h a l f b a k e r yIs it soup yet?
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
Please log in.
Before you can vote, you need to register.
Please log in or create an account.
|
There is, in the UK Government, quite a lot
of preparations for the death of Queen
Elizabeth II. There is a detailed set of
plans, codenamed “Operation London Bridge”
part of which requires a civil servant to
inform the prime minister that “London Bridge
is down”.
Clearly the massive
flaw in
this is if London Bridge actually does
collapse for some reason. The UK Government
needs another, complementary, set of plans codenamed
“Operation QEII” to be put into effect in
case London Bridge collapses.
Operation London Bridge
https://www.theguar...-dies-london-bridge
[hippo, Sep 03 2021]
[link]
|
| |
Or perhaps you could call the london bridge collapse
operation My Fair Lady. |
|
| |
This reminds me of the Stirling work done by "Inspector
Sands" at large public facilities in the UK, no doubt he'd be
on the case too. |
|
| |
Of course we all know she's a cadaver that's been propped up
with silver and gold for years now. |
|
| |
no idea, I bow to your knowledge. |
|
| |
Wonder what the coded terms are if something
befalls
Charles and he goes first? I'm going suggest "The
engine has seized in the Morris Minor" |
|
| |
Well, if they wanted to continue the theme 'the Severn is
down' perhaps? |
|
| |
Charles is “Operation Menai Bridge” because that’s
a bridge in Wales |
|
| |
The problem with Operation QEII is that there's
also a
London QEII bridge. |
|
| |
So you'd need an Operation QEII (for the “London
Bridge” London bridge) and
an Operation QEII(II) (for the other London
bridge) |
|
| |
Oh, and then there's the the ship QEII (Queen
Elizabeth 2
- so typically British that it's not actually named
after
Queen Elizabeth II, but the second ship named
after her
mother, Queen Elizabeth (but not Queen Elizabeth
I)
So you would need would an Operation QEII(II(II))
too, in
the event that that sank. |
|
| |
It's a good job we don't have a ship named Queen
Elizabeth II. It's interesting that the current
aircraft
carrier the Queen Elizabeth is named after the ship
the
Queen Elizabeth, which was named after the
Queen
Queen Elizabeth I. So, to prepare for the aircraft
carrier
sinking, there would need to be an Operation
QEI(II(II))
just to be prepared for that. Too. |
|
| |
Good. That's all clear then. |
|
| |
I've just discovered that there's another Queen Elizabeth
bridge in Windsor (just outside London) - where the main
royal palace is, so potential for confusion there too. |
|
| |
This one is named after Queen Elizabeth I. |
|
| |
Actually, there's at least four other Queen Elizabeth II
bridges, three in the UK. |
|
| |
Nice to know that the British government has preparations for all the important things. I'm sure the Afghans that they left behind in Kabul will be immensely gratified. |
|
| |