# What, no April minirants?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 4, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186 "2011-04-04T20:24:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186/441 "2011-04-30T20:27:36Z")

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> [@Cort](#):
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> As often seen in GD \* IMHO:
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> Yes. Yes, we did. And now we’re doing it again. So fuck off. Fuck off, you fucking whingeing pissant junior modding cunt. Oh, and take your :rolleyes: and shove it up your cock.

As a relatively new member, the link to an old thread can be useful. The rolleyes can cock off though.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186/442 "2011-05-01T00:03:47Z")

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> [@Cort](#):
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> Well, the Royals get about [forty million quid](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7477222.stm) a year from the taxpayer for basically travelling round the world being fawned over. Yeah, they’ve got to put up with the press and the scrutiny and everything, but that’s one hell of a good trade-off, and very little work for abundant rewards.

True, they are paid a hefty allowance from the British government (last year it was £38.2 million). On the other hand, all the revenue from every Crown property is paid directly into the British Treasury. In the last 10 years, that’s amounted to nearly [£2 billion](http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/annual_report/performance/financial-review.html), so I’d say the British government actually comes out ahead. Plus, both she and Philip now pay income tax, although I gather that was under some duress.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186/443 "2011-05-01T03:31:33Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Well, I’ll give you “overprivileged,” but “spoilt” strikes me as applicable on a case-by-case basis, and I’m curious to know if it applies to these two.

My feelings too. Although I’m anti-royal in general, I have to say these two guys have impressed me. William alone seems to be single-handedly raising the image of the royal family the same way John Glenn did that of the other drunken-lout astronauts of the day. And Harry insisting on serving on the line was admirable.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-april-minirants/577186/444 "2011-05-01T07:51:47Z")

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It’s May, and there’s a May minirant thread, so I’m closing this thread.

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