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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:33:44 AM EDT
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Page 2 for the Queen!
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. I would love to see you try. Seriously. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:39:45 AM EDT
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It took them a little bit to come up with the techniques from what i understand.....big difference between an L1A1 and the L-85 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Wonder if bullpups are unnatural for that kind of stuff. It took them a little bit to come up with the techniques from what i understand.....big difference between an L1A1 and the L-85 They should stick to an older type of rifle for parade and bludgeoning use, like how our tomb guards use the M14 with bayonet. Sometimes modern just isn't a good substitute for 10 long pounds of wood and steel with a sharp pointy bit on one end. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:12:52 AM EDT
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Can't fix stupid.. To our U.K. brethren, sorry for people like this. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Can't fix stupid.. To our U.K. brethren, sorry for people like this. No Problem. We know it is in no way representative of our US friends. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:23:09 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. DU screen name? Classy there buckwheat. I suppose you take the Old Guard at the Tomb in the same light. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:18:56 AM EDT
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These guys are not to be messed with. Good fun though. If you haven't see it before, then it is really worth watching. Funny and informative.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiW_bWZ2Is
I would really love to visit that place one day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFq-v7TKdQ
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:24:29 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. I might be inclined to point a rifle at a seedy looking stranger attempting to climb my fence after repeated warnings to get off it. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:25:45 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Screen Name -- Comedic Join Date -- Of course Rant on -- only a 2015 GD -- Newb not used to butthurt Post count -- He used the famed 87 for it. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:48:16 AM EDT
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What is with the slipping and falling down? It looks like they have rollers on the bottoms of their shoes or they're on ice.
As for the hecklers, it's almost embarrassing how people behave. If in some of those situations that had been my kid (s)he would have gotten a good pop on the back of the head. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:53:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No Problem. We know it is in no way representative of our US friends. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Can't fix stupid.. To our U.K. brethren, sorry for people like this. No Problem. We know it is in no way representative of our US friends. I should point out that AF qualifies this statement with the use of the words "friends". The rest of you are completely like that, though   |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:57:18 AM EDT
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I hear you get in the front door. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Maybe the vapid, ignorant tourist shouldn't be on the fence? Try climbing the fence at the White House or any other DC monument and see how many guns get pointed at you. I'll never understand tourists who have nothing better to do on vacation then fuck with a ceremonial guard...while egging their mouthbreathing, short bus riding, sad excuses for children, to do likewise. If they're Americans being shot and killed in the UK by a guard in a bearskin hat would be doing all of us back here a huge favor. I hear you get in the front door. Yeah, probably not the best example 3rdpig... |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:59:35 AM EDT
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What is with the slipping and falling down? It looks like they have rollers on the bottoms of their shoes or they're on ice.
As for the hecklers, it's almost embarrassing how people behave. If in some of those situations that had been my kid (s)he would have gotten a good pop on the back of the head. They do... sometimes.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:01:17 AM EDT
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Fucking disrespectful tourists.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:07:17 AM EDT
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They should stick to an older type of rifle for parade and bludgeoning use, like how our tomb guards use the M14 with bayonet. Sometimes modern just isn't a good substitute for 10 long pounds of wood and steel with a sharp pointy bit on one end. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Wonder if bullpups are unnatural for that kind of stuff. It took them a little bit to come up with the techniques from what i understand.....big difference between an L1A1 and the L-85 They should stick to an older type of rifle for parade and bludgeoning use, like how our tomb guards use the M14 with bayonet. Sometimes modern just isn't a good substitute for 10 long pounds of wood and steel with a sharp pointy bit on one end. My regiment struggled with this very question. The issue is that all of the foot guard regiments are combat infantry regiments. When they are not in their rotation at the palaces, they are regular infantry - either training or deployed. So the question is whether you have them use a different rifle for guard duty than the one they user for regular infantry duty. Both our regiment and the British regiments decided that was stupid and dangerous, and whatever rifle they use for guard duty needs to be the SAME rifle they use in the field, so that they are as familiar with it as possible. That logic was the reason that my regiment held onto the M1 Garand for as long as it could. When the rest of the Danish army switched to the G-3 in 1975, the training battalions in the Royal Guard regiment kept using the M1, because it looked better for Guard duty - which then meant that they had to keep using it in the field as well. So you had this weird situation where 11 of the 12 infantry regiments exclusively used the G3, but ONE regiment used the G3 in one battalion, but kept the Garand in two other battalions.
