# Leave the Queens Nuts alone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184 "2013-12-12T18:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184/41 "2013-12-15T00:04:27Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I don’t want to threadshit but my first thought is what a cheap, petty, nasty old bat. Why can’t she just keep a supply in that handbag of hers? My grandmother Shirley used to leave candy around her apartment and then whine to my parents when we naturally grabbed a few candies here and there. I sort of got in trouble one day when I told grandma what my mom used to tell us exactly what she really thought about her whines once we got in the car home. Back in the day when I was working with a general contractor one thing the boss drummed into our heads was that it was hands off anything in the house - you do not even get a drink of water without permission. You’re not family, you’re not friends, you’re there to do a job. (Of course, if the home owner _offers_ you may accept, but never ever assume) The nuts are their for the Queen and, presumably, her family and anyone _she invites_ to indulge. Seriously, people, exercise some restraint. You’re there as security, not a guest. Swiping nuts or candy strikes me as unprofessional. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184/42 "2013-12-15T00:33:23Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > There’s a few references online stating that the Queen doesn’t take active part in shoots. … > > She’s not averse to firing a gun though, there’s great photo in this link: > > [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100162037/queen-with-a-gun-try-abolishing-this-republicans/](http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100162037/queen-with-a-gun-try-abolishing-this-republicans/) Look at those gloves. White gloves and the cold steady eye as she fires … I love that photo. Maybe we were wrong all those years ago … ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184/43 "2013-12-15T00:49:17Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > C) Snack bowls set out in someone’s own personal private rooms are not, by and large, for public consumption. Especially when that person is literally the Queen of England. Exactly, these snacks are in her home for her private use. The police are not her guests. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184/44 "2013-12-15T00:49:45Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > A) She’s an old lady and can be as cranky as she damn well pleases. > > B) Eating some of the snacks set out for public consumption is one thing, snarfing it all down day after day after day is something else entirely. Every thread we’ve ever had about office candy bowls is my cite. > > C) Snack bowls set out in someone’s own personal private rooms are not, by and large, for public consumption. Especially when that person is literally the Queen of England. Never take snacks from someone that has an answer ready for ‘You and what army?’ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184/45 "2013-12-15T01:55:07Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I don’t want to threadshit but my first thought is what a cheap, petty, nasty old bat. Why can’t she just keep a supply in that handbag of hers? Do you think that she walks around the house (i.e. Buckingham Palace) carrying that handbag? Do _you_ walk around _your_ house carrying your handbag? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-queens-nuts-alone/676184.md?page=2)