It glints with more gold than a prize-fighter's teeth, while simply easing it out of its home at the Museum of London takes enough toilers to man a satanic mill.
Ain't it luvverly?
It glints with more gold than a prize-fighter's teeth, while simply easing it out of its home at the Museum of London takes enough toilers to man a satanic mill.
Gawd luv a duck. It's blooming brilliant innit.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's really something, I've seen it before!
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Fay, I did a double take when I read"...takes enough toilets to man a satanic mill." I thought, WTH?!?
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, this coach is AWESOME, I love pomp and ceremony, with all their accoutrements.
LOL florrie, I love the photoshop!
ReplyDeleteIt has an iPod dock, right?
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ReplyDeleteLMAO!
Get him out of it! Its a Cinderella coach. the transport of my dreams not Obama's ;)
ReplyDeleteI have a wonderful painting of this coach in its heydey to share with you. Ill take a snap on my iphone and share soon.
p.s Ive decided to move blog home.
http://towertales.tumblr.com/
Thanks for the reminder re our Lord Mayor!
Florrie, lol at your "toilets" and your 'shop! It's perfect!
ReplyDeleteNo ipod dock lewy, but it DOES have a built-in teleprompter. :))
Alison, I just took a stroll through your new place. Nice! I've added your new blog to our blogroll too. :)
ReplyDeleteGawd luv a duck. It's blooming brilliant innit.
Fay, I love the way you talk! LOL!
Somethings never change .... :D
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I was sorta channelling Eliza Doolittle, lady red :)
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Is that the Aridogmobile?
ReplyDeleteNice.
That car is FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeleteSomething that I think is sorely lacking in what passes for culture today is pageantry - that combination of beauty, solemnity and awe-inspiring grandeur. For me, just seeing this is like looking at a cathedral or a magnificent tapestry, or hearing a breath-taking symphony. I feel heartsick that so much has been replaced by that which is utterly base and common.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this - it's stunning.
I agree with Lyana. I totally do.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I hate, TRULY hate, in movies now is whenever a critical description includes the words "gritty and real."
No. NOPE. Don't want to watch that. I don't want to watch something to bring me down, I want to be lifted up. Sometimes people need things outside themselves to help with that.
I mean, how much more "gritty and real" could Schindler's List be? And yet, the movie, while stark, was majestic as well. The horror was offset by hope. It wasn't a good movie, like a rom-com. It was a great movie that showed the hugeness of what is outside ourselves. It didn't make me leave with a smile, but it made me leave with hope. And determination.
When I first saw the Statue of Liberty, all I could think was along the lines of "It's not all about me." Because it's about US.
Even the Soviet Union had an inherent understanding of the necessity of pomp and circumstance - they were masters at it.
Because it's about US.
ReplyDeleteI think that's exactly it. When that coach was made, most people lived lives that would have been very far removed from any kind of opulence.
But it still represented them; it showcased the best of something they were part of, and they could celebrate it for what it was, not grouse about the fact that they would never get to ride in it.
We've lost that, and are very much the poorer for it.
Being a part of something is an absolutely necessary part of the human existence, as are rights of passage. I think a lot of issues we have in American/Western culture today is directly related to a lack of both of these.
ReplyDeleteBut it still represented them; it showcased the best of something they were part of, and they could celebrate it for what it was, not grouse about the fact that they would never get to ride in it.
absolutely.
I really enjoyed reading the previous 4 comments, ladies. TY, I couldn't agree more.
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