Luckily, when the Danish army adopted the M16/M4 in the 1990s, the guard regiment decided to switch as well - so the drill had to be slightly altered, but now at least everyone is on the same page. The slight concession made to appearance's sake was that a short magazine is used (but there are plenty of 30-rounders in the guard room).
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:11:00 AM EDT
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Right after I tool this pic, one of the Household Cavalry in blue on the right pivoted over to the crowd, and screamed something. The tourists all took one giant step back, it was pretty funny.
 And while they were carrying sabres, they had some backup to the left with HKs...  |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:33:16 AM EDT
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Is the stomping feet part of their drill or is it a type of warning to the dumbass tourists?
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:36:32 AM EDT
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I believe it to be a bit of both.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:38:50 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. 
You're making a stunning debut. One of the 2015 posters to watch closely. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:39:12 AM EDT
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bloody wankers...
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:41:35 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Wow, full retard right out of the gate. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:45:11 AM EDT
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Tag for home.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:52:50 AM EDT
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They need to add an anti slip mat in front of that guard post or something
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:57:14 AM EDT
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Maybe the vapid, ignorant tourist shouldn't be on the fence? Try climbing the fence at the White House or any other DC monument and see how many guns get pointed at you. I'll never understand tourists who have nothing better to do on vacation then fuck with a ceremonial guard...while egging their mouthbreathing, short bus riding, sad excuses for children, to do likewise. If they're Americans being shot and killed in the UK by a guard in a bearskin hat would be doing all of us back here a huge favor. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Maybe the vapid, ignorant tourist shouldn't be on the fence? Try climbing the fence at the White House or any other DC monument and see how many guns get pointed at you. I'll never understand tourists who have nothing better to do on vacation then fuck with a ceremonial guard...while egging their mouthbreathing, short bus riding, sad excuses for children, to do likewise. If they're Americans being shot and killed in the UK by a guard in a bearskin hat would be doing all of us back here a huge favor. Exactly. Disrespectful shitheads.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:59:19 AM EDT
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"Sir, you may not stop your Ferrari here"
ETA: at the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, there is a roundabout that cars can drive through - but they are NOT allowed to stop. Similarly, tourists are allowed to walk/stand in the square, but are NOT allowed to sit. If cars stop, or people sit, the sergeant of the guard will have to come out and yell at them. One of my buddies would always carry a sub-machine gun with him when he did so. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:08:23 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. So.....what part of Scotland and Ireland are your incestors from? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:12:24 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. HOLY SHIT!!! You actually worked up an 87 on post 87. I can't believe it, what are the odds? Here is your GIF sir, you earned it! 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:15:16 AM EDT
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These guys are not to be messed with. Good fun though. If you haven't see it before, then it is really worth watching. Funny and informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiW_bWZ2Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFq-v7TKdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAzn9V3ha3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTNfdPxtfekI've actually spoken with that Yeoman Warder. He's a great guy, former Medical Corps. "You're Navy. I went on one of your ships for a drink in the Gulf. They're DRY! It was inhumane!" |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:21:17 AM EDT
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I spent a week in London a couple of years ago. American tourists really are embarrassing
I don't think I stuck out too badly. An Aussie friend of mine told me I'm more Brit than American |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:21:49 AM EDT
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I've actually spoken with that Yeoman Warder. He's a great guy, former Medical Corps. "You're Navy. I went on one of your ships for a drink in the Gulf. They're DRY! It was inhumane!" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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These guys are not to be messed with. Good fun though. If you haven't see it before, then it is really worth watching. Funny and informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiW_bWZ2Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFq-v7TKdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAzn9V3ha3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTNfdPxtfekI've actually spoken with that Yeoman Warder. He's a great guy, former Medical Corps. "You're Navy. I went on one of your ships for a drink in the Gulf. They're DRY! It was inhumane!"
