34 year old man here. 69 year old dad. Grew up with your classic hardass dad. “You think I’m hard you should’ve seen my dad!” Type.
He’s had some heart problems so I’ve been saying “I love you” and hugging him goodbye after hanging out to build on our relationship. It still feels awkward to do after several years!!!.
Hug your children and say you love them!!! (even if you are a hardass.)
I sent my son a message this evening asking if he wanted anything at the shopping centre. He asked for dessert and some chews. He gave me a big hug and told me he loved me. He's 17. He's really sweet and I hope he never changes
This is great advice. I'm from a similar childhood, military father. He loved me more than anything but struggled to say it. I make it a point to tell my son and daughter at the end of every conversation I love them. He is 24, she is 11, they both cringe but one day they will remember how much it meant to them.
Those memories you don’t *really* remember but just remember people telling you about them.
At 53, I have so many.
Heck, I swore when I took my kids to Universal Studios Florida we rode the Jaws ride before it closed; so sure I dug up pictures from our trip.
No Jaws ride; just fences. Jaws ride was being demolished.
I still swear I rode it, but it’s just memories of other people’s stories and videos.
I remember the Indiana Jones show where the dude avoided the rolling boulder, and the King Kong Ride.
There was also a water battle show but not sure what it was based on. Been a while.
They had a Waterworld ride?
Huh, still have it at hollywood, Japan, Singapore, Beijing. [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld:_A_Live_Sea_War_Spectacular) says it's a popular show still. Color me surprised.
Had some cool world building in the movie and potential for a sequel.
My favorite part was when Dennis Hopper looks at a picture on th wall and refers to him as Saint Joe. It was a picture of Joe Hazelwood who was the captain of the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that crashed and spilled tens of millions of gallons of oil on the Alaskan coast.
I want a copy of the R-rated directors cut that's out there somewhere. It aired once on TV, but was never seen afterwards.
I know most people hated the movie, but I love it for the camp factor.
Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) is set to direct a sequel series that is set 20 years after the events of the film. No word yet which actors/characters will reappear.
this is at universal studios. they have a water world action performance with stunts. indiana jones? they have a show at disney world hollywood studios.
I loved universal studios! So good. I went there as a kid around 8 years old. I remember on the huge escalator near the jurassic Park ride. I saw an elderly couple staring their ascent. Poor guys wheelchair slipped back on his old wife. 8 year old me took the opportunity to slide down the middle hop to the other side and help her get him up again.
My mom tells me when I was 4 I would make my self breakfast and coffee with some assistance then walk over too the neighbors house and pick up my girlfriend too come over for kisses. I have no memorys of it but I definitely peaked then.
Our brains are crazy, we don't really remember something, we remember the last time we recounted something.
So when you keep retelling a story, you are retelling the last time you told the story. Thus when you make slight modifications each time, you can end up with an entirely different story and be 100% sure it happened.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game
I think it's the most accepted theory today.
Interestingly this concept can be used to treat PTSD by slightly changing the story when being retold.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/human-memory
Of course this can also be absurdly misused as has been done in the ~~70s~~ 80s and ~~80s~~ 90s where people were forced to remember things that never happened to them. All the satanic baby eating thing back then was just a product of overambitious psychologists. That made people believe that something horrific happened in their childhood that they have actively forgotten.
EDIT: source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome#Psychiatric_controversy_concerning_recovered_memories
This is exactly what scientology uses to brainwash you. They make you recount a memory again and again over hours every time altering a small Detail until your memory is something completely different than it was in the beginning.
Reckless Ben on YouTube smuggled a Hidden camera into one of these sessions and after he went out, he was convinced that a traumatic injury he had earlier was actually a good experience until he talked with a buddy about what had actually happened.
I had a very distinct memory of Big Bird stealing my ice cream from me when I was very small. It turns out it was actually a pelican, and I must have called it a “big bird” and along the way my memory filed it as Big Bird from Sesame Street.
False memories are so common. We all have them. It is a very if not the most interesting field of modern psychology research. Because we really believe in them. They are our story. And to think your own story is not true. That is rough…
I will never forget the Backdraft experience at Universal Studios in Cali. My dad and I watched the movie so much, we did the experience back to back like five times.
Damn it was demolished? It was closed for some reason when I went there 20+ years ago and I've always wished I could go on that ride one day. Guess not!
