Dour Scots ruin the Royal procession

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

As Her Majesty's funeral procession passed through Scotland yesterday, a lout yelled some incomprehensible dialect at Praaance Uuundruuuue. Police were required to restrain the gentleman in question; overall, the Scots were disappointing. There was nary a wail nor a toothless gnash for the dead Queen. Fortunately the next stop in the parade is North Korea where they can at least put on a show. Come on Scotsland, must do better.

[handmaiden]

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Well, you must admit, that in North Korea they have some very good reasons for wailing and gnashing of teeth.

What I find strange is the lack of rending of garments. Perhaps the haberdashery of North Korea is so sturdily made that rending requires too much effort? (Or maybe someone overlooked the opportunity to include that in the script guide to mourning protocols?)

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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Well, you must admit, that in North Korea they have some very good reasons for wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Indeed, Sister Handy, though one must make allowances for the confusion caused by the loss of Kim-Jong-II followed by frankly baffling fact that he was succeeded by Kim-Jong-Un (which is French for "Kim-Jong-the-First"), who you would have expected to be his predecessor. No wonder they wept every time the cameras approached.

Brother Dr. Toole, Sir, the drooling behavior of the Scotch is no surprise. But then the late Queen of England was half Scotch** (on her mother's side) poor woman, so perhaps they know a lot more about her than we do?

** the other half was allegedly some peculiar cocktail made of gin and Dubonnet.

[handmaiden]

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the late Queen of England was half Scotch** (on her mother's side) poor woman, so perhaps they know a lot more about her than we do?

** the other half was allegedly some peculiar cocktail made of gin and Dubonnet.

Oh, dear me. Some people will leap upon any excuse to get drunk. One expects that sort of thing from the Scots, of course, but I had higher expectations for the English.

Is there any nation in the world that has Godly standards regarding alcohol? (Not counting the Muslims, of course. Their false faith can rail against the stuff, but that doesn't change the fact that the word actually comes from their language.)

[Dennis Lukes]

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Those Scots still haven't forgiven the Anglos for drawing and quartering William Wallace. And the corpse in question, lately the Queen of Tuvalu or something, was pro-Brexit and anti-Scottish independence. I guess it's lucky they didn't pelt the coffin with haggis. It's not like they can't, Britons are capable of near-North Korean levels of public mourning:

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

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While we're passing righteous judgement on various responses to Queenzilla's death, here's Russian state TV talking about how she's been a proven Nazi, from when she was Little Leatherhosen Lizzie to the Monarchal Methuselah:

Here she is, saying whatever "sieg heil" is in British:



Wearing a hat inspired by nazi helmets:



Practicing her goose-stepping:



Trying to imitate Che Gevara: