Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The funniest five-and-a-half minutes of 2012 so far

...occurred at the opening of the 2012 London Olympics (5:37).

A close second was Queen Elizabeth II jumping out of a helicopter and parachuting into the stadium, but she was disqualified from the competition when it was revealed that a stunt double had done the actual jumping.

Here are Queen Elizabeth and some close associates in 2009 at the dedication of a statue of the Queen Mother.


...or as I like to call the photograph, “We few, we happy few.”

Even Mr. Bean would have had trouble making this group laugh.

1 comment:

  1. Of course the royal party weren't laughing. They were dedicating a statue in memory of The Queen's mother, Prince Charles's grandmother and a national treasure right up to her death. They were remembering someone they had loved. All four of them have displayed healthy senses of humour in the past.

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