# Ask the Royal We

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 2, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467 "2002-04-02T21:30:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/61 "2002-04-03T19:47:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*Did it mean JDK? \*\*

Or JFK

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/62 "2002-04-03T19:49:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Robb \*  
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> 
> We is a big dick?  
> OG!! OG!! OG!! \*\*

Our apologies for mistaking Mr. Nixon for Mr. Bush.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/63 "2002-04-03T19:55:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by seawitch \*  
> \*\*I am old, **Libertarian**  
> (or so my mirror says)  
> And my hair has begun turning white.  
> And yet I incessantly stand on my head.  
> Do you think at my age it is right? \*\*

Yes. And we recommend that it breathe deeply. We are of the firm opinion that it needs as much oxygenated blood as possible flowing to its head.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/64 "2002-04-03T20:07:04Z")

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After supping in the late day shadows of a quiet Tinturn Abbey, can you reconcile with the actions of Henry VIII in 1536?

Is your beer pee warmer than ours?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/65 "2002-04-03T20:44:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lieu \*  
> \*\*After supping in the late day shadows of a quiet Tinturn Abbey, can you reconcile with the actions of Henry VIII in 1536?
> 
> Is your beer pee warmer than ours? \*\*

We have read the Comperta, and we find nothing of significance therein. Suppression of Catholic corruption in Wales and elsewhere was for the good of all the people.

We do not imbibe fermented grains.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/66 "2002-04-03T22:59:18Z")

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What is the 1987th digit of pi? Are pie square or round?

Is it true that when you’re really good, they call you Cracker Jack?

Dost thou like cats?

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**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/67 "2002-04-03T23:11:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*They are the purest white. \*\*

Even Earls must comb their curls,  
And even kings have underthings.\*

* * *

\*Determined by sound actuarial studies.

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**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/68 "2002-04-03T23:24:43Z")

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When will it ever end?

OG!! OG!! OG!!

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/69 "2002-04-03T23:27:13Z")

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OG TUG-AHOY! OG TUG-AHOY!  
OG! OG! OG!

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/70 "2002-04-04T10:24:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kat \*  
> \*\*What is the 1987th digit of pi? Are pie square or round?
> 
> Is it true that when you’re really good, they call you Cracker Jack?
> 
> Dost thou like cats? \*\*

The one-thousand-nine-hundred-and-eighty-seventh digit of pi is nine, assuming that it means the digits following the decimal; otherwise, the digit is three. Pies are round. It is appropriate for commoners to call us “your majesty”. We like certain cats, but dislike others.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/71 "2002-04-04T10:27:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Humble Servant \*  
> \*_Even Earls must comb their curls,  
> And even kings have underthings._
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> * * *
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> \*Determined by sound actuarial studies. \*\*

Even humble people stumble  
And even a servant can be observant.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/72 "2002-04-04T10:40:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Robb \*  
> \*\*When will it ever end?
> 
> OG!! OG!! OG!! \*\*

That depends entirely on gravity.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/73 "2002-04-04T10:45:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*Is it addressing us or the blood sucking nymph? \*\*

Either one suits me.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/74 "2002-04-04T11:35:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \*  
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> 
> Either one suits me. \*\*

Indubitably.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/75 "2002-04-04T12:53:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> **It is appropriate for commoners to call us “your majesty”.**

What do dieties call thee?

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> \*\*We like certain cats, but dislike others. \*\*

Ah. _nods and makes a note_

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/76 "2002-04-04T12:59:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*Indubitably. \*\*

Wabbit Season _or_ Duck Season?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/77 "2002-04-04T13:45:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kat \*  
> \*\*  
> What do dieties call thee?  
> Ah. _nods and makes a note_ \*\*

Dieting is hardly an excuse for breaking protocol.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/78 "2002-04-04T20:50:28Z")

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Does the sturdiness of the bridge across Lake Havasu, Arizona surprise you?

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**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/79 "2002-04-04T21:07:07Z")

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Mary Ann or Ginger?

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**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/80 "2002-04-04T22:15:25Z")

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All your WE are belong to US!

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