I'm pretty sure his parents wouldn't mind.

As an American, I'm not familiar with rugby (also not a big fan of our closest sport, American football). I gather it is a very demanding sport and seems to be a badge of masculinity, played by characters as diverse as Matthew, Laing, Al Rokeby and an unwilling Jeff Whittaker:

>Strike remembered Whittaker, stinking and smoking in the corner of the squat while Leda lay beside him, listening open-mouthed to the tales of his hard life—credulous and greedy as a baby bird, as Strike now saw it, for the yarns Whittaker spun her. From Leda’s point of view, Gordonstoun might as well have been Alcatraz: it was nothing short of outrageous that her slender poet had been forced out into the harsh Scottish winter to be pummeled and knocked about in the mud and the rain.
>
>“Not rugby, darling. Oh, poor baby… you playing rugby!”

(Interesting that the long-defunct American prison Alcatraz is famous enough to serve as a comparison, an echo of Prince Philip who "called the school a 'Colditz in kilts' alluding to the prisoner-of-war camp Colditz Castle.") [Correction per u/chuckiestealady - Prince Charles said this, not Prince Philip.]

Gordonstoun seems a bit more progressive than Whittaker makes it sound and features a required project which might have included composing original music. With its emphasis on experiential learning and having been founded by the man who also founded Outward Bound, it seems that Sir Randolph chose it for Jeff in a failed effort to make him shape up. Conversely, it seems an unlikely choice in its stated goal of "[freeing] the sons of the wealthy and powerful from the enervating sense of privilege." The school motto bodes for more trouble from Whittaker: Plus est en vous (There is more in you).

Al learned to play rugby in the even more demanding and desirable Le Rosey, which shuttles students seasonally between its two campuses, one conducive to sailing, the other to skiing:

>‘Al, get her!’ Strike bellowed, still struggling through the snow. ‘Get her, Al!’
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>Le Rosey had a superb rugby team. Al was used to taking orders. A short sprint and he had taken her down in a perfect tackle. She hit the snowy street with a hard bang over the screamed protests of many women watching and he pinned her the

After a New York judge ruled that a civil suit against the prince could move forward, he was stripped of his military titles. What happens now?

By Dan Bilefsky | The New York Times | Jan. 15, 2022 | Link to article

He was a dashing helicopter pilot and war hero, who captivated millions of Britons during the Falkland Islands war. Royal watchers liked to say he was a favorite of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

These days, however, Prince Andrew, 61, is drawing global infamy and revulsion over accusations that he raped a teenager in 2001.

The prince has repeatedly denied the accusations. But this week, his once-glittering royal life was shattered irreparably after a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that a civil case related to the sexual abuse accusations could proceed.

The reaction from Buckingham Palace was swift and punishing. Just a day later, the prince’s 95-year-old mother stripped him of his military titles and royal patronages. Going forward, the prince will no longer use the title “His Royal Highness,” a symbol of his status as a senior member of the royal family. The Sun, a popular British tabloid, summed it up: Prince Andrew had been “effectively banished.”

Looming over the case is the prince’s friendship with the former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who the accuser, Virginia Giuffre, claimed had trafficked her to the prince. Mr. Epstein committed suicide in prison in 2019.

The case has deeply shaken the royal family, already buffeted by scandal and the rancorous departure of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. The timing could hardly be worse: Queen Elizabeth is poised to celebrate her 70th anniversary on the throne this year, and the monarchy — the symbol and unifier of an often restive nation — has been seeking to burnish and renew its brand for future generations.

Raising questions about class, entitlement and toxic masculinity, the accusations against Prince Andrew have also laid bare the changing face of Britain during the #MeToo era.

And while the monarchy has outlived previous crise

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Buenosdillas

Every month or so, a post gets to the top around here about how Snape is irredeemable and evil. These posts always revolve around two things:

a). That he was mean to children.

b). That he was a creepy incel with an unhealthy fixation on Lily that he never got over.

Right off the bat this is very bizarre reasoning, because it ignores what is very indisputably the worst thing he ever did: joining the wizard equivalent of the KKK/Manson family. But anyways...

My intention isn't to start a flame war with people posting this opinion, but I disagree fervently with the idea that he's anywhere near as bad in these regards as people say, and I think saying that his treatment of students or Lily outweighs his absolutely insane heroism is a very weird way of weighting his actions. Before I good into this, I'd like to thank u/pet_genius for this post a year ago that made very good points about Snape and his motivations, and which I largely agree with. I highly recommend reading it.

I'm going to divide the rest of this into three parts: why Snape wasn't nearly as mean as he seemed, why he wasn't a creepy incel, and why his heroism redeems him for the bad stuff he did do.

I. Why Snape Wasn't Actually That Mean

—The standards for how teachers were supposed to treat students in his time were different.

The thing I think people get wrong in their judgements of a lot of Harry Potter characters is that they fail to take into account that they are *historical figures from a different culture* (at least if like most redditors you are American). Snape, and the other teachers at Hogwarts, are 1980s teachers at an British boarding school, although honestly even that understates the gap because wizarding culture is clearly caught in a much earlier time. To put into perspective what was normal at that point, corporal punishment was still legal and common in non-government schools in every part of the UK when PoS came out in 1997. It isn't fair to judge any of the characters in it by modern stand

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Why