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2013/07/21 22:19:59
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the Thames in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
This historic ceremony dates from the twelfth century, when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans.
At that time swans were regarded as a delicious dish at banquets and feasts.
Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries.
This ownership is shared with the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Dyers, who were granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century. Nowadays, of course, the swans are no longer eaten.
In the Swan Upping ceremony, The Queen's Swan Marker, the Royal Swan Uppers and the Swan Uppers of the Vintners' and Dyers' livery companies use six traditional Thames rowing skiffs in their five-day journey up-river.
The Queen's Swan Uppers wear traditional scarlet uniforms and each boat flies appropriate flags and pennants.
When a brood of cygnets is sighted, a cry of "All up!" is given to signal that the boats should get into position. On passing Windsor Castle, the rowers stand to attention in their boat with oars raised and salute "Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans".
The cygnets are weighed and measured to obtain estimates of growth rates and the birds are examined for any sign of injury (commonly caused by fishing hooks and line).
The swans are also given a health check and ringed with individual identification numbers by The Queen's Swan Warden, a Professor of Ornithology at the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology. The swans are then set free again.
It's the ceremony that takes this valid conversation effort from "cool" to "wait. what?"
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Having wrangled various waterfowl, the job is not an easy one. The larger breeds in particular can be quite nasty. Especially if you mess with the babies.
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Everyone knows Canadian Geese were specifically bred to be the meanest geese on the planet. They're step 2 in Canada's five step plan to tormenting the rest of the world
Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2013/07/22 11:05:52
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Orlanth wrote: Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
These are my feelings as well... The UK has a lot of traditions which are weird or plain silly but they are our traditions and they mean a lot to some people...
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2013/07/22 11:08:37
Subject: Re:Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Orlanth wrote: Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
These are my feelings as well...
The UK has a lot of traditions which are weird or plain silly but they are our traditions and they mean a lot to some people...
And yet it's totally fine to bash American traditions and constantly tell us how "dumb we are" That's interesting logic.
2013/07/22 11:25:07
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Orlanth wrote: Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
These are my feelings as well...
The UK has a lot of traditions which are weird or plain silly but they are our traditions and they mean a lot to some people...
And yet it's totally fine to bash American traditions and constantly tell us how "dumb we are" That's interesting logic.
For example?
Dakka Bingo! By Ouze "You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry.
2013/07/22 12:28:44
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Orlanth wrote: Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
These are my feelings as well...
The UK has a lot of traditions which are weird or plain silly but they are our traditions and they mean a lot to some people...
And yet it's totally fine to bash American traditions and constantly tell us how "dumb we are" That's interesting logic.
Good lord. I don't think anyone was doing that, or talking about that. As I understand it this was about the amount of multicultural events that are in the UK. Every single event seems to have become a festival or carnival, with Afro-Carabian, Indian, Chinese etc. events, shows and the like, yet people laugh and put down Morris dancing, local pub games (like aunt sally), old traditions and fairs.
However, the tide dose seem to be turning. People are respecting and enjoying the traditions more now.
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insaniak wrote: Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
2013/07/22 12:30:21
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
And yet it's totally fine to bash American traditions and constantly tell us how "dumb we are" That's interesting logic.
For example?
There have been threads that have bashed facepalming dumb things that people have reported done, anywhere really. Didn't know they were traditions in the USA until now though, perhaps I should be more sensitive next time someone does something monumentally newsworthy for all the wrong reasons, after all it might be traditional to plant landmines in the garden in some countries.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2013/07/22 12:32:30
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
If you've not been doing it for over 500 years, it's not really a tradition, more like a habit...
If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. item 87, skippys list
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2013/07/22 22:27:10
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
Orlanth wrote: Why is it that we must 'respect' every culture that comes into the UK, yet our own traditions are mocked.
Its an 800 year old ritual, it doesnrt have to 'reflect the current climate', be 'relevent to the wider community' or be just plain trendy. Its our culture, let it be.
Carry on with the likes of the Loving Cup, Swan Upping, Stripping the Willow and the Ceremony of the Keys, before they are banned, squashed, ignored or corporate funded as "<ancient cultural event> brought to you by Carsure.com, the friendlier way to car insurance."
These are my feelings as well... The UK has a lot of traditions which are weird or plain silly but they are our traditions and they mean a lot to some people...
We american set of explosives to celebrate out independence, we wait for a gopher to see if winter is still coming. We celebrate the birth of our great leaders with a day off and car deals, We may not have silly relic traditions like the UK, but they are sill.
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2013/07/23 09:02:35
Subject: Salute Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans! (What the hell U.K. ?)
" -KingCracker
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