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:21:51 AM EDT
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A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move.
The bayo usually gets the point across.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:22:12 AM EDT
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HOLY SHIT!!! You actually worked up an 87 on post 87. I can't believe it, what are the odds? Here is your GIF sir, you earned it! http://i.imgur.com/xt05EC9.gif Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. HOLY SHIT!!! You actually worked up an 87 on post 87. I can't believe it, what are the odds? Here is your GIF sir, you earned it! http://i.imgur.com/xt05EC9.gif That Gif is awesome.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:25:47 AM EDT
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Is the stomping feet part of their drill or is it a type of warning to the dumbass tourists? All the branches apart from the Navy and and a regiment called The Rifles use that drill (the rifles practice something called "light drill" which is a lot faster paced). This is a decent video of the changing of the guards ceremony. It might look like 40 pieces of flair for the sake of flair but almost everything on their uniform has a meaning, including the flag which is their regimental colours listing all of the battles their regiment received battle honours for. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:27:02 AM EDT
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That Gif is awesome. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. HOLY SHIT!!! You actually worked up an 87 on post 87. I can't believe it, what are the odds? Here is your GIF sir, you earned it! http://i.imgur.com/xt05EC9.gif That Gif is awesome. Isn't it though?
*right click -save as* |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:40:04 AM EDT
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These guys are not to be messed with. Good fun though. If you haven't see it before, then it is really worth watching. Funny and informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiW_bWZ2Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFq-v7TKdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAzn9V3ha3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTNfdPxtfekI've actually spoken with that Yeoman Warder. He's a great guy, former Medical Corps. "You're Navy. I went on one of your ships for a drink in the Gulf. They're DRY! It was inhumane!" I was treated like royalty, and their graciousness was truly appreciated. It was a highlight. The Keys Ceremony is on my bucket list, but you've got to plan years in advance. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:43:51 AM EDT
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He did have a pig sticker on that gun, he might have been getting it at the ready for a good ol' European style bayonnet charge. Would make more sense considering it was at his hip. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's another idea.. don't point a gun at someone you're not willing to shoot If he had shot someone for "being on a fence" (not even the kind of fence meant to secure an area, just a "for show" fence that only goes up to about mid thigh).. he'd be in prison right now Or maybe not.. maybe the thin blue line fat clown shoes would've protected him He did have a pig sticker on that gun, he might have been getting it at the ready for a good ol' European style bayonnet charge. Would make more sense considering it was at his hip. I've seen a Tomb Guard at Arlington come off the mat lowering his rifle/bayonet at a fat tourist who decided to cross the chain for a better picture. Fat people move fast when an angry screaming guy with a bayonet come at them at a quick march. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:44:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Page 2 for the Queen! Quoted: Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. I would love to see you try. Seriously. http://i.imgur.com/ApakwWV.jpg My favourite bit of that encounter was the conversation they had: "Passers-by reported how the would-be intruder said 'Oh you're a big boy now' to the soldier - thought to be Scottish - who in turn replied 'Yes I am a big boy' before pushing him." Also, while I know the guy was mentally ill (seriously, he was off his trolley) and he needs help not extra breathing holes, whenever some self-important arsehole gives the smug "go on then, I dare you" face to a man with a bayonet... I secretly kind-of-want the man with the bayonet to say "ok then" |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:44:45 AM EDT
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In our tepid defense, it seemed that majority of tourist asshattery was Euro or Chinese in origin.
