[habfanman]

Ditch.

I have a great deal of respect for Liz but after her, let's seize the day and rid ourselves of this outdated mode of government.

I was in Berlin during the Royal Wedding. There was a great deal of interest in the event (mainly young, female interest- fairy tale wedding interest) and they deployed the video screen for the only time during the 2 months that I stayed there (at a hostel- CityStay Mitte woop woop!). I refused to watch the debacle and when a German buddy of mine questioned me as to why, I explained that the British Queen was still our head of state and that I wasn't happy with that. He replied "That's funny, I thought that Canada had grown up".

How do you respond to that?