's first word was 'botta,' even though I had spent a lot of time repeating 'electrostatic precipitator' to him.
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'Chrono-synclastic infindibulum' seemed too challenging
[Princess Margaret] would say, ‘My boy’s first word was “chandelier”.
She was as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
“ Are you holding up Margaret as a good example to Harry's bad one? ”
Margaret gave up the love of her life because she wanted to keep the prerogatives of her position, but she suffered as she became further and further removed from the crown. She was first in line after Elizabeth until E had children, then behind all those children and their children. Harry was after Charles and Wm, then bumped after each of Wm’s children. He’s broken away and taken some risks. I’m not saying either of them was good or bad, just that they have gone about serving their own self-interest differently.
Margaret gave up the love of her life because she wanted to keep the prerogatives of her position, but she suffered as she became further and further removed from the crown...
What would I do if I were Hitler? I'd pay some Dutchman to set fire to Lord Snowdon.
Well, a crock of something.
My mother told me that my first full sentence was: Give the boy [a friend apparently] another piece of cake. Shortly after that I read Atlas Shrugged, and haven’t said it since.
My sister said her first word at eight months, my mother told everyone she met for the next 65 years.
I refused to talk until I could say a complete sentence (at about 1 year). It was "gimme a gookie" or "Give me a cookie, please, mother dear."
A boy in my daughter's baby play group, the son of a speech therapist, could say "apricot roll," when the other kids were at "dada" at best. His mother took every opportunity to get him to say it.
Kids first word was colloquialism. She couldn't define it, so no big deal.
Chandelier... crocodile... what's the difference?
Margaret had a champagne and caviar Edwardian side, and indeed, a lot of Sixties Swinging London was a throwback to Edwardian dandyism. Chandelier! She might have swung from one in some wild party.
Harry is more of a beer and pretzels kind of guy, I'd imagine. Crocodile is sort of what you'd expect from somebody who wants to get into doing voiceovers for children's cartoons. Maybe it's Meghan who wants the voiceover work, but it amounts to the same thing.
Nice Python, Q!
Isn't saying crocodile cultural appropriation?
Isn't saying crocodile cultural appropriation?
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