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7 comments:
Good post, M'Lud.
Why is it that the young royals cannot stop blushing and smiling when on parade in front of other royals? Yes it's their family, but so it was in earlier times. I'd like to see how that would have gone over with the King Emperor!
I believe Edward VIII was quite fearful of his father, George V, as he in turn was during the reign of Edward VII. Even the previous generation felt uneasy in the military presence of their father, Prince Philip. But now it's all giggles and blushes.
Ditto, Lord Beaverbrook, not to mention the fact that sloppy shock of red hair would not be tolerated in Uncle Sam's legions.
Can the UK no longer afford military barbers?
~ Belloc
The Prince's haircut, albeit a tad too long, is in-keeping with the mildly individualist haircuts of many British officers. Which makes them look like officers and not like convicts as seems to be the fashion of the day elsewhere.
You don't say?
I guess when lack of discipline and common identity has allowed the star and crescent to snap smartly over the Caliph's Londonistan Palace at Buckingham, it really won't matter anyway. Will it, old chap?
~ Belloc
"I guess when lack of discipline and common identity has allowed the star and crescent to snap smartly over the Caliph's Londonistan Palace at Buckingham, it really won't matter anyway. Will it, old chap?"
I think someone has been smoking a bit too much of their illicit substance of choice.
As far as I can remember, soldiers in the British Army have had longer hair than the average Canadian or American squaddie.
Not necessarily a bad thing...just how they choose to do it.
I agree with the pro-haircut sentiments. Take a look at any US Marine -- squared away from stem to stern, usually with a high-and-tight. The only way you can see their hair is to remove their cover.
I sincerely disagree with someone's above comment about convicts. Convicts, typically, lack the honor, integrity, and discipline that men and women in the service possess. Much like in the Catholic liturgy, external signs and symbols point to an intangible condition within, so it is with a state's armed forces.
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