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Posted by stirling (U13732738) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Prince Phillp told a Filipino nurse on Wednesday that her country "must be half empty – you're all here running the NHS" – in a demonstration that his ability to raise eyebrows remains undiminished at the age of 91.
For a kick off, what could the privileged hubby of our unelected head of state know about the NHS.
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Posted by Taff Agent of kaos-solitary man (U9229223) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Prince Phillp told a Filipino nurse on Wednesday that her country "must be half empty – you're all here running the NHS" – in a demonstration that his ability to raise eyebrows remains undiminished at the age of 91.
For a kick off, what could the privileged hubby of our unelected head of state know about the NHS. Â
it could have been worst
there could have been a Lady-Boy comment!!!!!
that would cause questions in parliment?????
but he would know, he had been a sailor!!!!
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Posted by Dresdenshepherdess (U3509991) on Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Yes, he was a sailor. Under fire during the second World War. He is actually very kind. Don't believe every half-baked piece of shallow junk you read in the press. I should know. A cliche in every par and never let the facts spoil a good story.
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Posted by TooManyPosts (U2440869) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
In reply to Stirling :
Out of about 200 countries in the world, how many /hasn't/ he made a politically incorrect comment about.
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Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I find it funny, and a nice little social comment on the way richer countries like ours recruit healthcare professionals extensively from poorer countries to their detriment. It's not a question of a few Filipino nurses happening to head our way, it's a case of serious hard-sell recruiting by some NHS trusts.
The Philippines is a dreadful country as to governance and society, with particular reference to women's rights and opportunities. Filipinas export themselves in hundreds of thousands, often as virtual slave servants in Hong Kong or Arabia, or rather better in the USA. (While many of the men are basic-rate seamen all over the world.)
Next to that, I don't think the NHS or the UK have anything to be ashamed of.
Neither does HRH, who made a feeble little joke acknowledging how much they contribute as immigrants. To call that a "gaffe" and give it any importance at all is just too silly for words, IMO.
Good on him I say,look what blandness does (as in modding) people afraid to make harmless jokes about anything.
Lots of people his age are having their meals liquidised and spoon fed to them,so I look forward to his next 'gaffe'. best of luck to him.
You can't deny that the NHS has quite obviously recruited a large number of people who have come from outside the UK.
Can this not be mentioned?
I don't even see that he has "put his foot in it". He was making a light-hearted comment about the fact that so many people from the Philippines are helping to keep the NHS going. Saying the Philippines is "half-empty" is forgivable exaggeration; and even then, there is a real issue about poorer countries spending much on training medical people, who then go abroad to get more money, leaving shortages in their own country.
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Posted by Auntie Molly (U14110968) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Good on him I say,look what blandness does (as in modding) people afraid to make harmless jokes about anything.
Lots of people his age are having their meals liquidised and spoon fed to them,so I look forward to his next 'gaffe'. best of luck to him.Â
He has access to rather better healthcare than most people his age.
It seems to be a comment on the inability of our own society to deliver a sufficient number of good quality home grown medical staff.
Maybe that's 'putting his foot in it' if you are in denial about this sad fact.
Agreed,but you can be as rich as you like but when some conditions strike sadly it's the liquidiser/spoon.
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Posted by malfunction (U1523018) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
A non-story, apart from the slightly humorous side. No offence meant, and I dare say, none taken.
'The nurse appeared to take the comment in good humour and laughed before the duke moved on.'
Move on - nothing to see here.
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
He just seems downright rude to me. If he was not who he was more people would view him in that way. Of course, many elderly people are often rude. The seem to lose thier inhibitions and others make allowances for it. However, Philip has always been like this. One's charactristics become exaggerated when they age.
What was the point of his comment? If I thought his motive for it was a political protest against the brain drain of the nurses'c ountry, I may see it differently. However, I think that, as usual, he was just making a big-mouthed rude 'dig'.
