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Apr292011

Kate + Date

DateFriday, April 29, 2011 at 07:35AM

Yes, I got up at 4:20 this morning.

Yes, I watched the wedding.

Yes, I also listened to two Hebrew classes.  Chapters 20 and 21, if you must know. Quiz to follow.

When I turned on the sound to the wedding I heard:

  • Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury, say, "If anyone knows of any impediment, let him thspeak now or forever hold his peath."  Yes, we know of an impediment.
  • This exchange between Shep Smith and Jonathan Hunt: [as Queen Elizabeth gets into the Glass Carriage to go to Buck Pal] "So, Jonathan, I bet you're jealous." Jonathan, "Why, Shep, because I'm the real queen of England, is that what you're saying?" Shep, "We report, you decide."
  • Shep Smith to Martha McGowan, after William and Kate kiss for a second time on the balcony before retiring: "No tongue."
  • Opening hymn: "Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer"

What I saw:

The good news: wonderful dress, beautiful weather– a bit overcast, but the sun broke out when Kate stepped out of the Rolls to enter Westminster Abbey.

The bad news: Elton John forgot his hat.

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Victoria Beckham remembered theirs.  Truly, truly hideous.  Or, as we like to say in Britain, "avant garde."

Mary Kate and Ashley gain weight and crash the wedding. Zoom on the blue outfit reveals use of safety pins by spastic 3rd grader used to achieve desired hemline. Famous royal quote: "My kingdom for a comb!"When she tips her head a little to the left she can get BBC 3

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Imagine having to sit behind that tan hat. I wonder what kind of pins were used to keep that nasty thing in place.
April 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRachel
Titanium screws. But you know, you can actually see through it, so sitting behind it isn't that bad. In fact all things considered, the view from behind is preferable.
April 29, 2011 | Registered Commenterbbmoe
Somewhere there is a door bereft of its knocker.
April 29, 2011 | Unregistered Commenteraelfheld
Yeah, I looked at it and thought, "Somebody's been flipping through "Architectural Digest" for inspiration."
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