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This week it was the Queen meeting nurses as she officially opened the new Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne on her 16th official visit to Australia.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. leroylampa:
Royal visit fiasco as one red sock contaminates hospital laundry.
5. presto_west_end:
At first glance, Her Majesty did like the hospital, but she couldn't tell whether she was just looking through rose-tinted spectacles.
4. Pendragon:
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but you forget I have the Tower...
3. MuteJoe:
And do you wear blue if it's a boy?
2. Raven Clare:
So a copy of one's dress has already hit the High Street shops.
1. Floribelle:
No, they said compliment her, not complement her!
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Comment number 1.
At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:So a copy of one's dress has already hit the High Street shops
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At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:I see one's husband got the wrong end of the stick again
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At 27th Oct 2011, MuteJoe wrote:And do you wear blue if it's a boy?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Well, we thought "The Pink Angels" was more fitting than "Angels of Death"
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At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The Queen opens the Dame Edna Everage Ward
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At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Gosh! It's like looking into one's wardrobe.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Nurses? No, Your Majesty, we're the Barbara Cartland Appreciation Society.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Goodness! They usually send only the pretty ones to greet one.
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At 27th Oct 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:And now Marm may I introduce Australia's leading Synchronized Nursing Team.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Candace9839 wrote:You're all in the pink I see
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Comment number 11.
At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:There would have been more to greet you, Your Majesty, but we heard your husband was coming too.
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At 27th Oct 2011, MuteJoe wrote:Yes Ma'am, we are reviewing the contract with the laundrette.
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Comment number 13.
At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:The Queen attends Clown School on Dress-down Friday
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Comment number 14.
At 27th Oct 2011, Frankonline wrote:Walkabout Creek ? Oh thats right, Prince Philip has gone for a stroll.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Candace9839 wrote:I thought you would be in orange actually
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At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Her Majesty sneezed, and was suddenly surrounded by paramedics
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At 27th Oct 2011, Candace9839 wrote:And I'm having afternoon tea with the Red Hat Society
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At 27th Oct 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:We're all sponsored by Dulux, why do you ask?
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Comment number 19.
At 27th Oct 2011, leroyrampa wrote:Royal visit fiasco as one red sock contaminates hospital laundry
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Comment number 20.
At 27th Oct 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Do you know I once drove an ambulance?
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Comment number 21.
At 27th Oct 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Suddenly, Nicole (front) felt her legs giving way under the strain of meeting Royalty
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Comment number 22.
At 27th Oct 2011, throbgusset wrote:Royal Tour of Australia results in yet another clash
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At 27th Oct 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:So, whoever told all you young girls that Prince Harry would be with me?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Yes, Prince Philip will be along shortly and please keep smiling no matter what he says about the pink outfits
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At 27th Oct 2011, throbgusset wrote:Chuck another one of the Barbies
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At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The Queen showed off her party trick of tossing half her bouquet into the air and catching it in her hat
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Let me guess - you're private, and all the other nurses are NHS?
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Comment number 28.
At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:You call that a curtsy, do you?
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Comment number 29.
At 27th Oct 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:Even Rizzo bowed the knee to the Queen of the Pink Ladies
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At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:One does not close one's eyes ever
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:So, which one of you gives the TLC around here?
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At 27th Oct 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"We were told we'd be scrubbing up for ER today."
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At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:How good of you to offer one a leg up, but one is not the lady who changes the light bulbs
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At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:And even I do not call her Kate, my dear.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Ade wrote:That's right, my washing powder said 'colourfast' too - why do you ask?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Philip will be so upset you don't do massages
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At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:To ER is human, but to give one flowers...
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Comment number 38.
At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:But it can't be a very big hospital if it's only for royal children ...
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Comment number 39.
At 27th Oct 2011, Ade wrote:"So I just press this button and she springs up into the air, is that right?"
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Comment number 40.
At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:So who were you expecting, Dame Edna?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:So, who chose the colour of anaemic blood?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:The Queen opens the children's ward at St. Barbie's
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At 27th Oct 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Badges?! One does not have to show one no stinking badges!
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At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:The different shades of pink? Oh, the uniforms are specially designed to absorb perspiration.
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At 27th Oct 2011, bradmer wrote:Pinky and Curtsey
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At 27th Oct 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:And if you see Philip having a heart attack, ignore him - he's only after a little TLC
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At 27th Oct 2011, Presto West End wrote:At first glance, Her Majesty did like the hospital, but she couldn't tell whether she was just looking through rose tinted spectacles.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Largeprop wrote:Shella suspected nothing as the other sisters took the chair from behind her.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Guy's and dolls
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At 27th Oct 2011, Ade wrote:"Ah, when they told me I was going to see Alice Springs, I naturally thought..."
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At 27th Oct 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:They chose me to greet you, Your Majesty, because I'm blonde, beautiful, and able to hover
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At 27th Oct 2011, leroyrampa wrote:Oh come on... you must know it... dum-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-da-da, dum-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-da-da, dum-dada-dada-dada-dada-dada-da-da, ayyyyy Macarena!