One thing people forget is that the UK is a nuclear power, and the seat of the government and military is within about a 15 square block area (the Palace being a bit of a walk, perhaps 20-30 minutes, from Westminster/Whitehall/10 Downing Street/FCO. The entire area is a theme park with people from ALL over the world. These soldiers are doing a very real Command and Control security mission. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:45:51 AM EDT
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A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move. The bayo usually gets the point across. Whoa. You're a guard? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:48:24 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. LOL. Try that shit at the fence at the White House West Lawn. USSS has a uniform officer outside the fence there. The one I saw wasn't real friendly to folks who put a foot up on it like they were going to climb. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:48:48 AM EDT
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You know what, looking back on what I said last night, that was out of line. People should have some respect for them, myself included. That must not be an easy job to deal with people constantly berating you and "challenging" you like some of the people in that video.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:50:41 AM EDT
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A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move. The bayo usually gets the point across. Whoa. You're a guard? Pics of Swede in fluffy hat, please. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:51:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe tourists in the video were mostly Japanese, Chinese and Russian, not American. While nothing excuses the taunts, you can't blame them for being curious -- most of them aren't allowed to own a gun and have likely never seen one in person. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:52:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whoa. You're a guard? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move. The bayo usually gets the point across. Whoa. You're a guard? Yep. Every day, hundreds of schoolchildren cross the road safely thanks to him! Who am I kidding, I think you're awesome really. Well, you're ok. Well, you're Swedish, but you're a member here so you can't be all that bad. Plus you've turned "taking the piss out of Americans" into an artform, which pretty much makes us blood brothers |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:54:06 AM EDT
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Maybe the vapid, ignorant tourist shouldn't be on the fence? Try climbing the fence at the White House or any other DC monument and see how many guns get pointed at you. I'll never understand tourists who have nothing better to do on vacation then fuck with a ceremonial guard...while egging their mouthbreathing, short bus riding, sad excuses for children, to do likewise. If they're Americans being shot and killed in the UK by a guard in a bearskin hat would be doing all of us back here a huge favor. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Maybe the vapid, ignorant tourist shouldn't be on the fence? Try climbing the fence at the White House or any other DC monument and see how many guns get pointed at you. I'll never understand tourists who have nothing better to do on vacation then fuck with a ceremonial guard...while egging their mouthbreathing, short bus riding, sad excuses for children, to do likewise. If they're Americans being shot and killed in the UK by a guard in a bearskin hat would be doing all of us back here a huge favor. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:55:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what, looking back on what I said last night, that was out of line. People should have some respect for them, myself included. That must not be an easy job to deal with people constantly berating you and "challenging" you like some of the people in that video.  Never back down. Never surrender. Ride out the storm. I'd have more respect for you standing by a point of view I disagree with. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:57:05 AM EDT
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Never back down. Never surrender. Ride out the storm. I'd have more respect for you standing by a point of view I disagree with. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You know what, looking back on what I said last night, that was out of line. People should have some respect for them, myself included. That must not be an easy job to deal with people constantly berating you and "challenging" you like some of the people in that video.
Never back down. Never surrender. Ride out the storm. I'd have more respect for you standing by a point of view I disagree with. No, I was just drinking last night and not thinking correctly. I mean, I'm not too fond of the monarchy but there's no reason to belittle the guards for just doing their jobs. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 11:57:25 AM EDT
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Fuck the queen and her guard. That last guy needs his ass kicked for pointing a rifle at someone for being on a fucking fence. Fuck you ETA: I retract that statement, sir. I see that you had apologized, and the beer is on me. I know I could never have the level of restraint the guards do.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 12:11:17 PM EDT
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IBTL. I think the apology by Death_Wish is the right thing to do as people post stupid shit while drinking.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 12:18:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what, looking back on what I said last night, that was out of line. People should have some respect for them, myself included. That must not be an easy job to deal with people constantly berating you and "challenging" you like some of the people in that video. Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what, looking back on what I said last night, that was out of line. People should have some respect for them, myself included. That must not be an easy job to deal with people constantly berating you and "challenging" you like some of the people in that video. Quoted: Fuck you |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 12:18:55 PM EDT
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A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move. The bayo usually gets the point across. Whoa. You're a guard? I've pulled guard duty at the Stockholm Palace and the royal family's residence. It's not my primary duty though. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 12:20:34 PM EDT
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Pics of Swede in fluffy hat, please. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A few times I've had to point my rifle, with bayonet, against dumb tourists who think that we're not allowed to move. The bayo usually gets the point across. Whoa. You're a guard? Pics of Swede in fluffy hat, please. I only get to wear a beret. The Life Guards wear pickelhaubes though.
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