Holy intruder! Batman climbs over the Palace walls.
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Holy intruder! Batman climbs over the Palace walls.
(If this has alrady been posted forgive my posting again)
I checked back 150 threads and didn't find mention of "Batman "having climbed the walls of Buckingham Palace today.
Here's a link to the story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5989111/?GT1=5100
I checked back 150 threads and didn't find mention of "Batman "having climbed the walls of Buckingham Palace today.
Here's a link to the story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5989111/?GT1=5100
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It is strange, isn't it?
What I'm wondering is this: how does one stealthy approach Buckingham Palace while carrying a ladder and dressed as Batman or Robin? Does one arrive on foot , casually strolling down The Mall, ladder slung over the shoulder, cape blowing in the breeze? Does one arrive via taxi which the cabbie pulls up to the curb and nonchalantly waits while Batman and Robin extract their ladder from the cab's boot? Does one haul the ladder and costumes on the Tube?
Or did the Dynamic Duo change into costume after they breached the Palace walls? Hummm.. but that doesn't explain how they were able to remain unnoticed for the time it took them to don their masks and capes..and then, there's still that ladder that they were carting around.
What I'm wondering is this: how does one stealthy approach Buckingham Palace while carrying a ladder and dressed as Batman or Robin? Does one arrive on foot , casually strolling down The Mall, ladder slung over the shoulder, cape blowing in the breeze? Does one arrive via taxi which the cabbie pulls up to the curb and nonchalantly waits while Batman and Robin extract their ladder from the cab's boot? Does one haul the ladder and costumes on the Tube?
Or did the Dynamic Duo change into costume after they breached the Palace walls? Hummm.. but that doesn't explain how they were able to remain unnoticed for the time it took them to don their masks and capes..and then, there's still that ladder that they were carting around.
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Spider man got to the top of Tower Bridge without a ladder.
It caused mayhem.
I can't think of another country where Batman would have been able to get that close without being shot. (which of course would have bounced of his bat breastplate)
It caused mayhem.
I can't think of another country where Batman would have been able to get that close without being shot. (which of course would have bounced of his bat breastplate)
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I thought Spiderman climbed the London Eye - or did he do both the Eye and the Bridge? I wonder if there is a website devoted to superheroes in London - would be quite a hoot. I'll be looking for Catwoman or the Increidble Hulk next.
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This thread is cracking me up! LOL!
Of course, the picture in yesterday's paper of Batman standing on the ledge was also pretty eye-catching...
DH and I (both born in UK) decided it was a very Brit thing to do, and couldn't imagine it happening anywhere else. It's fun to ponder the planning meetings as they decide who will dress up as whom, and where they will go next. (Maybe an idea for a new Reality TV program?) The group certainly figured out how to get a TON of publicity for their cause.
One has to wonder what the Palace guards were doing during all this fun... Standing at attention in the guard boxes, eyes front??
Of course, the picture in yesterday's paper of Batman standing on the ledge was also pretty eye-catching...
DH and I (both born in UK) decided it was a very Brit thing to do, and couldn't imagine it happening anywhere else. It's fun to ponder the planning meetings as they decide who will dress up as whom, and where they will go next. (Maybe an idea for a new Reality TV program?) The group certainly figured out how to get a TON of publicity for their cause.
One has to wonder what the Palace guards were doing during all this fun... Standing at attention in the guard boxes, eyes front??
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I sent my daughter (currently in Scotland at the University of Stirling for the semester) this cartoon, which appeared today in the Dayton Daily News - - a "send-up" of the Batman story.
It was easier to cut and paste the cartoon to my geocities webpage than to have her register to see it on the newspaper's web site.
http://www.geocities.com/rexbickers/...ghamPalace.bmp
Best wishes,
Rex
It was easier to cut and paste the cartoon to my geocities webpage than to have her register to see it on the newspaper's web site.
http://www.geocities.com/rexbickers/...ghamPalace.bmp
Best wishes,
Rex