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Posted by The final throes of Geek The Amazing Dogboy (U1759005) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
He has access to rather better healthcare than most people his age. Â
If the NHS is so bad, why do we stick with it? Why not look at different ways of funding the care?
Quite so, blandness is rife.
I love Prince Philip.
And I love his comments
Long may he continue
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
It seems that our country, with its constitutional monarchy, is hardly doing better than the Republic the nurse is a native of.
We are implored to feel sorry for the royal family as they have no right of reply. I think Philip takes advantage of the fact that none of his wive's 'subjects' is ever going to counter his comments to them.
I hope Philip recognises that the nurse is contributing a great deal more to Britain than he does.
Pah to 'em all!
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I think we have all met people like Philip. They pride themselves on 'saying what they think'. Where is the credit in that? Where would we be if we all did that? Unfortunately, they often can't take frankness from others.
Philip speaks as if he is posting on a MB! His social brakes are off.
If he were posting her he'd be permanently modded,the miserable gits in charge of 'good taste' would have a field day..........Ooops me brakes are slipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaaargh!
Have you ever met anyone who actually said Aaaarrrgh! Nor me,I first came across Aaarrrgh! in the Beano in 1955.
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I think the modding is to prevent 'offence', rather than 'good taste'.
If I met Philip. My social brakes would operate and I would mod myself and not say what I think about him or say about him on this MB!
It's called 'manners'. I think this would be one way interaction.
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Posted by Rwth of the Cornovii (U2570790) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
He has access to rather better healthcare than most people his age.Â
And deservedly so on account of having fought for this country for 6 years. He's worked hard for this country ever since and has not retired.
It shouldn't be worse healthcare for him, but better healthcare for everyone else.
Aaaargh! Gulp! Klunk! Kerunch! Splat! Phluergh! I luv em al.
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
'Aaaargh' is obviously something else one says only on a MB and not RL.
Although perhaps Philip says it.
One day the monarchy will go the way of 'The Beano'.
Online? A virtual minarchy would be a step in the right direction.
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Posted by Now Locking for a house (U3261819) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Hard work? I would think one of the reasons these members of the royal family live so long, apart from their genetic inheritance, is that they haven't worn themselves out with hard work. Lots of rest (no housework for a start) on long holidays. A good, expensive diet may have also contributed to their longevity.
A non-story, apart from the slightly humorous side. No offence meant, and I dare say, none taken.
'The nurse appeared to take the comment in good humour and laughed before the duke moved on.'
Move on - nothing to see here. Â
Spot on.
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Posted by My Mum is turning in her grave (U13137565) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I can't see anything wrong with the remark - we're all inclined to exagerate at times aren't we? He's making a very valid point about the reliance of the NHS *and* for that matter private social care being reliant on immigrant labour which so many want to curb.
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Posted by RichTeabiscuit (U2000482) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Dismantle the monarchy if you want, I don't care. But please keep Phil the Greek. His every utterance is comedy gold.
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Posted by Lynetta Pavlova (U14864661) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
He has access to rather better healthcare than most people his age.Â
And deservedly so on account of having fought for this country for 6 years. He's worked hard for this country ever since and has not retired.
It shouldn't be worse healthcare for him, but better healthcare for everyone else. Â
Excellent point, Rwth.
My father and his brother also fought for their country; his brother died. My grandfathers both fought in WW1, but when they were old and ill they were given care in hospital. Nowadays much of this care is called 'social' and has to be paid for - despite its recipients' sacrifices and the fact that they have paid into the system, thereby supporting others, all their working lives.
Prince Phillip's remark was, as others have said, completely harmless; if that's a 'gaffe' I'm Boris Johnson.
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Posted by DragonFluff (U6879248) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Oh, good grief, yes, may he carry on just as he is. He's a nice bloke, very funny, and this latest comment isn't insulting or denigrating Filipinos.
Fluff
some friends of our are filipinos , both are carers in nursing homes. they are coming round to see us today (no , not in a professional capacity before anyone pipes up) and i'll see what they think about it. myself i cant remotely see what the fuss is about.
