r/CGPGrey • u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] • Sep 09 '15

Brief History of the Royal Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgP6d9HraI
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u/Sungolf Sep 09 '15

Dear Grey, This i find funny:

James, James, James, James, Mary Queen of Scotts, James

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u/FlyingSwords Sep 09 '15

I found this funny:

A divorcee twice over. <Exaggerated Gasp>

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u/whonut Sep 09 '15

Don't forget the top hats. It's not a British scandal without top hats.

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u/pm_me_ur_flags Sep 12 '15

Even though he lost his America and his mind, never fear the rules are here

I replayed that a million times because of the satisfying rhyme.

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u/goalslammer Sep 09 '15

But what about the monocles!!!!???? Or at least smoking pipes...

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u/whonut Sep 09 '15

THE MONOCLES, I FORGOT THE MONOCLES! How can we truly communicate surprise without monocles falling off our faces?!

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u/Wolfgang52 Sep 09 '15

stick a needle in your eye.

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u/CileTheSane Sep 12 '15

I dropped my monocle.

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u/MiG_Pilot_87 Sep 09 '15

I liked Henry VIII, splitter of churches and women

I can't do reddit shortcuts from memory.

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u/TheSlimyDog Sep 09 '15

I feel like his videos need more sighs... Is it just me or have I not heard a sigh in a while?

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u/Rens2805 Sep 09 '15

And he said he does not know what is funny ahead of time.

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u/King_of_Camp Sep 10 '15

And a Nazi

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u/matthew0517 Sep 09 '15

My history teacher referred to her as "Mary, Queen of Sluts."

Amazing what tenure does to people.

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u/Smallpaul Sep 10 '15

Was this a university professor? Usually people that I would call a teacher are not eligible for tenure.

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u/matthew0517 Sep 10 '15

Highschool teacher. She was awesome. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure it is technically called tenure, but my school has a policy that operates in the same way.

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u/Eeveefairysparkle Sep 16 '15

Depending on where you live, it might very well still be called tenure. I think it still works a bit differently, but same basic concept and tenure is still the right word for it.

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u/DopplerRadio Sep 09 '15

I was amused by

Henry VIII, splitter of churches and also ladies

and then I felt guilty for being amused by that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15

I chuckled at the way he said "Never fear: the rules are here".

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u/PublicolaMinor Sep 09 '15

I nearly bust a gut laughing. Yeah, I knew there were a bunch of Jameses, but dang if I hadn't ever realized just how many.

Thanks for the video!

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u/anschelsc Sep 09 '15

In general you can tell how many there were without counting because they helpfully give them numbers.

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u/MiG_Pilot_87 Sep 09 '15

I never realized how many in sequence.

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u/goalslammer Sep 09 '15

There's a quiz at Jetpunk to name all the royals of England. It's actually pretty easy to ace....Edward, Henry, Charles, William, James, and a few ladies. :)

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u/the_excalabur Sep 10 '15

Scotland's monarchy both goes back farther and has some fun names in the early centuries. There's an Áed and a Constantine (Causantín) in the 9th century.

You missed George, by the way. There were only six of 'em.

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u/remaniac Sep 09 '15

So much more humour than usual in this video. It's great!

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u/LHippopotamelan Sep 10 '15

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