Don has left the building PBEM, thread 2

[Paddy]

This is ground control to Carth Cow 1 now entering orbit over Russia...

Did you pack extra socks?

I hear that the Ruskies make visitors walk everwhere to see the sights of their Utopia

[Johann Moritz]

Is there anything I missed?

[Paddy]

Well Bongo took his Cow for a shave after New Years...

.... ....

... and ever since then things have not been the same in our neck of the Jungle.

But that is all I can say on that...

Must not upset the neighbours, especially when they like to through things into ORBIT

[Iron Jackson]

Save is in Norway.

[bongo]

It is too cold here ( -22 this morning ) so the save has already left for spain

[Paddy]

Thanks Johann

90BC onto Iron Jackson

[Iron Jackson]

... some like it hot

but not the save

It loves cold, cold Norway.

[bongo]

To JOhann again

[Paddy]

Thanks Johann

70BC onto Iron Jackson

[Iron Jackson]

Looks like this save had an afterburner today. It´s quite hot. So we let it cool down in Norway this night.

@ Bongo:

All the best to Mette-Marit, Haakon and their little daughter (yet no name, but Haakon will proclaim the name during the meeting with the parlament this morning, I heard ?)


*IronJacksonfiresasalute*

[bongo]

50 BC to Johann.

Thanks IJ
Crown prince Haakon will announce the name to the cabinet(regierung?) first, I don't know if he's telling the media himself, or if the prime minister will get that honour.

There has been some speculation about the name, Ingeborg has been mentioned a lot. We'll see in a couple of hours

[Johann Moritz]

Sent a few minutes ago.

Monarchy and Government seem to be very related in Norway. Here the prime minister would never make public the name of the Prince's son

BTW, our Crown Prince will get married (at last!) next May. Her wife will be a journalist divorced from a civil marriage. Things are more old-fashioned here, and the conservative (or catholic) parties are sooooo upset with monarchy now

[bongo]

Norway is a monarchy, but the king has of course very little power. He is reagarded as both head of state and head of church, he leads the weekly cabinet meeting, opens the pairlament after elections(and maybe after holidays). Every new law also need the kings signature to be valid. He also does other tasks like appointing new governments after elections and recieve diplomats. In reality though, he's got no power at all. He is only a figurehead. But the idea is to have someone that can take action in times of great crisis, which has happened once or twice since we got our independence in 1905.

Right now, the king is recovering from a cancer operation so the crown prince is the ruling regent.

Your new crown princess sounds like ms conservative Our next queen was already a single mother when she met the crown prince. She's also been a notorious raver

[Paddy]

Bring on the raver girls...
Bring on the raver girls...
Bring on the raver girls...
Bring on the raver girls...
Bring on the raver girls...

oh and the save is onto Iron Jackson and

Bring on the raver girls...

[bongo]

To Johann, 30 BC