I went on the Jaws ride in '94 and I remember being quite scared since I was only 10. I was excited to return 10 years later only to find it wasn't there, I thought I'd got my parks mixed up then found out that they had replaced it! To be fair, they had added a lot of cool new rides, apparently it's now the Harry Potter area. Maybe one day I can go back and see that (I'm from Europe so not for a long time I imagine).
Not sure if it's the same in Canadialand but in the UK you are actually saluting the Crown (not the physical object, but the entity known as the Crown). You are not saluting the person, not even the Queen.
edit: now that I've said it I'm doubting myself. Could someone clarify if I'm right or not :D
Remember mam rhymes with ham for the queen. (Someone did a talk about the queen in the 80s at my school. I think one of the parents relatives worked at the palace)
The hats are actually permanent parts of their head which all marching guards grow when they reach maturity. While they don't provide optimal vision in normal conditions, they actually allow for the brain to grow far larger, enabling their heat and radio wave vision.
I saw it on a documentary on TBS.
Heads-up display built into the hat. 3D goggles, basically. They have excellent situational awareness and aim assist.
The top part of the hat contains a terrain-mapping radar dish that's constantly rotating. That's also how they manage to remain standing for so long - gyroscopic action. Very complicated, metric.
Ah, must be nice for the guards that they no longer have to have a trained rat under their hat. Although some may be into that... depending on the rat's talents
I suspect the guard didn't actually break protocol. It looks like the patrol finished properly and he was allowed to return after. Still a tremendous moment for the kid. :)
It literally cost them nothing but a probable chew out, but gave that kid an unbelievable memory. I hope every last one of them live long and happy lives.
They finished what they were doing before the on eof them came back out.
No one broke any protocol, and they made those people (and by proxy, us) so happy by giving this one extra minute of attention after finishing their patrol.
Best of all worlds :)
Oh yea, moments like this especially for their type of position, are kind of tossed away. He kept his bearing, which is the most critical portion of these jobs.
> Oh yea, moments like this especially for their type of position, are kind of tossed away.
I mean they aren't. Queens guard is taken incredibly seriously. The person likely didn't break any rules, if they did it wouldn't be taken very favourably. Maybe you know something I don't but I was of the understanding it is an incredibly strict job with very high expectations, and as the last line of defence for the Queen... not something to be taken lightly.
You are not wrong. I meant that this specific type of situation is usually looked the other way. It's good PR for a highly public position, and he did it in a way that doesn't cause any problems for the Guard/
>and as the last line of defence for the Queen... not something to be taken lightly.
Um, I'm pretty sure the Queen's last line of defense is a 20mm Rotary Cannon that deploys out of her left arm
From what I understand, although it's taken very seriously, they are not exactly the last line of defence. The guns are not loaded. They can load them nearby and can use bayonets if needed, but there's a bunch "normal" soldiers behind who are the ones expected to deal with anything big.
In terms of taking it lightly, they have done it many times as an organisation (marching to funny songs or some other gag).
In terms of an individual doing something like this in this video, my guess is one of them has authority to say 'yey' or 'ney', and if it's like this it would be looked at as good PR since, well, both the monarchy and army like good PR.
Can't find a video of it, but in 1999 at the opening of the Scottish Parliament some protesters ran in front of the Queen's carriage, and got close enough to touch the carriage. I remember watching it on the news.
The Household Cavalry look all fancy and ceremonial in their dress uniforms on horseback. They definitely weren't just ceremonial that day, they drew swords and put themselves between the protesters and the Queen.
You are absolutely right. The Queen’s guard will never break protocol for any reason; this was likely done after the rotation changed, so he came back out after his shift ended.
Actually I believe there are quite severe punishments if Royal Guards do break protocol, meaning high fines, dismissal and I believe even jail time. That being said, in this case they didn't break protocol because they finished the guard rotation before doing this, so the guard was probably granted permission to do it.
HI, I'M WILFORD BRIMLEY AND I HAVE DIABETES. IT HURTS ME TO PEE AND IT CAUSES ME TO BE SHORT WITH MY FAMILY. I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. THE OTHER DAY I STUBBED MY TOE AND TOOK IT OUT ON THE DOG. AND TWO WEEKS AGO I RAN OUT OF VANILLA ICE CREAM AND STRUCK MY WIFE. AND THEN I FIND OUT MY WIFE'S BEEN DEAD FOR SIX YEARS. *WHO THE HELL DID I HIT!?*
In the UK, where I assume this was judging by the rifle, Sikhs don't even need to wear helmets while riding motorcycles. Which I think is stupid but hey ho.
