Here's a funny one...
Here's a funny one...
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jack blag

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Saturday 8th July 2006
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Out on her royal yacht (borrowed for the occasion) the queen was enjoying the sea air when she spied a man in the water off the port bow - clearly being menaced by a very large shark. Through her binoculars she could see it was Christiano Ronaldo, struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 20 foot shark! The queen ordered the captain to change course to try and save the poor man, but she knew the yachts top speed would never get them there in time.

At that exact moment a speedboat containing three men wearing white tops sped into view. One of the men took aim at the shark and fired a harpoon into its ribs, immobilising it instantly. The other two reached out and pulled Ronaldo from the water and, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.

They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious Ronaldo into the speedboat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling ...... It was the Queen calling them to the yacht.

On reaching yacht the Queen went into raptures about the rescue and said, "I'll give you a knighthood for your brave actions. I thought the England team would hate Ronaldo after the world cup. But I see that the England team are true heroes and should serve as a model for sportsmanship to other countries." She knighted them and sailed away.

As she departed Rooney asked the others, "Who was that?!"

"That," Beckham answered, "was our Queen. She rules the Commonwealth and knows everything about our country."

"Well," Rooney replied, "she knows fu*k all about shark fishing. How's the bait holding up?"

deadslow

8,736 posts

245 months

Saturday 8th July 2006
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Actually.. er... not funny..

jack blag

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235 months

Saturday 8th July 2006
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Not funny because you're Scottish and hate the English?

Not funny because you're Scottish and they didn't qualify for the World Cup?

Or not funny because you actually know a lot about shark fishing?

robinhood21

31,002 posts

254 months

Saturday 8th July 2006
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Tis funny from where I'm sitting!

r5gttgaz

7,897 posts

242 months

Saturday 8th July 2006
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Nice piece of motoring news there.

jack blag

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Saturday 8th July 2006
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r5gttgaz said:
Nice piece of motoring news there.


Yeah... I realised that as soon as I'd posted it!

MGBGT

823 posts

244 months

Sunday 9th July 2006
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Don't worry about the Scotsman, better luck next time! It was nice to see Iran and the USA playing in the competition though!

iain_cam

689 posts

252 months

Sunday 16th July 2006
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I'm a Scot and I found it rather funny. (By the time you read this I'll be convicted of treason...)

The only reasons I could find it rather offensive would be if I was the shark, or the poor man getting mauled by it...

jack blag

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Sunday 16th July 2006
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Well, I'm a Scot (although being from Edinburgh, perhaps that doesn't count?) and I'm the one that posted the joke in the first place...