Comments on: Goodbye England’s Rose

By: The Lonewacko Blog

The Lonewacko Blog — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:45:12 +0000

“One might add that Diana’s ex-mother-in-law is neither Canadian, Australian, Barbadian, nor Papuan, but she is, nevertheless, Queen of Canada, Australia, Barbados, and Papua New Guinea” Intuitively, that makes a lot of sense. BTW, the Franklin Mint even has a Gray Davis connection: http://www.jillstewart.net//issue0710.html

By: John

John — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:46:14 +0000

One might add that Diana’s ex-mother-in-law is neither Canadian, Australian, Barbadian, nor Papuan, but she is, nevertheless, Queen of Canada, Australia, Barbados, and Papua New Guinea

By: John

John — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:40:21 +0000

Just because Diana was not (and Charles is not) Welsh, does not mean that she was not Princess of Wales (and he is not Prince of Wales). After all, George I was a German who was King of Great Britain, and William III, James I, and William I were, respectively, a Dutchman, a Scot, and a Norman who were King of England. Jean Bernadotte was a Gascon, but that didn’t stop him from becoming King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and King Carl III Johan of Norway. And so forth. Further, one might note that Diana’s status as Welsh is even more irrelevant than Charles’s. After all, royal consorts are, historically, pretty rarely from the country of which their husband is the monarch.

By: alkali

alkali — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:35:27 +0000

I believe that the Franklin Mint is the finest manufacturer and direct marketer of granny crap currently operating today. Does this reflect fond memories of some granny crap manufacturer of days gone by?

By: rea

rea — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:11:03 +0000

“that’s the Princess of Wales as immortalised in the song, “Goodbye England’s Rose”, god damn you Elton John” “Prince[ss] of Wales” is just a title stolen by the [bloody] English back around the reign of Edward I, anyway—Diana wasn’t Welsh, despite your claim.

By: laughing boy

laughing boy — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:57:43 +0000

Granny crap. Heh.

By: Jeremy Leader

Jeremy Leader — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:36:26 +0000

Argh, the first half of the above comment was intended for a different article entirely.

By: Jeremy Leader

Jeremy Leader — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:34:58 +0000

There’s a common saying among quantitative MBAs, Quality proponents, and so on, that “you can’t improve what you don’t measure”. What they often overlook is that it’s very common to improve what’s being measured, at the expense of everything else that isn’t. Oh, and I like the term “granny crap”, for all that it’s offensive to grannies (and probably crap, too). But does the term really cover enough ground? Does it really apply to (say) commemorative plates with images of sainted NASCAR drivers?

By: B. Cavanaski

B. Cavanaski — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:20:20 +0000

The problem is ‘granny crap.’ Interestingly progressive & democratic. Tell it to Frankenthaler and O’Keeffe. And me.

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:21:11 +0000

Granny crap me arse. To you, my mate, those are precious future collectibles, available only for a period of six months in a limited edition of 150,000. I’ve heard somewhere or another (pure hearsay) that one of the sadder parts of Antique Roadshow, is dealing with the old dears who’ve spent dollops on Franklin Mint product and similar tat, and are convinced that they’re sitting on a small fortune … Although, for similar reasons to dsquared, I’ll chime in with his final assessment of the Franklin Mint.