# Your Majesty you and all your subjects go and fuck yourselves **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240 "2002-04-12T14:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/141 "2002-04-19T14:01:44Z")
Neither are other lots of other members of the British Lions Rugby Union team. British Lions = players from the British Isles, which includes Ireland. It’s not a very politic name, but it is the one that is used. pan ---
**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 19, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/142 "2002-04-19T15:37:03Z")
I now declare this thread flezz. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/143 "2002-04-19T16:47:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*Neither are other lots of other members of the British Lions Rugby Union team. > > British Lions = players from the British Isles, which includes Ireland. It’s not a very politic name, but it is the one that is used. > > pan \*\* Are they not accepting French players on the rugby team too? If France now in the British Isles? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/144 "2002-04-19T16:52:49Z")
No, that would be the Bar-bars, **Twisty**. Barbarians includes England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, NI, France British Lions includes England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland NI. And as I say, the British Lions are called the British Lions because it is the team of the British Isles. Before you complain too loudly, remember that the “Ireland” team includes NI - presumably via similar logic. pan ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/145 "2002-04-19T17:26:31Z")
Fair enough. I thought the name had been changed to “The Lions”. I’ve no problem with the geographical term the British Isles and including Ireland in it. BTW there is only 1 Irish team which is a combined Rep. and NI team. They even sing two songs before the games. The Irish anthem and a song called Irelands call. I think they should just sing one an I couldn’t give a shit which one I just think that 2 is OTT ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/146 "2002-04-19T21:23:47Z")
What? The Dutch are left out of the Barbarians?? It’s _discrimination_, I say! Feh. Just because we lost our last rugby match vs. England 100 to 0 doesn’t mean we suck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/147 "2002-04-22T09:26:34Z")
Actually, **Coldie** , yest it does 😃 And **yojimbo** - I knew that, that’s why I brought it up! I just wanted to show **Twisty** that in the weird world of rugby union the usual divisions and borders seem to not matter as much as the desire to create a team that might occasionally give the Wallabies a run for their money. Once a decade would be nice. pan ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240/148 "2002-04-22T10:34:20Z")
I thought they had stopped calling them the British Lions, except when they won a match!! 😉 I’m sure I read somewhere that there is a french player in the current lions squad… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-majesty-you-and-all-your-subjects-go-and-fuck-yourselves/103240.md?page=7)