This is NOT "putting his foot in it".
Prince Philip is brilliant, and it will be a sad day when he's no longer able to go about making what the po-faced choose to call "gaffes".
He's worked hard for this country ever since and has not retired. Â
This is the standard excuse for the vast amount of benefits he has claimed over the years, living a lavish lifestyle at our expense
He, like the rest of the Windsors has no idea what real work means - let them try a twelve hour shift at A&E, especially over the weekend or try doing the care work the Filipinos do he made such crass comments about
Then their supporters can make claims about "hard work"
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
>>>myself i cant remotely see what the fuss is about. <<<
I agree.
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Posted by RichTeabiscuit (U2000482) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Oh goody, it's Republicans Versus Monarchists Part XXVIII
*gets popcorn*
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Posted by DragonFluff (U6879248) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
You do the popcorn, Rich, I'll put the deckchairs out.
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I'm neither really - I just didn't see this particular remark as being particularly noticeworthy. (It's me taking 'reply to the post, not the poster' into real life...)
i agree, campbell. zap!
Oh goody, it's Republicans Versus Monarchists Part XXVIII
*gets popcorn*Â
I am neither. I am a couldn't care less but am fed up with people taking offence all the ruddy time for nothing in particular.
I am neither. I am a couldn't care less but am fed up with people taking offence all the ruddy time for nothing in particularÂ
You and me both.
Taking offence has almost become a national sport.
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Posted by Campbell in Farewell Clogs (U14226916) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
hmm, I could take offence at that remark!
(Well, I could. I suppose. If I could be bothered.)
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Posted by RichTeabiscuit (U2000482) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
Taking offence has almost become a national sport.Â
How dare you. You are maligning our nation's magnificant sporting heritage in an offensive manner. I am deeply offended. What an offensive remark. And so on.
I am offended that you are offended...... ad nauseum
We should have being offended as a Olympic sport... we'd win gold all the time.
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I think not..!!
I reckon he employs a scriptwriter who's tasked with feeding him little one-liners designed just to wind up the Press and the gullible.
Feed the same lines to Ricky Gervais and they just wouldn't be funny.
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Posted by The final throes of Geek The Amazing Dogboy (U1759005) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I am neither. I am a couldn't care less but am fed up with people taking offence all the ruddy time for nothing in particular. Â
I take offence, and a fence, to that remark.
I've got nowt better to do.
i rather like the 'taking offence on behalf of someone else, who themselves isnt actually offended' category. sort of like synchronised swimming i suppose, with one participant being forced into the water.
It's not even that people actually ARE offended.
They just seem to think they should be somehow on behalf of someone else.
That's not only pointless, but it sounds to me to be patronising to the 'offended' party as well.
Of course, many elderly people are often rude. The seem to lose thier inhibitions and others make allowances for it.Â
I was at a committee meeting last night and an elderly man was quite staggeringly rude to me! I stared open-mouthed and the other committee members shifted uneasily in their seats...his wife looked as if she might cry! For her sake as much as anything, I didn't respond as I probably should have...I think he prides himself on 'speaking his mind' and has trampled on people's feelings for years!
I do wish the Chairman had stuck up for me though. : - (
Deep breath, moving swiftly on...
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Posted by RichTeabiscuit (U2000482) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
You could feed the funniest joke in the known universe to Ricky Gervais and it wouldn't be funny.
It's now very common to hear people say "I'm offended by that" as if it gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine.
It has no meaning,it has no purpose,and has no reason to be respected as a phrase.
"I'm offended by that" Well, so *fupping* what.
Stephen Fry.
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Posted by The final throes of Geek The Amazing Dogboy (U1759005) on Thursday, 21st February 2013
I was at a committee meeting last night and an elderly man was quite staggeringly rude to me! I stared open-mouthed and the other committee members shifted uneasily in their seats. Â
It's amazing how easily offended people who speak their mind are when they get some back.
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