I remember, several years ago, when Karl Lagerfeld went on a jag where he gave interview after interview and all he discussed was all of the crap he hates. That was the pre-Choupette Lagerfeld era when he spent a lot of time complaining about fat people and, like, people who eat solid food. He’s softened since then, thanks to Choupette. Anyway, I was reminded of that when I read through this absolutely amazing list of Queen Elizabeth’s pet peeves, as compiled by Us Weekly. This is the best list you’ll read all day. Are you ready? Here we go:
Potatoes: “They’re never served when she dines alone.”
Soup: “She just doesn’t care for it”
Babies at dinner: Children have no place at her table until they learn proper manners.
Three-piece suits: She feels the ensembles are only fit for servants.
The word “pregnant”: “Her Majesty finds the term ‘vulgar’… she refers to expectant women as ‘in the family way.’”
Petting the Corgis: She’s protective of her Corgis, no one is allowed to touch them.
Thesaurus users: People who rely on thesauruses for crosswords are “cheats” she has said.
Men in shorts: Long pants are preferred.
Clashing chords: The Queen despises “dissonance” in her tunes.
Long sermons: The Queen prefers sermons to be no longer than 12 minutes.
Clinking cubes: she serves ball-shaped ice cubes in her cold drinks because they make less noise.
Fake bow ties: “The queen can spot a pre-tied tie at 20 paces”
[From Us Weekly, print edition]
I think my favorite peeves are “no sermons longer than 12 minutes” (yikes!) and not being able to say the word “pregnant”. I also love that she’s a crossword purist and she looks down on people who “cheat.” But really, the whole list is awesome.
Some additional royal stories I thought you’d enjoy… let’s see. Us Weekly says that Duchess Kate had a “private” and “cozy” dinner party at Kensington Palace for her 32nd birthday. William came home “early” from Cambridge to have dinner with Kate, Carole, Michael, Pippa and James. Kate and William’s housekeeper Antonella Fresolone cooked, apparently. A source says having a quiet meal at home was “easier than going out and leaving George at home… She doesn’t like a big fuss.”
Also – the list of “royal gifts” has been released. Meaning, these are gifts that the royal family received when they were traveling abroad. You can see the E! write-up here. I found it interesting because William and Kate had no recorded gifts in that time period (they didn’t travel abroad), but Harry got some great loot. Harry received a “bottle of whiskey and an engraved hip flask from the Commanding Officer of the Australia Special Air Service Regiment.” He also got lots of free clothes, a pair of sunglasses, military goggles, and my favorite: Michelle Obama gave him a brown leather fly-boy jacket.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
well she’s a stick in the mud, no? Still, she works hard! Good for her.
Works hard doing what exactly?
Also, as a brit, I find it insulting she doesn’t like potatoes ! The best potatoes come from the U.K. Mash for days.
This is the a copy of the Queen’s public schedule: http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Royaldiary/Locationsandtimes.aspx
This is just the public part of what she does. You really think that she is a lazy 87 year old? I don’t know many octogenarians who work full stop.
Rag on the more junior members of the Royal Family all you want, but it is hard not to be impressed with her work ethic.
100 years old, works 35 hours per week as a teacher, then does after-school work.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9390662
@ sienna
I never said she was lazy, but let’s be honest, there are a lot more people in this world who work a lot harder than she does and without all the gain. The Royals are not known for their work ethic. I actually think the younger ones, William and Harry are much more in tune with the real world and real work. The Queen, I don’t think so. That’s my opinion.
@idk
I totally respect your opinion, I just feel the opposite. Admittedly, I have a soft spot for the old lady, who until she was 10 was never going to be much more than a minor royal.
I love that she and the Prime Minister endeavour to meet every week. I think there is something very special about the continuity she brings, especially when you think that as a newly coronated 25 year old, she was meeting with Sir Winston Churchill.
I feel like the younger royals want the perks and not the responsibility. I guess we just differ 🙂
@ sienna
No worries, I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. I’m not knocking the Queen at all. The younger royals are just “getting with the times”. Plus, social media puts out a lot of false reports and rumors too. I mean, I do think the Queen is much busier than Kate (pre-pregnancy).
I love this list! I’m honestly not surprised at the fact that she dislikes the word pregnant – I mean in the 1950’s on I Love Lucy they didn’t dare say that word on TV – but soup? Really? What’s wrong with soup, I love soup. Potato soup especially, hahahaha.
I guess that means I’m not fit to be the Queen.
My husband won’t eat it, generally. He doesn’t like broth with as he calls it, “chunks floating in it.” He’ll eat puréed soups, but you can tell it isn’t his favorite.
My boyfriend’s the same – pureed soups are acceptable, but he’d rather not eat soups at all. Glad to know he’s not the only weirdo out there !
I’m with you on the generational divide on the word “pregnant”. My grandmothers are and would be (one is alive) around the queen’s age, and they don’t use the word pregnant. They use euphemisms because they also think the word is vulgar. It’s very much an age thing.
My uncle has always hated soup saying, “Soup is food for sick people”. LOL
I guess she would not be overly pleased by my personal favorite “knocked-up.”
A woman who knows her own mind! I like that in a queen.
Well, in the Anglican communion, the sermon is usually brief. The entire liturgy may take an hour or longer, but the actual “message” portion is pretty short, especially compared to a non-liturgical service where the message is expected to be 30 minutes or longer.
And I agree about shorts on men… or anyone… I’m a shorts hater, too 😉
In the Catholic Church also. The service is about an hour, but the sermon is shorter ( I think it’s called the sermon, I’m not sure if it’s translated that way). On my Confirmation the bishop talked for 30 minutes and we almost died. That’s the longest I’ve ever heard, and I go to church almost every Sunday.
In the Catholic Church we call the service “mass” and the sermon a “homily.” Actually, there is a difference between a sermon and a homily: a sermon picks a theme and then chooses scriptural passages dealing with that theme; a homily chooses a theme from the scripture assigned for that day. You are right that the homily is often short and is not the main focus of the mass. Frankly, twelve minutes would seem a little on the long side to many Catholics.
Yes, the Catholic mass is around 45 minutes long. The sermon usually lasts no more than five minutes, but I suppose that can change, depending on the circumstances.
Re: men in shorts: YUCK.
Men in baggy bermuda pants: DOUBLE YUCK.
🙂
You go to Church every Sunday and don’t know the difference between a homily and a sermon?
true to Gemini form -NO long sermons lol
I thought she was a Taurus? Her birthday is April 21.
That date is well within the cusp
Not to nitpick, but she is on the Aries Taurus cusp, not the Taurus Gemini cusp.
Also, she has two birthdays: she was born April 21 but she has an “official birthday on a Saturday in June”…
Sienna
You’re exactly right. The queen and I share a birthday 🙂
Oh she is just the best. There’s no snark like the Queen To Rule Them All Snark.
Agree about fake bow ties, but don’t really get the ice thing. I sort of like the sound of clinking cubes from a cocktail. It’s a happy sound! But love her and would be terrified to meet her.
I LOVE the clinking cubes sound, too. You are right: it is a “happy” sound. 🙂
Omg, I’m so with her on pregnant. Most “pregnancy” terms give me an instant gag reflex! Birth especially. And her 3 piece ensemble adversion is so judgy and fit for a Queen!
My old southern grandmother, may she rest in peace, would say a pregnant woman “was in that way” and of course she would say “coloured” for black people. So I guess it is just people of their generation who use those antiquated terms still
I’ve always loved the Spanish expression for giving birth. They say “dar luz,” which literally means “to give light.”
In Croatian, the word for pregnant is “trudna” which is also an archaic word for tired.
I can handle “pregnant,” but “preggo” and “preggers” make me want to retch. I’m In The Family Way at the moment and when people refer to me as “preggo” I want to hit them and blame the hormones!
“Preggers” or “preggo” is hideous indeed! I’d like to hit such people myself, and I can’t blame the hormones. : -)
And Sonja: I love it when languages employ terms that actually – still – make sense. 🙂
Kristen, in Spanish it’s “dar A luz” = literally, bring forth TO light.
(“Parir”, of course, is another option, but it’s much too “technical” and more often than not used in assorted insults. :- ) And the word for pregnant is “embarazada” or “encinta”.)
I don’t like the word “pregnant” myself. Never did. It’s too… eh, I don’t know. I just prefer “expecting a child”.
Oddly enough, I don’t mind the French “enceinte” or Italian “incinta” too much; but in every language I prefer “expecting a child”. Not because it’s coy but because it sounds more “comprehensive” to me – more inclusive of all the aspects of the process, not just the biological one.
