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He’s a God.well….. he is in Tanna Island.In England we call him The Gaffer because when ever he opens his mouth some non PC ‘gaff’ usually comes out. I personally think the stuff he say’s is of legendary status;Here are some of his best gaffes.1 - "British women can't cook" (in Britain in 1966).2 - "What do you gargle with, pebbles?" (speaking to singer Tom Jones after the 1969 Royal Variety Performance).3 - "I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).4 -"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed" (during the 1981 recession).5 - "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).6 - "It looks like a tart's bedroom." (on seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park in 1988)7 - "Yak, yak, yak; come on get a move on." (shouted from the deck of Britannia in Belize in 1994 to the Queen who was chatting to her hosts on the quayside).8 - "We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right? Are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it." (about the Second World War commenting on modern stress counselling for servicemen in 1995).9 - "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout).10 - "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" (in 1996, amid calls to ban firearms after the Dunblane shooting).11 - "Bloody silly fool!" (in 1997, referring to a Cambridge University car park attendant who did not recognise him).12 - "It looks as if it was put in by an Indian." (pointing at an old-fashioned fusebox in a factory near Edinburgh in 1999).13 - "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf." (to young deaf people in Cardiff, in 1999, referring to a school's steel band).14 - "They must be out of their minds." (in the Solomon Islands, in 1982, when he was told that the annual population growth was 5%).15 - "You are a woman, aren't you?"(In Kenya, in 1984, after accepting a small gift from a local woman).16 - "If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed." (to British students in China, during the 1986 state visit).17 - "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world." (in Thailand, in 1991, after accepting a conservation award).18 - "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." (in Australia, in 1992, when asked to stroke a Koala bear).19 - "You can't have been here that long - you haven't got a pot belly." (to a Briton in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993).20 - "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" (to a wealthy islander in the Cayman Islands in 1994).21 - "You managed not to get eaten, then?" (suggesting to a student in 1998 who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea that tribes there were still cannibals).22 - In Germany, in 1997, he welcomed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at a trade fair as "Reichskanzler" - the last German leader who used the title was Adolf Hitler.23- "You're too fat to be an astronaut." (to 13-year-old Andrew Adams who told Philip he wanted to go into space. Salford, 2001).24 - "I wish he'd turn the microphone off." (muttered at the Royal Variety Performance as he watched Sir Elton John perform, 2001).25 - "Do you still throw spears at each other?" (In Australia in 2002 talking to a successful aborigine entrepreneur).26 - "You look like a suicide bomber." (to a young female officer wearing a bullet-proof vest on Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in 2002).27 - "Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for anorexics?" (to a blind woman outside Exeter Cathedral, 2002)28 - "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?" (to designer Stephen Judge about his tiny goatee beard in July 2009).29 - "There's a lot of your family in tonight." (after looking at the name badge of businessman Atul Patel at a Palace reception for British Indians in October 2009).30 - "Do you work it a strip club?" (to 24-year-old Barnstaple Sea Cadet Elizabeth Rendle when she told him she also worked in a nightclub in March 2010).31 - "Do you have a pair of knickers made out of this?" (pointing to some tartan to Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie a papal reception in Edinburgh in September 2010).32 - "Bits are beginning to drop off." (on approaching his 90th birthday, 2011)33 - "How many people have you knocked over this morning on that thing?" (meeting disabled David Miller who drives a mobility scooter at the Valentine Mansion in Redbridge in March 2012)34 - "I would get arrested if I unzipped that dress." (to 25-year-old council worker Hannah Jackson, who was wearing a dress with a zip running the length of its front, on a Jubilee visit to Bromley, Kent, in May 2012)35 - "The Philippines must be half empty as you're all here running the NHS." (on meeting a Filipino nurse at a Luton hospital in February 2013)36 - "Most stripping is done by hand." (to 83-year-old Mars factory worker Audrey Cook when discussing how she used to strip or cut Mars Bars by hand in April 2013)37 - "(Children) go to school because their parents don't want them in the house." (prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear - October 2013)38 - "Just take the f***ing picture." (losing patience with an RAF photographer at events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - July 2015)39 - "You look starved." (to a pensioner on a visit to the Charterhouse almshouse for elderly men - February 2017)40 - "I'm just a bloody amoeba." (on the Queen's decision that their children should be called Windsor, not Mountbatten).41 - "Gentlemen, I think it is time we pulled our fingers out."(to the Industrial Co-Partnership Association on Britain's inefficient industries in 1961).42 - "Are you asking me if the Queen is going to die?" (on being questioned on when the Prince of Wales would succeed to the throne)43 - "If the man had succeeded in abducting Anne, she would have given him a hell of a time while in captivity." (On a gunman who tried to kidnap the Princess Royal in 1974).44 - "I hope he breaks his bloody neck." (when a photographer covering a royal visit to India fell out of a tree)45 - "If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she's not interested." (on the Princess Royal).46 - "When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife." (on marriage).47 - "It's a pleasant change to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people." (to Alfredo Stroessner, the Paraguayan dictator).48 - "Where did you get that hat?" (supposedly to Queen at her CoronationSource: 48 of Prince Philip's greatest gaffes and funny moments

