I may be misinformed, but don't they take a fair bit from the country too?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:59, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

They turn a net profit, I believe.

( Kroney, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:59, Reply)

i think most of the main ones contribute more than they cost (that utter dickwad andrew being an exception)
then they raise britain's profile and tourists come to see them.

plus they employ a hell of a lot of people.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:02, Reply)

Aside from the economics of the Monarchy
they are part of our history and our country's national identity and thus it would be a shame to get rid of them.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:03, Reply)

it doesn't bear thinking about what it would do to our land law and other legal systems
*shudders with laziness*
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:05, Reply)

So is Morris Dancing

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:05, Reply)

key distinction
it would NOT be a shame to get rid of that
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:06, Reply)

It really would.
I like seeing Morris Dancing at fates (spelling? I'm sure there should be an accent somewhere, or possibly an i). Admitiedly I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who considered it a good hobby, but I'm glad it exists.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:08, Reply)

fetes?
with a little hat over the first e maybe
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:11, Reply)

You are correct.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:13, Reply)

The last time I saw morris dancing was at a country fair,
where they also had a piano smashing contest and steam rollers. Brilliant.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:17, Reply)

It is slowly dying out
Although there may just be enough people who would miss it to try to keep it alive. The problem being that you probably wouldn't care enough/be unselfconscious enough until you are much older, by which time the current practitioners will have died out and you'll be learning it from books rather than practice.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:20, Reply)

THE FUTURE OF THE MORRIS IS IN YOUR HANDS, AL

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:20, Reply)

one kid in my year at school did it
you can imagine how well in there with the cool crew he was.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:23, Reply)

I didn't know kids were allowed to morris dance.
Possible health and safety consequences.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:25, Reply)

They even let women do it nowadays

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:27, Reply)

it was 6th form
so he was 17/18
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:32, Reply)

i have no problem with morris dancing either
all these things add to the rich tapestry of life. if everyone got rid of everythig they didn't like, we'd be left with nothing except the blandest of lives.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 12:07, Reply)