How much is the queen drinking, if she finds ice cube clinking maddening? That’s what I’d like to know.
Well I would suspect cocktail hour starts about 4pm and last till bedtime. 🙂
Those ice cubes can get annoying, about hour into the cocktail hours.
“Phillip, make one a gin and tonic with the non-clinky ice cubes”
I love potatoes and distrust anyone who does not like them (including my own father!).
I’m with her with the soup though. Aside from my mum’s beef and vegetable soup when I am sick, I don’t touch the stuff.
Tom and Benedict may be interested to hear her views on three-piece suits though. They are making them popular again and the queen is giving them a frowning of a lifetime! They will never get OBE’s whilst popularizing servants attire!
Corgi’s are the most temperamental breed of dog and I wouldn’t put my hand anywhere near one!
She drinks gin and dubonnet.
Spherical ice is a good to at lots of bars in my area. The surface area is less than a cube to volume so it melts slower. And it looks very nice.
Being the spatially challenged person that I am, what does the ice cube tray look like to make round ice cubes?
It can be shipped to you or you’ve purchased the freezer ice tray (like myself) or it’s a sphere that’s loaded from the small opening at the top and it seperates at the middle. In my experience cubes will crack more than ice spheres.
I can’t seem to post the link, but google it. If you enjoy a good quality liquor on the rocks having just 1 piece of slow melting ice is great.
Lady D, most good general shops (in Europe, at least) sell plastic pouches with little round compartments. You just pour the water in and put it in the freezer. When the ice is ready, you pop the little spheres out.
Every morning at 11 she has a drink of gin 🙂
I am telling you right now… if the sermon lasted 12 minutes. I would be in Church weekly. Seriously.
But since I am Baptist. That sermon will last at least hour… closer to 90 minutes if he gets on a roll. And that folks is why I refuse to go to Church anymore.
And I still would pay good money to see, all the brooches Queenie has in her personal collection. The girl always has on a great brooch, when she is out and about.
Yikes! We Lutherans like to keep it clicking along. I think a super windy pastor would sermonize for twenty minutes!
I was raised Baptist, and currently go to an Episcopal church (when I go). I love that from start to finish it’s less than an hour…that includes singing, reading from the Bible, the sermon, and communion. I like my Jesus in 20 minutes or less, thank you!
What does an actual Protestant service look like? do they differ depending on the denomination?
also, I recently found ut that in the US ( not sure if it’s true) Catholics are not considered Christian? Is that true? Why? I mean, we always said Protestants were out brothers in Christ, so I was shocked when I read an article about their perception of us recently.
Not true. All who believe Jesus is the Son of God the Father and therefor Divine are Christians. Some Protestant sects, particularly fundamentalist or born-again Christians resent Catholics’ adherence to any current Pope as God’s representative on earth and think Catholicism includes too many archaic symbols of worship, but generally don’t deny that it is a form of Christianity.
There are many, many Protestant denominations and services vary widely. Episcopalians are like the American version of Church of England, which I’ve heard described as “Catholic Lite.” Lutherans and Methodists are similar. Then you have Southern Baptists and Pentecostals who are charismatic (including speaking in tongues). I believe they typically have long services (my mom tells of going to revivals which lasted all day). And you have Evangelical Christians, and Universalists, Latter Day Saints, etc. So, to answer your question…it’s too hard to answer. 😀
As for Catholics not being considered Christians, that isn’t accurate. The only people I know who don’t consider Catholics Christian are ignorant. Catholics worship Christ. End of story. SOME born again Christians like to pretend they’re not Christian, but that is only out of ignorance and trying to assert their religion as the one true religion. I have no use for people like that.
I would just love to see the brooch collection too. I’ve seen her in some stunning ones.
I hate when relatives are praying over the food and decide to give a sermon
No soup for you!
Ha!
Hahaha…my first thought as well!! Queen, schmeen- the Soup Nazi would show her what’s up!
My pet peeves:
1. When someone says “obviously” or “of course”…ffs, I’m not an idiot and it wasn’t obvious to me!!
2. When someone is telling a story and keeps saying, “okay” during those natural pauses…
3. Drivers who don’t use their signals.
I’m bored and sick at home…I wanna read about everyone’s pet peeves (where did that term come from?! I’m adding it to my list!!)
