Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!grw From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Does Royalty serve a purpose? Message-ID: <2564@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 18:35:20 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2564 Posted: Fri Feb 17 18:35:20 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:33:43 EST References: <935@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 18 Someone has to dedicate new ships. Let's face it, celebration & ritual are very entrenched aspects of our society. The British have very wisely seperated them from running the country by setting up a seperate section of the government to handle all the social aspects. Imagine how much more time Ronnie could devote to running the country if he didn't have to go to all those purely decorative dinners! It would probably be quite cost-effective to pay a couple people some outlandish sum just to take those burdens off the president. Also, since they have prestige but no power, they are much safer people to send to funerals and stuff. So we need to find a couple of interesting Americans who aren't doing anything else important right now and appoint them Grand Poohbah and Grande Poohbess. How about Alice Cooper and Ruth Gordon? No, but seriously, Yul Brenner and Katherine Hepburn would make much more sense. -Glenn