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iPod Gets The Royal Nod

Posted by Zonk on from the scott-thompson-makes-a-good-monarch dept.

frostilicus2 writes "Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England seems to have taken quite an interest in technology recently. She's now getting hip and funky with an Apple iPod." From the article: "If the thought of the Queen trolling through Apple's online jukebox, iTunes looking for 'hits' is a little too much for the frontal lobes, the Sun assures its readers that, like most things, she probably has a footman to do it for her."

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  1. ok? by Osmosis_Garett · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is this news? Where's the page 3 girl?

    1. Re:ok? by njcoder · · Score: 4, Funny
      " How is this news?

      Dude, didn't you see it said Apple in the story? Geez.

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    2. Re:ok? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      Lizzy does if for me!

      Luv
      John Howard (PM)
      xxx

    3. Re:ok? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      How is this news?
      It features an Apple iProduct, thus it is instantly news and is worthy of /.coverage and discussion.

      And by "news" I mean Apple Slashvertisement, by "worthy of /. coverage" I mean another story for Apple fanboys to masturbate to, and by "discussion" I mean a bunch of circle jerk pieces about how "wonderful" Apple and their iProducts are.

    4. Re:ok? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I guess you're sorry you bought that Nomad, huh?

  2. Oh God we are one step away from by nihilistcanada · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dub thee Sir Jobs. The Royal Reality Distortion Field will be something to truly fear.

    1. Re:Oh God we are one step away from by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or Steven Jobs KTHNXBYE

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  3. I've always said... by WFFS · · Score: 5, Funny

    That there should be more Queen on iPods.

    "I'm just a poor boy... nobody loves me..."

  4. Sex Pistols by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can any of you guys hack the iTunes Music Store so every listed song is actually God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols, just for a day or two?

  5. onepod? by job0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    shouldn't that be a onepod or maybe a wepod

  6. pfft... by pswayze · · Score: 5, Funny

    It only costs me ten bucks and a bit of self-respect to get the royal nod in a back alley. And it's certainly pleasing to all of my lobes.

  7. Re:Does She Need It? by Minced · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mom, I want an i-Pod" "WHAT?!" "Come on mom...all the world leaders got one!" "Oh really now...*scornful*" "G.W and the Queen got one!" "I suppose if the USA and England went to war you would follow?" "Well o'course, if all the cool countries were doing it."

  8. Re:I wonder... by slarshdot · · Score: 2, Funny

    smack my bitch up?

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  9. Awkward by NilObject · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would make for the most awkward iPod commercial, ever.

    I mean, I'm listening to The White Stripe' "Seven Nation Army", and now I have this image of the Queen rocking out in some sort of a shuffle-type fashion in my head.

    "Back and forth, through my mind!"

    1. Re:Awkward by mj_1903 · · Score: 3, Funny

      and now I have this image of the Queen rocking out in some sort of a shuffle-type fashion in my head

      Don't imagine it, live it.

  10. Royal iPod by ndansmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    First we have the U2 iPod. Now Apple can launch the HRH Queen Elizabeth II iPod. It will be royal blue. To cater to British sensibilities, the HRH QE2 iPod featuers and extra long queue.

  11. Re:Does She Need It? by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny
    When I'm queen I want the footman to carry the whole stereo around for me.

    She's probably too embarassed to have everyone hear Her Robbie Williams and Duran Duran collection out loud. Say, when is Her Highness' silhouette-dancing ad going to be released? Maybe she'll sell out to Sir Gates and appear at a conference screaming "Commoners, Commoners, Commoners!"

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  12. Re:I wonder... by slashdot.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder what the queen listens to?

    Yeah, there aren't many things that I wonder about less...

  13. The Queen on iTunes? by 91degrees · · Score: 2, Funny

    She pirates. She's a regular on warez sites and IRC.

    HRH ER2:Y0 d00dz, 0n3 r00lz. n0 really. 1 roolz over all of 9R3ET 8R17ain

    1. Re:The Queen on iTunes? by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah, but the Queen is technically above the law. If they try to sue, then she can just declare herself immune from the law.

      Normally such irresponsible behaviour would cause a constitutional crisis, and probably require imediate abdication or abolision of the monarchy, but if it was against the record industry, I think a lot of people would see her point.

  14. Amusing reply by Conch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I were thinking of posting an amusing reply but I will have my footman do it for me instead.

  15. Re:Proper address by debugdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah I totally hate it when they call the president the "honorable" president. Absolutely ridiculous.

  16. TorrentSpy.com by PeteDotNu · · Score: 2, Funny

    TorrentSpy.com, by Royal Appointment to HRH The Majesty Elizabeth II of England.

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  17. Apples new ad compaign by evil_marty · · Score: 2, Funny

    just wait for the ads!

  18. interesting. by St.+Arbirix · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if she pays royalties.

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  19. Re:The Sun by Tim+Browse · · Score: 3, Funny

    "You're Sun Readers, aren't you?"
    "How did you know that?"
    "You've sawn the wrong ends off your shotguns."

  20. Re:Proper address by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "... U.S. dignitary"

    Ladies and Gentlemen, we have found the winner of "Oxymoron of the Year 2005". Congratulations.

  21. Wrong by Martin+Spamer · · Score: 3, Funny


    The official title is Her Royal Highness in the third person or Your Royal Highness in the second person.

    However being a republican I would address her as 'Yo Beth' just to see the reaction on the faces of all the sycophants.

  22. Re:Top quality journalism here... by Tibe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh My! really?

  23. Re:Bush's charicteristic shown through his music.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I were the religious right I'd be more worried that my bestest friend in government is losing brain cells

    No, no, no. Weren't you paying attention during this whole Terry Schiavo issue? To the Christian right, losing brain cells is a good thing.

  24. When the Crown does it, it's not piracy. :) by argent · · Score: 4, Funny

    We assume she is not searching the royalty free or pirated stuff.

    The Queen does not need to engage in Piracy, She could simply issue Letters of Marque authorizing a Privateer to undertake the mission on Her behalf.