Royal Wedding Drinking...

[TiggerK]

Ah well, someone was bound to do it.... What to drink tonight for those interested or forced to watch....

Pol Roger, the official champagne?

Or something more thematic.. Thomas Wines Kiss ? Noble 1 ? Something from the King Valley? Mount William Winery?

Or off to the pub for a beer and the footy and leave her to it??

Cheers
TiggerK

[cuttlefish]

Er....yeah......


Footy, thanks.

[sjw_11]

English sparkling wine...

[Gavin Trott]

Er....yeah......


Footy, thanks.

+1

Sheesh

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[RogerPike]

I need to stay away from this.

[ticklenow1]

What Royal Wedding???

[dave vino]

Heathens!!

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and Glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!

We are having,

2010 Coldstream Hills Single Vineyard Chardy
2003 Rockford Black Shiraz
1996 Wynns Coonawarra

[odyssey]

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Ro ... 94?sk=info

1. If the Queen is on the screen you must be drinking. The woman has ruled the country for over 50 years, the least you can do is get destroyed in her honour.

2. Any time Prince Harry appears all players must produce a Nazi salute. The last player to do so must consume 5 fingers/mouthfuls for their poor reactions.

3. If Elton John is spotted the last person to shout "Candle in the Wind" must drink 5.

4. Any time time paralells are drawn to the Diana and Charles wedding (or any previous Royal Wedding for that matter), by commentators or otherwise, all players must consume 3 fingers/mouthfuls of their drink.

5.We're British (or shall assume the role for the day), which means we're a simple folk who enjoy comforts such as bacon and beer. With this in mind then, what better way to greet our anthem than with a hearty chug. As a result when the National Anthem is playing, everyone must be stood up and drinking.

6.William will one day become king of this fine country, a fact that needs to be celebrated no? Every time the word "future" is said, in the mentioned context or not, an amount no less than 1 finger must be added to the "Future Kings Cup" by any player. This should then go in a clockwise direction from the first player to do so everytime future is mentioned, to ensure the cup has a good mix of drinks.

7. And following on from Rule 6, The last person to shout "God save the future King!" upon the proclamation of "I now pronounce you man and wife" has to down the Future King's Cup. I fear for those that are last here, I really do.

8. Prince Phillip has found a warm place in many of our hearts, his "Racist Grandad" appeal simply too hard too dislike. As a result, whenever he is shown independant of the Queen (to avoid complications with rule 1), the last player to shout "Bloody Foreigners" must drink 3 fingers. Penalties can be awarded for anyone who makes no attempt to imitate his accent.

9. Prime Ministers never tend to be popular, but our current one is hated even by those standards. So to allow you all to "stick it to da man" whenever our fearless leader David Cameron appears on screen, the first player to shout "Cunt" (substitute for a less offensive word if necessary) is allowed to come up with a rule of their own. Enjoy your one chance at tyranny!

10.Whenever the union flag appears on screen, the first to shout "rule brittania" is bestowed with the honor of delegating four measures however they see fit, one for each nation of the UK. This can either be to single player, or spread amongst them. Make sure our great flag is honoured with the drinking it deserves!

[odyssey]

For the record, the Swans will be playing Carlton at the SCG, on channel "7mate"...

[cuttlefish]

For the record, the Swans will be playing Carlton at the SCG, on channel "7mate"...

...and I'll be there live in the SCG members, barracking for...wait for it....the Blues !!

[odyssey]

For the record, the Swans will be playing Carlton at the SCG, on channel "7mate"...

...and I'll be there live in the SCG members, barracking for...wait for it....the Blues !!

Heathens!!

Cheer, cheer the red and the white,
Honour the name by day and by night,
Lift that noble banner high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky
Whether the odds be great or small,
Swans will go in and win overall
While her loyal sons are marching
Onwards to victory!


(PS I'm not a religious follower of the AFL & Swans... just wanted to paraphrase Dave's post. )

[ticklenow1]

Text message I received the other day...

Kate Middleton asks the Queen for advice on a long and happy marriage. The Queen replied, "wear a seatbelt and don't piss me off!"

Had to laugh, though not very tasteful. I actually liked Diana. She had a bit of class, something most of the royals lack.

I'll get slated for that, but what the hell, some will get a chuckle out of it.

What channel was the footy on again????

[underwraps50]

Thanks T1, that will help me to get through the trying times to come. (that and a lot of red wine)

[Michael McNally]

Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!

Mate, long may she reign over you. I'll be (expletive deleted) if she reigns over me.

"Tie me kangaroo down sport, tie me kangaroo down......"

Hop in Roger - you aren't normally the shy retiring type!

Polish beer for me at the moment. Mmmmmmmmmm. The taste of a republic.

Cheers

Michael

[odyssey]

http://www.twitter.com/Queen_UK

Highly entertaining.

[griff]

No escape over here! Although the supermarket shopping was a breeze.

cheers

Carl

[Craig(NZ)]

I'll be (expletive deleted) if she reigns over me.

She can reign over me any time she likes

I dug into a classic Martinborough Cabernet (75%CS 25%CF) 1998 Winslow Turakirae Reserve Cab Sauv Cab Franc which was really good. You folk in Aussie may have never heard of it but its fame was equal first with 1996 Stonyridge Larose in a Cuisine tasting years ago. Picked these up for $25 at a wine shop closing down sale, they are horrendiously expensive these days. Very classical with the CS really showing at this point in its life. Still youthful in colour and flavour profile with graphite, violet and cassis. Tautly structured and will drink another 10 years i would say. A far cry from the "cellar for 6-8 years" on the label