francovendee wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 8:21am
That anyone could imagine that huge amounts of money in banknotes wasn't somehow 'dodgy' beats me.
Who would deal this way unless you want to disguise the origin of the money.
Now you're reading my mind!
"The Charity Commission is considering whether it has a role to play in investigating one of Prince Charles's charities after it accepted bags of cash worth millions from a Qatari sheik." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... atari.html
thirdcrank wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 12:04pm
Get a job as a flunkey, then if anybody asks what you are up to say you were just taking notes.
Meanwhile ... just thought I'd point out that Charlie boy did not keep the money. That fact has so far slipped past the CUK Forum Reporters. Happy to help!
francovendee wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 8:21am
That anyone could imagine that huge amounts of money in banknotes wasn't somehow 'dodgy' beats me.
Who would deal this way unless you want to disguise the origin of the money.
Now you're reading my mind!
"The Charity Commission is considering whether it has a role to play in investigating one of Prince Charles's charities after it accepted bags of cash worth millions from a Qatari sheik." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... atari.html
Jonathan
Well I s'pose it's worth a peep,but see my previous post for details.
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
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thirdcrank wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 12:04pm
Get a job as a flunkey, then if anybody asks what you are up to say you were just taking notes.
:lol:
Meanwhile ... just thought I'd point out that Charlie boy did not keep the money. That fact has so far slipped past the CUK Forum Reporters. Happy to help!
thirdcrank wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 12:04pm
Get a job as a flunkey, then if anybody asks what you are up to say you were just taking notes.
Meanwhile ... just thought I'd point out that Charlie boy did not keep the money. That fact has so far slipped past the CUK Forum Reporters. Happy to help!
Let's all remember the motto
Honi soit, qui mal y pense
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
I had to Google this. I initially thought it mean Holy Sh*t, but couldn't fit anything to the remainder. For the less classically educated search on order of the garter.
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thirdcrank wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 2:27pm
Let's all remember the motto
Honi soit, qui mal y pense
I had to Google this. I initially thought it mean Holy Sh*t, but couldn't fit anything to the remainder. For the less classically educated search on order of the garter.
So there now seems to be evidence that the Queen has indeed been using "secret powers" to amend legislation in her favour in Scotland before it even gets to parliament for approval - for example, to exempt her estates from environmental legislation.
A Scottish government memo obtained by the Guardian reveals that “it is almost certain” draft laws have been secretly changed to secure the Queen’s approval.
In one case:
The exemption meant the Queen was the only private landowner in Scotland who was not required to facilitate the construction of pipelines to heat buildings using renewable energy.
thirdcrank wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 2:27pm
Let's all remember the motto
I had to Google this. I initially thought it mean Holy Sh*t, but couldn't fit anything to the remainder. For the less classically educated search on order of the garter.
But why the comma?
Jonathan
Matches the original meaning:
"Let him be ashamed, he who thinks ill of my punctuation".
rjb wrote: ↑27 Jun 2022, 5:29pm
I had to Google this. I initially thought it mean Holy Sh*t, but couldn't fit anything to the remainder. For the less classically educated search on order of the garter.
But why the comma?
Matches the original meaning:
"Let him be ashamed, he who thinks ill of my punctuation".
Ha ha! : - )
Yes, that's the meaning, but that's not the syntax of the canonical quote. Why put a single comma inside a short phrase?