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Obama gives the Queen an iPod.
Posted by beinki • 4/01/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ipod gift, obama meets queen
Not a bad gift I reckon cept'n she got one. I thinks I would have gots her a new Chevy pickup with a confederate flag tinted window completes wit a gun rack.
What gift would you give the Queen?
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Heh, I was just wondering what the Queen would put on her iPod.
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Actually she wanders about the vast corridors of the royal palaces humming to herself as she listens to the Clash's "I fought the law and the law won"
"One fought one's law and one won"
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The IPOD that Obama gave the Queen was personalized with photos, music, and movies of the Queen's trip to the US in 2007. He also gave her an original, personalized and autographed songbook by Richard Rodgers.
I think both gifts were interesting, unique and personal showing a lot of personal thought. I have a feeling we are seeing the work of the First Lady when we see a gift like that. In return, the Queen gave the President a photograph and personalized silver frame, the palace's standard gift for visiting dignitaries.
I just imagine the frame room at the Palace willed with unengraved silver frames and stacks of glossy photos. It makes me giggle.
I don't know what I would give the Queen. I just have this picture in my head of the Queen receiving gifts from foreign heads of state and then tossing them into a big pile in the Palace basement.-
Ah, a pre-filled Ipod-- yes, that makes a whole lot more sense than what I had rolling around in my head.
The Queen listening to her Mozart mix, her 80s mix...
The Queen listening to, er, Queen...
Presentwise, I don't know what I could give the Queen that she doesn't already have.
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Awesome, like a haiku?
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Maybe more like a sonnet, something inspired by English tradition. I've loved my visits to England, so I'd probably draw inspiration from that.
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Good enough for a private citizen, but hardly good enough for the Queen. The Richard Rogers songbook is a little bit closer, but still short of what is needed. -
Aw... but I planned to try to rhyme with the word "orange," doesn't that count?
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We don't recognize titles of royalty or nobility in this country. It's unAmerican. -
Obama should have returned one of the States to the British Empire. That would have been a great gift.
"Your Majesty, In honor of my visit to the United Kingdom, I am returning the state of Delaware to you. It was one of the original colonies, and my vice-president assures me that its a lovely state." -
I can think of a few other states that we could certainly regift....but her royal majesty might find them to be...insulting... -
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...and it's bad foreign policy to impose our way of thinking on them. Gift giving is an important part of diplomacy, and a gift is supposed to honor not just the particular figure it is given to but the tradition and nation they represent. So far, Obama has hardly proved adept in this regard. -
I agree with you Jeremy. I actually thought it was a joke when I first heard about it. -
Since when does the queen of england have any political power?
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I have no idea what I would give the Queen. A batch of homemade fudge maybe...who doesn't like chocolate?-
I love fudge. You should send some my way...
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I'd love to...I recently made way too much and am the only one eating it now. I think I've gained ten pounds.
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I'd give her some good ole crow whiskey, along with some ole fashioned barbeque pork sausage and her own Nascar complete with glove compartment pistol for beating the traffic in London.
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A skateboard. No way she has a skateboard.-
Yeah, and a HELMET!
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Ha! Skateboard, an iPod - all she needs is a pair of Vans and a mohawk!
*snickers*
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Oh, I would sing for her "I'm 'enry the 8th I am! I got married to the widow next door..." -
Heh, thanks, Shirley-- I think this is the second time you've gotten ol' 'Enry's song stuck in my head.
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I would give the Queen a crystal I have at home. It in turn was given to me by a man who was moved by the meaning of innocence as I told it to him. He had made it for his so, but he thought it should go to me instead.
So this crystal has embodied the idea of innocence in a special way...especially since the carved portion of the quartz is made into a ball. The stone is clear, without any fracture or fill. And in remembering innocence, one can remember the dreams that have taught and the directives of life become clear again...just like the quartz is clear.
It should echo memories in her too. She is a woman of convictions and a deep passion for England. She could find meaning in that. -
Next hes going to give all failing banks a burned CD with such tracks as "Aint going out like that" by Cypress Hill and "Money" by Pink Floyd-
Oh I like that idea.
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I would give her an Illuminated tie, to go with her crown. -
I would give her a kick up the arse and sell all her houses -
Maybe a diamond bra would be a better choice. For her vanity -
All The Queen Wishes is a timeless literary writing from the bottom of your heart on a special linen paper handmade by you...On a silver plater casted by you..ornament with handmade paper or cloth flowers specially waive by you..delivered by a courier on a special ceremony. Video by you..And The Queen don't mind it if it was amateur viewing...
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I'd give her a tongue lashing for acting like she's better than everyone else.-
Ummm.... Isn't that the English people's job?
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Don't really know but if you did some research I sure you could come up with something better than a Ipod.
I learned sometime ago not to buy women gifts that can be plugged in.
Well it's better than the DVD box set he recently gave.
How about something really American - shares of GM and AIG-
I learned sometime ago not to buy women gifts that can be plugged in.
Buwahahahahahahaha
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I would put together a gift that is representational of America. I would pick high dollar items that are made in America. Something nice put not to personal. Maybe items like a cashmere travel blanket, a nice California wine and so on that is all nicely packaged and presented to the high of sophistication.
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See, that's more of a gift for a business associate that your secretary picked out. It's really nice, but not quite nice enough. In fact, I think our office bought the same thing as a goodbye gift to a retiree.
I personally love the Antiques Roadshow and would try to find an antique writing desk from the Revolutionary era. Perhaps something that was connected to one of the founding fathers.
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I would give the Queen my most prized possession. My dashboard hula doll.
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I bet she doesn't even have one. Could you add some fuzzy dice to it, to top off the package?
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I bet you she does. Have you seen some of the state gifts in her collection? A pair of cowboy boots from George Bush,shells,"lacrosse sticks, sunglasses, a pair of sandals, pineapples, eggs, a box of snail shells, a grove of maple trees, a dozen tins of of tuna and 7kg of prawns."
www.royal.gov.uk/The%20Royal%20Collection%20and%20other%20collections/Gifts... -
"A dozen tins of tuna"...HA...
Thank you for sharing that.
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ipod? why ipod? I was wondering. I thought it should be something special.Anything that the queen doesn't have?
irene-whatsoever.blogspot.com -
I'd give her a nice hat. It is well known she's collecting them. Not sure about ipods... -
The Queen loves her dog. Would it be terribly inappropriate to give her a Corgi puppy?
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well she has been given plenty of other animals, but this one is a bit dodgy. Most of her state gifts (including the animals) are not for personal use per se. Many of the animals go into the zoo, and the horses were used for royal functions, but a dog is very personal and as such might signal favouritism towards the giver.
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I'd give her 72 hours to divorce her racist husband and come clean about just how deeply involved with Hitler's Nazi's her family were in World War Two or I would insult her Corgies.
www.ryanpaul.ca/site/british-royal-family-nazi-history/ -
I would give her a laptop and tell her to blog.
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