HE DOESN'T REALLY LOOK THAT MUCH WEIRDER THAN SOME MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
The Queen meets the gurning champion.
(Thanks to CJrun)
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And doesn't she look thrilled!
Posted by: nora | June 08, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Key Quote: Mr Mattinson, a master of the art of pulling faces while sticking his head through a horse collar, won the title at the Egremont crab apple fair.
This is an art? Just how bored do they get in England, anyway?
Posted by: nora | June 08, 2008 at 09:20 AM
Look like great fun! I hope they had something to drink there. And by that I mean alcoholic.
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 08, 2008 at 09:23 AM
That seems awfully...specific. Do they have a separate word for the "art" of pulling faces while sticking your head through a pony collar? What about an ox yoke? And then there's the non-animal-husbandry (NTTAWWT) items: inner tubes, toilet seats, Andrew Lloyd Webber's legs, etc.
Posted by: Mike Marsh | June 08, 2008 at 09:48 AM
She just thought it was Camilla.
Posted by: CJrun | June 08, 2008 at 09:53 AM
Can one get an MFA in gurning? Do they have a gurning department at major universities in the UK?
Posted by: random thunking | June 08, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Is he single? Annie wants to know.
Posted by: SW | June 08, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Loved the video and the Queen's guffaws! Oh, sorry.
She looked like she was thinking, "How long must I stand here?"
Posted by: Cat R | June 08, 2008 at 11:52 AM
He is the king of gurning, but she remains the queen of blinking nervously and discreetly stepping away.
Posted by: padraig | June 08, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I think that if the internet meme "OMGWTFBBQ" hadn't already been invented, finding out about "gurning" would have caused it to spring forth like Athena from Zeus' forehead.
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 08, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Caption:
"That old woman smells like week-old kippers! Oh, sorry, pleased to meet you, Your Majesty!"
Posted by: JayP | June 08, 2008 at 01:40 PM
i'm not sure if gurning would lighten the mood, say, maybe in congress. but americans would definitely use toilet seats.
Posted by: queensbee | June 08, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Liz looks like quite the gurner herself.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | June 08, 2008 at 02:36 PM
@Layzeeboy: No, that's just her hat. I can see how it'd be easy to mistake for a horse collar, though.
Posted by: Mike Marsh | June 08, 2008 at 02:41 PM
With apologies to W.B. Yeats:
"Gurning, Gurning, in the widening ire...."
(Gads, my English degree, finally put to good use!)
Thanks, Dave!
Posted by: PirateBoy | June 08, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Why don't we have royals to perform this essential service?
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 09, 2008 at 09:14 AM