# Ask the Royal We **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/81 "2002-04-04T23:19:23Z")
Am I a butterfly? ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/82 "2002-04-04T23:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Our countenance is far too magnificent for its vainglorious similitudes. \*\* In other words your butt ugly and trying to cover it up with your large vocabulary? Ya ain’t fooling me mate! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/83 "2002-04-05T00:52:19Z")
Ah, please excuse my forgetfullness. I also meant to ask, How do deities address thee? ---
**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 5, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/84 "2002-04-05T01:05:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Even humble people stumble > And even a servant can be observant. \*\* He wrote me a poem! (a most kingly present). I might dare to have hopes If I weren’t but a peasant.\* * * * \*Demographically speaking, is it more likely that a commercial insurer will be called upon to pay double indemnity on the life of a noble or a peasant? How would your answer change if the policy were reinsured by an off-shore captive owned by a group of insureds? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/85 "2002-04-05T11:00:20Z")
**Humble Servant** are you _trying_ to torture me with these insurance questions? Gaah. pan ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/86 "2002-04-05T11:56:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Does the sturdiness of the bridge across Lake Havasu, Arizona surprise you? \*\* Thoughts of such matters cause us to rent our robe in twain. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/87 "2002-04-05T11:58:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\*Mary Ann or Ginger? \*\* Eunice Howell, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/88 "2002-04-05T12:02:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tradesilicon \* > \*\*All your WE are belong to US! \*\* It has caused us to experience strange and anomalous contractions of our risorius muscles. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/89 "2002-04-05T12:07:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Netbrian \* > \*\*Am I a butterfly? \*\* It is difficult to discern whether any given lepidoptera is a butterfly or a moth. We therefore decree that it be a scopula limboundata. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/90 "2002-04-05T12:14:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leechbabe \* > \*\* > > In other words your butt ugly and trying to cover it up with your large vocabulary? > > Ya ain’t fooling me mate! \*\* It says glossology; we say glottology. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/91 "2002-04-05T12:20:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Ah, please excuse my forgetfullness. I also meant to ask, How do deities address thee? \*\* Deities address us familiarly as their Jurisdictor Regnant. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/92 "2002-04-05T12:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Humble Servant \* > \*_He wrote me a poem! > (a most kingly present). > I might dare to have hopes > If I weren’t but a peasant._ > > * * * > > \*Demographically speaking, is it more likely that a commercial insurer will be called upon to pay double indemnity on the life of a noble or a peasant? How would your answer change if the policy were reinsured by an off-shore captive owned by a group of insureds? \*\* Our reign is insured by God from above. We need no insurance aside from His love. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/93 "2002-04-05T12:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Our reign is insured > by God from above. > We need no insurance > aside from His love. \*\* one night as I dined with the King, He did a most curious thing, he sat on his stool, and took out his tool, and asked “If I play, will you sing?” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/94 "2002-04-05T12:54:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > Deities address us familiarly as their Jurisdictor Regnant. Hmmm… That’s a bit long. I’m going to call thee J.R. for short. Does thou mind? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/95 "2002-04-05T15:19:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\* > > one night as I dined with the King, > He did a most curious thing, > he sat on his stool, > and took out his tool, > and asked “If I play, will you sing?” \*\* There once was a peasant who ate from our majesty’s glorious plate. It reached for our fly and was poked in the eye. An incredibly odd twist of fate! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/96 "2002-04-05T15:32:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\* > > Hmmm… That’s a bit long. I’m going to call thee J.R. for short. Does thou mind? \*\* We do indeed. We would advise it, however, that the proper grammar is “dost thou mind”. ---
**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 5, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/97 "2002-04-05T15:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by kabbes \* > **Humble Servant** are you trying to torture me with these insurance questions?_ ::sniff:: I think I’ve received more personal validation from this thread than in all other threads since the Interregnum\*\*combined. “God will provide?” This King’s not barmy. Relies on God, But keeps his army. * * * \*Let’s say the spouse of a US national captured and tortured by the Taliban makes a claim for loss of consortium under a general business interruption policy. How would you word the letter denying coverage? How would your answer change if the US national was a CIA agent and the torture claim was made pursuant to a workers’ compensation policy? \*\*Using the word in the non-royal sense, of course. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/98 "2002-04-05T16:27:52Z")
Would Great Britain or France have the greater claim that in map view, the chunnel might be mistaken for one’s poop chute? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/99 "2002-04-05T16:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Would Great Britain or France have the greater claim that in map view, the chunnel might be mistaken for one’s poop chute? \*\* France has no legitimate claims of any kind. Does that answer its question? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/100 "2002-04-05T16:57:58Z")
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