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Prince Philip, My Hero Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, has a habit of saying offensive things at public events (usually about the ethnic group/nationality the event is for). Eddie Izzard said that he has habit saying things like [insert stodgy British accent] "you are all a bunch of bastard." An itemized list stolen from wikipedia is actually quite a bit of (offensive) fun:
At this point I think he must be trying, planing his next offensive remark. Oh yes, but to top it all of, he is worshipped as a god in the South Pacific.

Posted by Barbarossa at 9:36 AM Thiess said...

How can we not just absolutely love Prince Philip?

...I mean, unless he's an embarrassment for your nation...
 
But he is just so much more fun than Bush!
 

I wish he were MY national embarrassment. Bush comes with the added embarrassment of 1) having been elected, 2) having been elected TWICE, and 3) of having ACTUAL power, instead of just being the hubby of the figurehead.

It's funny, but spending this week in Boston, I've been pondering upon the Founders and think, "my god, if they could only see us know...they might have decided it wasn't worth the bother".
 
1. I think Prince Philip amuses me because although he may be racist, he is not stupid (he seems keenly aware of whatever ethnic group he is visiting and what would be the worst thing he could say to them, though he may just be given a list of things not to say and decide those are a good starting point).

2. We threw off the British yolk before it was cool.
 Edward Rueda said...

Prince Philip came up with the line about the Cantonese? He is an evil genius!

I had a friend who had visited Shanghai try to pass off that joke as a folk saying.
 
And the killer virus line is also priceless. Say it in a posh British accent, and doesn't it make you orgasm?