Some people lie and others tell the truth almost to a fault, and Prince Philip definitely falls into the latter group. He’s been so honest that many times people thought he was rude beyond belief, but I think Philip said some of the things he did to amuse himself. If the question is asking about any potential affairs, I doubt Philip would open up about any, and we really don’t know. This marriage was a love match between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and I personally believe that gorgeous man flirted but didn’t do more than that.If he did more, then it’s up to the wife on how she chooses to deal with any suspicions, should there be any. I think Prince Philip took his marriage vows seriously and remained faithful, because his lout of a father took up with a mistress and left his family. Would Philip even want to emulate such a dad? Prince Andrew of Greece left his wife Alice, who was mentally unstable, to recover in an asylum and let relatives send Philip to school. Philip’s sisters married Germans and lived there.I cannot answer about any affairs. Certainly some have been alleged. What if Queen Elizabeth did what Jackie Kennedy decided to do and turned a blind eye, knowing full well the shenanigans that were taking place. Jack Kennedy was a prolific womanizer, however, and Prince Philip didn’t have the reputation Kennedy did. In the upper class, a husband’s affairs were something to ignore, plain and simple. Well bred young ladies were taught to accept this part of marriage.The other part I’d like to add is just like Jack Kennedy loved his wife deeply, I think Prince Philip loves his own wife, Elizabeth very much. The love was always there, even if the two were having tough discussions about what their childrens’ last name would be. Hint: Philip lost that battle for about two decades. Queen Elizabeth gave in years later, because he does have a Germanic last name and the association was to be avoided due to anti-German sentiment following WWII.I think Prince Philip is blunt and honest. Probably painfully so at times, but then most truthful people sometimes offend their loved ones. I’ll list some of the bon mots of Philip, and these are a treasure. I adore anti-PC behavior, and this prince knocks it out of the park. So here goes….some truths that spilled out of Philip throughout the years:"I declare this thing open, whatever it is." (on a visit to Canada in 1969).“British women can't cook" (I seriously hope this wasn’t at a dinner made by a friend. Ouch!)If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting).How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?" (to a driving instructor in Oban, Scotland, during a 1995 walkabout)."You managed not to get eaten, then?" (suggesting to a student in 1998 who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea that tribes there were still cannibals)."I wish he'd turn the microphone off." (muttered at the Royal Variety Performance as he watched Sir Elton John perform, 2001)"Do you know they're now producing eating dogs for anorexics?" (to a blind woman outside Exeter Cathedral, 2002). Sorry, this one is funny!"How many people have you knocked over this morning on that thing?" (meeting disabled David Miller who drives a mobility scooter at the Valentine Mansion in Redbridge in March 2012)"(Children) go to school because their parents don't want them in the house." (prompting giggles from Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban after campaigning for the right of girls to go to school without fear - October 2013). (Precious man is right!)"I'm just a bloody amoeba." (on the Queen's decision that their children should be called Windsor, not Mountbatten).Are you asking me if the Queen is going to die?" (on being questioned on when the Prince of Wales would succeed to the throne)Where did you get that hat?" (supposedly to Queen at her Coronation).- source The Telegraph, see link below for more quotes.Prince Philip's greatest quotes, gaffes and funny moments as he turns 99Prince Philip has been there for his wife, supporting her, honoring his duty to the Crown, so I wanted to include some of the more endearing things Philip has done for his wife. At her Diamond Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth and Philip rode a barge down the Thames for four hours in a cold, driving rain. This was in June, but people said it felt like a raw November day. Because Queen Elizabeth chose to stand for the whole time, rather than wave from a sopping wet red-cushioned chair, Prince Philip, who had undergone heart surgery a few months before this event, remained by Elizabeth’s side, never going below decks for refuge. That’s commitment.Philip quit smoking on his wedding day, because both of his parents smoked, and he wanted to be healthier than they. That is love. Philip quit cold-turkey, and after his wedding day, he kept up a regimen of walking and eating moderately and drinking moderately also. Prince Philip wanted to go the distance with his new bride. Who knew they would live well into their nineties? What a beautiful wedding gift to quit smoking! Truly.Prince Philip picked up small children who wanted to cross over the fence or rope to give Her Majesty a posy, and he did that well into his eighties. That’s a good man. Honest to a fault at times, but he amused his wife so often that I love looking at photos of them throughout their courtship and marriage where they both are laughing. Or more often, the photos of a straight-faced Philip next to a laughing Queen made me realize he was the right man for the job.What job? Well, the first Queen Elizabeth didn’t marry. This Princess had to be a Queen one day, and that day arrived far too soon for her liking, and probably also Prince Philip’s. Since she became a queen, Philip has been there beside Elizabeth, with a hand, a comment, encouragement and love. He served the Monarchy well, and at home, after the Queen put aside her royalty in a fashion and had family time, that was when Prince Philip stepped in and was the strong father figure.Prince Philip is a remarkable man. Not many men could stand next to a queen, one step behind, but in his heart he’s always been right next to his Elizabeth. Honest? Yes, I think Prince Philip has been honest. We know him, and the important part is his wife knows him. She knows his secrets that we are not privy to, and that's the way a marriage should be, don’t you think? Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have a beautiful marriage, and they have been dutiful. I think Philip did an honest day’s work his whole adult life, and that’s how I’ll choose to see him. Honestly.

Well built things are indeed still around and used regularly.My grandfather gave me his old tools when he moved to a retirement home, and that was 40 years ago. I still use them and they work just fine. This isn’t my photo but it gives you the idea:I also have a number of antiques, some of which I’ve had for 45 years or so. Funny but the modern furniture I’ve bought has never lasted more than a few years.For my desk chair, I bought something like this at Staples… It was junk and was falling apart within a year.I replaced it with a vintage Cole steel chair from the 1940’s or 50’s that I picked up for $5 at a thrift shop. It’s been in service perhaps 70 years already and should last at least a few more decades. (I later found that these old chairs sell for $600 or so online!)And another example is architecture. Many modern buildings are torn down after just 20 years of use, but this well-built building, the Pantheon in Rome, is still in excellent condition after 1872 years of continuous use.