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   Edcole1961 said, 3 months ago

   Once you get south of 35th Street, it’s scary enough on the inside.

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   jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

   The people screaming are Cubs fans…

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   yyyguy said, 3 months ago

   see what happens when you don’t listen?!

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   thatsmyshoe said, 3 months ago

   Okay, first of all, love the comic. I found it not too long ago, and fell in love immediately. It speaks to my inner Anglophile, my inner royalphile, and my inner lover of all things snarky (snarkophile?). Plus, apparently Anne Boleyn makes an appearance, and I can’t get enough Anne Boleyn.

   However (and it may be that I’m just not that well educated in how royalty works, being American), I thought that as Queen, Victoria should be styled Her Majesty, not Her Royal Highness, as seen in “About New Adventures…” Am I missing something? If I am, please educate me, as I’m always eager to learn something new.

   Again, love the strip, and thanks for the laughs. I need to “teach” my sisters how to play Mornington Crescent. :-)

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   yyyguy said, 3 months ago

   i’m pretty sure that ‘royal highness’ is used for those who are next in line to the throne (instead of just ‘highness’ for lesser princes and princesses), and ‘majesty’ is used for the occupant of the throne - but i could easily be wrong (it’s very early where i am). i prefer to call her vicky, but i’m an irreverent colonial! (a wild colonial boy!)

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   ana_demeter said, 3 months ago

   Yes it is “Your Majesty” for the King/Queen and “Your Highness” for Princes/ses. However it is decided on an individual basis whether or not a royal offspring is allocated the moniker (for example, Princess Anne refused to give either of her children titles and Sarah Ferguson was stripped of her “Highness” when she divorced Prince Andrew). Apparently Queen Elizabeth II insists on only being called “Your Majesty” upon a first meeting, then “Ma’am” thereafter. In order to ensure the correct pronounciation (many English would pronounce “Ma’am” as “Mum” they tell you to rhyme “Ma’am” with “jam”… but different English accents have different ways of pronouncing “jam”! :-S

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   pabsungenis said, 3 months ago

   thatsmyshoe: It’s a good question, since no royal has ever come back from the dead. Edward VIII lost the style “His Majesty” and became “His Royal Highness” once he was off the throne and made Duke of Windsor, so I sort of used that as precedent since Victoria isn’t actually on the throne now, but is still quite regal.

   I usually refer to her as “Her Maj” for short, however. I might have to do a V-Mail page on this one.

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   Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

   And, of course, the classic error in the media regarding titles is “Princess Diana” - that one was even common in Brit media, apparently.

   She was Lady Diana, Princess of Wales.

   The spouse of a non-regnant prince doesn’t get “princess” in front. OTOH, Rainier was regnant, so Grace Kelly properly became “Princess Grace”.

   I know, nobody cares.

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   Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago

   Best outburst of laughter today, need I say more?

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    cwreenactor said, 3 months ago

    LOL!!!

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    The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

    The greatest form of humor in my book is incongruity. This strip competes with Bizarro, Non Sequitur and Red Meat for highest awards…

    Never ridden the lines in Chicago but 18 years of the IRT, BMT and IND in New York makes it work for me. Yeesh this is funny.

    

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    Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

    That final panel somehow puts me in mind of the TARDIS heading several million miles up the timestream with Captain Jack hanging on the outside for dear life.

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    saturntv said, 3 months ago

    Wow. How come people on this comic site are so intelligent? This is rare.

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    Fairportfan said, 3 months ago

    Because it attracts a certain type of person? Checl out the comments to “Pibgorn”

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    gwyncat said, 3 months ago

    Fairportfan – I care! Thanks! I always want to learn something new – and correct things I’m doing incorrectly.

    Plus, I’m really anal-retentive when it comes to stuff like that. (Yes, it DOES have a hyphen! And it’s this big: - ) ;)

    And, yes, I’m thinking of Captain Jack, too!