4. The term “pet peeve”…
I have so many pet peeves that it’s a wonder I can get through the day. Here’s one that drives me crazy: When people stop and chat in the middle of a busy sidewalk. Or when a person with a stroller stops in the middle of the sidewalk to check his or her phone instead of moving off to the side.
So basically sidewalk related, lol.
How do you feel about people who stop as soon as they step off the last moving stair of the elevator? Nearly alway 2 or more people trying to figure out where next to go. I hate backups at the end of moving stairways.
@ Decloo: totally get what you’re saying. Frustrating and dangerous (depending on the speed at which you walk). Or super-slow walkers who don’t walk single-file and you can’t pass them in a narrow hall. Or people who don’t say thanks (or acknowledge) when I hold a door open for them.
Literally could go on all day…(Someone’s peeve will be that I used the term “literally”…)
@Amanduh: Yes, non-thankers! I always loudly say “You’re welcome” as they walk away. Also, for those you don’t get out of my way–“Excuse you.”
Pet Peeves: Signs with misspelled words, inaccurate punctuation, poor grammar, or–horror of horrors–some combination of the three.
The term pet peeve came into popular use in the 1920s. It is a shortened form of the words petty and peevish.
My short list:
1. People who speak with too much saliva in the mouth *shudders*
2. People who speak to you as they are approaching as opposed to waiting until they actually reach you.
3. People who call on the telephone and just launch into a conversation before they establish whether or not it is a good time for you to talk.
4. People who are constantly on their smart phones, tablets and other devices during social gatherings.
5. Children who jump up and flee the dinner table without asking to be excused, much less offering to clear the table.
6. Parents who let their children cry for an extended period of time. And this has not much to do with the irritation of the noise but more to do with the fact that it is insensitive and unfair to the child. Little ones cry for a reason, even if it is a reason that adults think are irrelevant. The needs of little ones should be attended to. And yes the noise is irritating also 😉
This list makes me realize that I am a proper old granny and my own right and I am not even 40 years old yet LOL
Thanks for the explanation!! Hmm…could we just shorten it to peeve? lol
And thanks for your list! It fascinates me to see what other people find irritating! And you’re (another peeve…not knowing the difference between your/you’re and their, there and they’re) just a firm believer in manners!! Too much saliva turns into that white spittle in the corners of there (kidding… Their) mouth.
Lol!
My favorite peeves are babies at dinner, thesaurus cheats and clashing sounds. More of these lists!
The terms “preggo” and “baby bump” give me the dry heaves, so I am with her on that.
Me too, and I am “in the family way.”
Loathe “preggers” too.
Yes! I cannot stand “preggers” it makes me want to vomit. And “preggo” and “baby bump” and when people refer to themselves as “mommy.” “I am _____ mommy.” No, you have your own name and identity. Puke! For the record, I have 2 young girls and I never used those terms.
Agreed and Im adding the word ‘belly’ and ‘baby belly’ to the list.
Yes! My sister just found out she’s pregnant and I’ve already outlawed belly. I need to tell her that baby bump isn’t allowed either!
It’s not particularly endearing, no.
But personally I find the word “tummy” (not necessarily related to pregnancy alone) even worse – ridiculous to the point of being offensive – especially coming out of the mouth of adult, mature people.
I detests how so many magazines are using the word “bump” now like it is independent of the woman herself. “She dressed her bump in Gucci” or “she took her bump to the Wholefoods MArket”. Like women stop being people when they are “in the family way”. LOL
Mine is “we’re pregnant”, no we’re not pregnant.
@StaceyP mine too! 🙂
Prego is a brand of jarred pasta sauce. Suppose we said Ragu?
🙂
I love Her Majesty. Even her pet peeves are great.
Awesome woman!! I love that there’s none of this “I’m just like ordinary people” fakery. She’s The Queen and owns it. Queen Elizabeth is beautiful, especially in that purple outfit. I hope I look that smart when I’m in my 80’s.
So true! I want to dress like the queen in my 80s!
Does she use the royal “we”? As in, “We don’t care for potatoes?”
Of course she doesn’t like potatoes. I’m choosing to interpret that my own way.
Pregnant is a weird one. All the stupid ways people manipulate that word, sure. But the word itself is pretty tame.
I take all this with a boulder of salt coming from Us, anyway.
My mom was the same age as QEII and back when I was a kid in the 1970’s, the term pregnant was considered tacky. I never understood why but I quickly learned to use the preferred term which back then was “expecting”.
In the 60’s and 70’s if not before, adult men didn’t wear shorts in my part of the country unless they were going swimming. Even in the sweltering heat of August, my dad never, and I mean never wore shorts.
I never wear shorts. There are few instances when I think anyone, male or female, looks good in shorts. They are pedestrian.
Marigold
But how do exercise?
It’s the only time I wear shorts. I’m a big summer dress and skirt girl.
1. That last photograph, the one of Harry…? YOW. He’s so YUMMY.
2. Yes, Choupette has been very good for Uncle Karl, bless his heart.
this is great. just super great.
don’t know if it’s the list thing, or royal connection, but feel the need to share this with you all. enjoy:
http://heavytable.com/whats-in-princes-fridge/
Potatoes??! That’s practically sacrilege! Potatoes are delicious in all their forms – hot chips, wedges, crisps, roasted, boiled, mashed, made into hashbrowns… Anyone who doesn’t like potatoes in some form is just not right, imo! haha.
+1. Don’t forget au-gratin, stuffed and potato pancakes with apple sauce. Delish!
Yes, potatoes are delicious and you can do so many things with them! I am honestly surprised she doesn’t like them! Does she really not like fries dipped in ketchup? Or maybe a nice poutine? Can’t imagine the Queen eating poutine! Lol ;).
Potatoes, in the past, were long shunned by the upper classes. This is what the poor people of Ireland basically subsisted on. It was considered peasant food.
Potato soup (my favorite soup) must be a double no-no in her world. I love potatoes and their versatility.
I’m obsessed by the fabulous abstract buttons on the blue coat. Is anyone else obsessed?
The pet peeves list is amazing. Can’t you imagine the queen saying, “No bloody potatoes, no bloody soup and if you touch my bloody corgis? Off with your head!”
She is awesome.
Hence forth, we shall all only refer to gravida and parity or para, so says the queen, fwa fwa fwa.
I wonder if she puts real bowties on her corgies… Great list. Well, everyone has his or her own pet peeves. I don’t mind shorts but I hate men walking around in public without shirts… especially if they’re running down the street being all sweaty and athletic. It just grosses me out.
The men being all sweaty and athletic sounds kinda hot. When she mentioned the shorts business, all I could picture was Charlie Sheen, so all was understood, but now with your description, I may have to reconsider (without the Charlie Sheen part, of course).
Charlie Sheen is about as far from a hearthrob as you could get.
No argument from me. But we do always see him in shorts.
Men in shorts = bad. Men in kilts = good. I agree.
I’m surprised that gum chewing didn’t make the list.
That’s because if anyone actually had the nerve to chew gum in front of her, she’d probably order “Off with his head!”
I’m definitely on board with chewing gum as a pet peeve. In my opinion it should never be chewed in public.
I so agree – men in shorts = not sexy, men in kilts = sexy!
Why is that?
12 minute sermons? PREACH IT, SISTER!!!!!!
And to that I add an Amen!
I know it’s totally prudish, but whenever I actually am pregnant, I have the hardest time saying the word “pregnant.” It doesn’t bother me unless I’m currently gestating, during which time I just say that I’m expecting a baby. Weird.
12 minutes ! it takes that long to read the church announcements at my Southern Baptist Church.Sermon is always 35 -40 minutes.
Everyone has a vice, wonder what the Queen’s is? She has the $$$ to get the good stuff.
She sounds like a total pill.
There is no such thing as blue bloods. They are just people that brainwash other people into worshipping them.
Most of this is just due to her generation (the pregnant thing) or just having normal likes/dislikes (the potatoes and soups thing). The Corgi and the ice things are a little weird though.
And seriously does anyone like “dissonant” chords??? Is this really news?
“She [Kate] doesn’t like a big fuss.” Ha ha ha ha ha. Ok. SURE. (It would have been my day’s perfection if the pic of her flipping and playing with her hair at the remembrance ceremony would have been used here instead 😂)
I adore the Queen and as far as I’m concerned, the RF is her ship and should be run exactly the way she likes, to all of her specifications, no questions asked (hence why I can’t stand Will and Kate’s total disregard for all of her traditions; very disrespectful). Haters can go overboard! 😄 The only part that I don’t like about this and would have trouble with is the Corgis thing. Corgis-and all dogs!-are adorably irresistible and I’m not sure why they’d be denied love from everyone around-at least from her family members. I mean, can you imagine spending time with your beloved grandmother in her house full of animals and being forbidden from touching/playing with any of them?? Sad.
