Pumps' Perplexities

The Queen is in Jabunyaville today for a visit......Oh joy
of joys.......There are hundreds of people standing alongside
the path of her motorcade, on a somewhat "coldish" and
damp day to "do their thing."......

There is massive security due to the possibility that
someone, like the Irish Republican Army, or another
fanatic, wants the Queen to have a bad day......

The school children, which will be in her presence for the
purpose of a "photo-op", have been rehearsed in their
physical and verbal actions......The adults have worn their
best "finery" and have also been instructed on how to
"address Her Majesty".......

The result of all of this "pomp and circumstance" is for
some one's bragging rights at their next cocktail party
and nothing more.......It is showmanship in the best
of Barnum's world........

Stood on the side of the road once, back in the '40s,
and watched the automobile that FDR was in pass by.......
Hate to say it but, it DID NOT change my life one bit......
"God Bless The Queen".......Pumps