Bbc Reporter

[sir.prize]

Tim Willcox outside Westminster, talking about Thatcher, referred to her 'reign'.

One has to giggle, doesn't one?

[B00]

does one?

[sir.prize]

We are still giggling, B00

[Sharingan]

'We are a grandmother'...

There's a joke about actually that when Margaret Thatcher died Prince Charles accidentally declared himself King :)

[tonyav]

Well I remember ' We are a Grand ma'.

[B00]

Well glad that a funeral has managed to make you and your family giggle SirP...

[bibblebub]

was it a golden reign?

[sir.prize]

B00 - I am pleased I was able to enjoy it.

[sir.prize]

I also found it amusing when the BBC newsreader announced that Baroness Thatcher had died following a STRIKE!

[mickthemuppe]

I think that might be urban myth

[sir.prize]

Do you think so mick . . . .

[doctordb]

'one has to giggle, doesn't one?'

Not if you have been educated.

[craft1948]

I thought the funeral went very well. Wonderful to see the vast majority of the crowd applauding her.............

[FredPuli43]

Why? Reign is in common use for a period of rule, leading, or dominance; Ted Heath's reign, Sir Alex's reign and so on. It doesn't suggest regality then

More telling is "We are a grandmother" for " are grandparents". That's a "me, me, me" statement.

[chaptazbru]

Yes sir.prize one does.

[Hopkirk]

... and it went out in electronic print


http://politicalscrapbook.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/thatcher-died-of-strike-bbc.jpg

[tiggerblue10]

Whats funny about a political "reign". I don't get it.

[Hopkirk]

Monarchs reign, PMs govern.