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At 27th Oct 2011, LaurenceLane wrote:Now, they all wished they'd done the 'effective communication with the elderly and confused module' as an option on their training course.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Philip's having a rest - when I asked if he were ready to see a nurse, he though I said "see an 'earse"
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At 27th Oct 2011, bradmer wrote:Queen Visits Acute Hospital
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At 27th Oct 2011, rogueslr wrote:Yes Ma'am, just like flamingos we're all this colour because we mainly eat shrimps.
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At 27th Oct 2011, dancato wrote:"It was an honest mistake" said Philip, several hours after leaving the hospital with one of the nurses.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:Find me a doctor, will you? These roses need to be put in water.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:What do you mean? Where's one's name badge?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Frankonline wrote:What do you mean you were expecting Freddie Mercury ?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Why is Sheila's uniform bright red? Well, she's just come straight from surgery ...
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At 27th Oct 2011, tundra1 wrote:Queen forgets to bring her pyjamas to slumber party.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Kudosless wrote:Is this right place to audition for the Sheilas Wheels adverts?
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At 27th Oct 2011, leroyrampa wrote:"Be careful with the flash - you never know what once in a lifetime photo opportunity will be ruined by blinking at the wrong moment" - 'Photography: A Beginners Guide' by A. Snapper
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At 27th Oct 2011, Kudosless wrote:I'm looking for the International Crown convention ...
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At 27th Oct 2011, Kudosless wrote:Another one Throne and the Barbies
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At 27th Oct 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:And are we having prawns for lunch?
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At 27th Oct 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:At least our knees bend the right way, eh?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Sean241160 wrote:The tour concluded with Her Majesty being introduced to one of Australia's new "maglev" nurses.
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At 27th Oct 2011, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Hands up all those who fancy working back to back shifts since we are not getting anything done this morning due to my visit.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:And you say Elton John designed the nurses' uniforms?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Try and ignore Philip - with his declining eyesight, he'll think you're all nude
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At 27th Oct 2011, Kudosless wrote:"One from the top and any other five please, Rachel"
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At 27th Oct 2011, Kudosless wrote:Gosh. Has Debenhams released a copy of one's outfit already?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:And so you're all the results of penal transportation, then?
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At 27th Oct 2011, Simon wrote:Nurse on the right: "find a happy place, find a happy place"
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At 27th Oct 2011, Discombobulator wrote:no, sorry, I dont know Harry's phone number or his email address either.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:The Australian PM had had to tell republicans that the hospital was named after famous outbackers Roy Wilkins and Al Gibson
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At 27th Oct 2011, Steele Hawker wrote:Memo from the Office of the Australian PM : "When you meet Her Majesty, avert your eyes"
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At 27th Oct 2011, Nick Fowler wrote:And, as soon as she's gone, get those cheerleaders back to the stadium, and move back the old frumps
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At 27th Oct 2011, Discombobulator wrote:We still have not found the girl who put her red socks into the white wash.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Return of the Pink Bedpanther
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Of course Australia needs a large children's Hospital - Skippy keeps finding them injured in the old mill
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At 27th Oct 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:So you go to Primark as well, Your Majesty?
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At 27th Oct 2011, cortez wrote:Pardon me Ma'am but are you sure it's not wind you have, you look a bit old to be pregnant
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At 27th Oct 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Shelia suddenly realised that she hadn't put her Tena pad in that morning
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At 27th Oct 2011, cortez wrote:Yes thanks the flight wasn't too long only 29 hours not like the six weeks on a ship your relatives took all those years ago
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Philip is absolutely convinved he voted for you on The X-Factor
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At 27th Oct 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Not used to an old biddy smelling of damp corgi's, race horses and gin, Shelias knees buckled as it hit her nose.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Susan wrote:Philip, about that missing red sock you said must have been mixed in with my laundry...
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Oh no, thought Her Majesty - now all the newspapers are going to say I was tickled pink
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:This place is for paediatrics? Great, my feet are kiilling me.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Queen is admitted to hospital suffering from shock, after having had to travel across Melbourne by tram
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At 27th Oct 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:Yes Ma'am I took Lady Hollands powder in a posset this morning and I think I've just passed the bullet
#see todays magazine#
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At 27th Oct 2011, BeckySnow wrote:She's back soon on an unofficial visit to unofficially open some cupboards.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Of course I perspire a lot - I'm a wet nurse
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At 27th Oct 2011, cortez wrote:I only asked for a Coca cola and Philip went off at a tangent, mumbled something about getting the little furry thing through customs
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At 27th Oct 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Actually, Your Majesty, I don't think A&E stands for Australia and Elizabeth
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At 27th Oct 2011, VirtuousFang wrote:The Futures Bright, The Futures Fuschia.
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At 27th Oct 2011, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Sorry, Virginia, but when Philip said he fancied a pink gin ...
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