It’s because her particular corgis are not very well socialized and have nipped at people.
And attacked other dogs.
A territorial or aggressive dog/cat is a hallmark of a bad or selfish owner imo.
I do admire the Queen’s dedication, but not this.
Philip can’t stand the dogs. He referred to them once as “those fucking animals” when a camera crew arrived to film a special on the royal family. The queen wanted all of her dogs in the documentary and Philip lost it LOL.
Call me weird but I love reading people’s pet peeve list and comparing it to my own. Anyone care to post theirs?
My top ten dislikes are:
Popping gum
Gnarly toe/finger nails
Meetings
Long Sermons
Squeaky toys
Shoes in the house
The smell of pinesol
Close talkers
People who cut in line
Bad table manners
My pet peeves are:
– people who don’t let cars in during traffic
– not unstitching the vent on a new coat
– overcooked veg
– when my hubby says the pots are “soaking”
and I am totally with you on shoes in the house!
I like this game!
the pots are “soaking” Ha. Do they end up “soaking” for more than a day?
If so, I feel you girl.
They end up soaking until the next morning…. and then I have to put my hand in cold greasy water to refill and clean…UGH!!!
Thankfully he knows this sets me off, so it doesn’t happen very often!
sienna
I soak my pots! Normally after my husband decides to cook and leaves the pots dry in the sink or worse, On The Counter with bits cooked to it!
So, it has to be soaked, but we have a huge double farmhouse style sink, ao it isn’t terrible. Still. Pots must be soaked or cleaned immediately.
Hmmm let me think…
People who are always on their cellphones.
Lack of punctuation and capitals.
Talking to someone who is on the toilet or vice versa.
Justin Bieber.
Interrupting others.
Saying *we are* pregnant. GAG
Humming.
Oooh I second your Bieber, and add Sheen!
Yes! I hate those stall-to-stall conversations! Don’t talk to me! I want to retain the pretense that I am completely alone!
Oh, I’ll play:
– littering
– people who look at their phones or have conversations in front of doors, staircases, and elevators
– drivers who don’t use their turn signals
– bicyclists who don’t follow traffic laws at all
– clothing that’s sold without the buttons stitched on properly
– spelling “you” as “u”
Lilibet, who doesn’t love soup??!!
I love the Queen. The whole Monarchy-privileged-birth thing is bollocks, but I think as a person she’s lovely. She always has this little twinkle in her eye like she’s up to something. I’ve heard she has a wicked wit and is a huge fan of stand up.
I would love to sit down over tea and have a chat with her. She must have amazing stories to tell,
An aussie would give him booze and a flask.
I can get behind kids at the dinner table…My similar pet peeve are parents who let their kids scream their heads off in public places, especially coffee shops where I’m studying and/or want to chill. I understand the kid just wants attention or to let off steam but take it outside….
I love the buttons on the blue coat! *runs from Kaiser*
Oh, Liz II, here’s my pet peeve:
the monarchy
Exactly. You are the wind beneath my wings, whoever you are.
I totally agree with the “men in short” peeve, except for those with highly beatiful legs. But most of them have ugly legs and they look as a post modern Pinocchio.
Damn! This means she’d never send out for fish and chips. Killjoy.
Some time ago in a very rare interview (for a book I think) the Queen was asked if she could only have one luxury what would it be. Her answer was …….. ‘fresh sheets on her bed every day’.
House guests that have the income to move out, but end up staying for moving barely legal gf’s in and out… 3 years and counting….
Dirty dishes on the counter
A bed not made.
Crumbs on my counter top.
All my pet peeves are about privacy and cleanliness.
I’m hurt, Your Majesty won’t let others pet the precious corgis? I love those adorable little doggies.
My pet peeves
people who are proud of their ignorance
while driving a person cuts in front of you, just to turn a block later
No kids at fancy dinners and short sermons, I like her already. 😀
As for gifts on Royal Tours: do you know what the BRF gives out? Framed photos of themselves.