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Eh. In countries like Russia, where there is an appreciable dip in the life expectancy for men because of the nation's horrible drinking problem, it makes a lot of sense. (And perhaps also in the Deep South.) But as a blanket statement, I don't think I can agree.
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Probably the real full changeover was during Victoria's reign in the latter half of the 1800s. There was a surge of importance of Parliament because of both her disengagement from public life after Prince Albert died, and a strong upswelling of democratic sentiment from the newly-rich and mobile class formed from overseas colonization -- India, mainly.
It's not as if there was a moment when everyone agreed that the balance of power had tipped, and I don't think that there has been any law that specifically de-legitimizes the monarch. But by custom, the royal family is merely a figurehead now. -
I can't even remember, it happens so rarely.
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I'm actually pretty OK with my entire appearance.
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Talk to a plastic surgeon?
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I grew up dreaming of being an architect. I even sketched out buildings and read books on architecture for adults!
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I should totally bake a cake tomorrow.
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A manly man, I tell you what
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Where are you going with this?
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Yeah, you really don't have anyone to blame there but yourself.
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No, but you might be expecting it to happen to you.
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Material things can make us happy or unhappy in equal measure, but materialism ruins the soul.
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Only if they want to know, I suppose. Ask someone in that position.
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Aren't these the same athletes who blow through a year's supply of condoms in the Olympic village in two weeks?
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The speaker does not have the benefit of deciding how their words are interpreted.
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Quite the opposite. If anyone knows the price of fame, it's him.
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I have a Ph.D in dogonomics.
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David M. A.’s Bio
In college for English degree. Mess around with computers. Work at a book store.
