# I want to steal the queen's dogs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121 "2006-06-25T22:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/21 "2006-06-26T10:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] How about stealing the ravens from the Tower of London, **Ninja Chick**? Sounds like a good idea to me. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Ravens are in quaratine for bird flu–or were in March when I visited. Ixnay on the irdbays… ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/22 "2006-06-26T11:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Ravens are in quaratine for bird flu–or were in March when I visited. Ixnay on the irdbays… [/QUOTE] What is the story behind these birds? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/23 "2006-06-26T11:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] What is the story behind these birds? [/QUOTE] There’s a legend that if the ravens leave the tower of London, it will fall down and the kingdom will fall with it. AFAIK, nobody actually believes this with any degree of seriousness, but the tradition of keeping them there is very carefully observed. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/24 "2006-06-26T12:08:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] There’s a legend that if the ravens leave the tower of London, it will fall down and the kingdom will fall with it. AFAIK, nobody actually believes this with any degree of seriousness, but the tradition of keeping them there is very carefully observed. [/QUOTE] To the point of having their [wings clipped](http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/21/birdflu.london/index.html), so they can’t possibly leave. National security with just a few quick snips! It’s amazing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/25 "2006-06-26T14:52:40Z")
I know a woman in San Antonio who runs a rescue for Corgis and great Danes. I have to hope that she keeps the two breeds well separated, as that kind of cross-breeding (possible only if certain obvious physical challenges could be overcome) would produce some bad craziness. Anyhow, NinjaChick, if you can bring yourself to accept lateral members of the royal corgi line, now in exile near the Alamo, Dixie can keep you in corgis for the rest of your natural life. Tabby ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/26 "2006-06-26T19:17:38Z")
I’ll be looking out for you on the news. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/27 "2006-06-26T19:45:11Z")
slightly off topic–but of vital interest : do the Queen’s corgis have individual names? Whenver a US President gets a pet, it’s name is broadast all over the world. (To the OP :Maybe instead of stealing them ,you could just drop by Buckingham Palace and call out their names -" here, Fido. Sit ". You could defend yourself in court by claiming that the dogs weren’t stolen, they were accompanying you voluntarily) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/28 "2006-06-26T19:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] I’ve been in Ireland for the past two months, my ancestral home, and the bitter taste of British oppression still lingers… [/QUOTE] Are you sure that’s not just the cooking? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/29 "2006-06-26T19:50:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tabula Rasa] I know a woman in San Antonio who runs a rescue for Corgis and great Danes. I have to hope that she keeps the two breeds well separated, as that kind of cross-breeding (possible only if certain obvious physical challenges could be overcome) would produce some bad craziness. [/QUOTE] Blinks Blinks again So… if they cross bred they’d be hyperactive napping machines? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/30 "2006-06-26T20:10:18Z")
Ooooh, corgis! You wouldn’t maybe bring me one, would you **NinjaChick**? Pleeeeeease? :bambi eyes: > [@chappachula](#): > > slightly off topic–but of vital interest : > do the Queen’s corgis have individual names? Whenver a US President gets a pet, it’s name is broadast all over the world. The Queen’s corgis do have names. [There are five corgis, and their names are Emma, Linnet, Monty, Holly and Willow.](http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4831.asp) [QUOTE=NinjaChick] Though dachsunds are mighty cute, as well. If you can find some famous, wealthy, royal dachsunds, I might consider your suggestion a bit more seriously. [/QUOTE] Princess Margaret had dachshunds. Don’t know what happened to them after she died. The Queen has “dorgis”- a mix between dachshunds and corgis. There are four dorgis, named Cider, Berry, Candy, and Vulcan. You could take a dorgi for yourself under one arm, and a corgi for me under the other. Might want to do some weight-lifting before you go, though- corgis weigh more than they look like they do. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/31 "2006-06-26T20:12:57Z")
Nasty, snappy little beasts. OK, steal one so you can play “Cowboy Bebop” at home. Otherwise, they’re not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/32 "2006-06-26T21:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=Una Persson] Nasty, snappy little beasts. [/QUOTE] Don’t be so rude about the British Royal Family. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/33 "2006-06-27T06:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] There are five corgis, and their names are Emma, Linnet, Monty, Holly and Willow. [/QUOTE] Does Willow ever ask to be turned back into her human form? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/34 "2006-06-27T06:56:14Z")
[QUOTE=Tabula Rasa] I know a woman in San Antonio who runs a rescue for Corgis and great Danes. I have to hope that she keeps the two breeds well separated, as that kind of cross-breeding (possible only if certain obvious physical challenges could be overcome) would produce some bad craziness.Tabby [/QUOTE] I once saw, in the Reader’s Digest, a reprint of a want ad _“FREE PUPPIES! Mother St. Bernard, father very determined Cocker Spaniel.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/35 "2006-06-27T07:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] Sure, they look cute, but trust me, they’re tougher than they look. You’ve got to marinate those things for like three days. [/QUOTE] They are tough indeed. One of the Queen’s corgis killed another one a few years ago. Wear plenty of padding. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/36 "2006-06-27T09:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] Princess Margaret had dachshunds. Don’t know what happened to them after she died. [/QUOTE] I believe they came to a pharaonic end. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/37 "2006-06-28T13:18:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sparrow] They are tough indeed. One of the Queen’s corgis killed another one a few years ago. Wear plenty of padding. [/QUOTE] Maybe they were fighting for the throne, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/38 "2006-06-28T17:15:55Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Maybe they were fighting for the throne, or something. [/QUOTE] I bet there was plenty of water in the royal toilet for all the dogs. ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/39 "2006-06-28T21:33:32Z")
Awww corgis are sweet. I have a cardigan–the _real_ kind WITH the tail. Pembrokes were cross bred quite some time ago and don’t have the tails. That’s the kind the queen has…pembrokes. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121/40 "2006-06-28T21:44:36Z")
I have it on good authority the Princess Anne’s English Bull Terriers are [tougher](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/24/queen.corgi/index.html) than the Queen’s Corgis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-steal-the-queens-dogs/362121.md?page=3)