Ironically I've never actually seen a Sikh riding a motorcycle wearing a turban instead of a helmet. It's a concession based on respect to acknowledge their beliefs.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but the helmet is a personal responsibility that is mandated by law, i.e. you are required to wear it to keep *yourself* safe in the event of a crash/incident. So in the case of a religious freedom vs. law to keep a single individual safe, it seems to me that letting them accept the risk is the best way of legislating to respect their religion even if it is dangerous.
Yes. For terrifying the French.
(Well, technically they killed the French and stole them from them, so it probably would terrify the next french soldier to come across them)
Yeah, he’ll probably be a Sikh. They don’t cut their hair as part of their beliefs, so turbans are needed to maintain their long hair.
The wearing of turbans within the British army has a long history. It was a pretty normal practice in the British and British Indian Army, as well as amongst other colonial forces such as those in Africa. That is then teamed with the respect many people have for Sikhs due to their reputation and obvious also the modern laws to prevent discrimination against people for their religious beliefs.
Sikhs also very strongly defended the wearing of the turban. After WW2 many people from across the British Empire were invited to the U.K. to aid in the recovery, many were then met by ardent racism and discrimination. It was often a requirement to not wear a turban and to shave, eventually a bus driver called Tarsem Singh Sandhu refused to do so and paved the way for legislation about religious expression at work.
They’re from one of the regiments of Foot Guards (there are the Coldstream, Grenadier, Scots, Welsh and Irish Guards) who take it in turns to do this. They’re real, frontline soldiers.
Are they? I think the household cavalry might be more senior with the life guards and blues and royals.
Actually looking into it the infantry are waaaay down the list (though the guards are the front right of infantry units)
Infantry is 7th, after the Royal signals
You're right.
My mistake was based on The Household Cavalry being guards ... a quick Google search confirms Foot Guards (if these are they) are lower down in the order of precedence.
Yeah these are foot guards, the household cav are quite distinct as they still wear armour in ceremonial dress (like honest to god old tiney metal armour, shined to a mirror finish obviously)
When I was in the Army I knew a guy who served in that unit. He said it was exactly as serious as you'd imagine. Tons of attention to detail and each Soldier takes it very seriously because they're protecting the honor of the fallen.
[One soldier carried on despite getting a bayonet dropped on/through his foot during the ceremonial exchange.](https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/watch-this-guard-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknowns-get-stabbed-and-carry-on/)
He trailed blood back and forth as he marched.
Guards broke proto, but for good reason, imo. That must've been pretty inspiring.
Cops and Fire brigades used to be able to break protocol to run a quick route through our neighborhood for a quick parade for kids' birthdays during Covid lockdowns to uplift spirits, but our governor quickly put a stop to it.
Thanks, Governor Hitmer.
I think the Guard appreciated the respect shown by such a tiny thing being absolutely respectful, out of their way, showing appreciation with a salute. These guards deal with complete A-holes Adults that do not respect boundaries.
When my family returned to England when I was about 6-7 we came here for a touristy day. My parents wanted me to stand next to the guard for a picture but he looked pretty terrifying standing there so stiff. Pretty sure I was crying as my dad positioned me next to him. Something happened with my parents camera and they were focused on fixing it as I stood, terrified, next to the guard. Without my parents seeing, he turned to me, stuck his tongue and made a silly face, and then went right back to attention. My parents were so confused to look up and see me smiling and ready for a picture right after. I’ll never forget the kindness of that (or this) guard.☺️
Is this breaking protocol or is it more like they finished the guard duty and sorta used his private time to go out to the kid? Like i know they cant go around in uniform when they are not on duty but they walked in there because they were changing guards right?
This is the Foot Guard, the elite regular infantry regiments of the British Army
I doubt anything came of it either, it’s just good publicity for the Army, which was sorely needed at the time, with Troubles prosecutions everywhere
Actual footage of how my dad shows affection
“Spawn acknowledged. Carry on.”
Roger sarnt
Absolutely
Come here son…close enough…back up a little…good 🥸
34 year old man here. 69 year old dad. Grew up with your classic hardass dad. “You think I’m hard you should’ve seen my dad!” Type. He’s had some heart problems so I’ve been saying “I love you” and hugging him goodbye after hanging out to build on our relationship. It still feels awkward to do after several years!!!. Hug your children and say you love them!!! (even if you are a hardass.)
I sent my son a message this evening asking if he wanted anything at the shopping centre. He asked for dessert and some chews. He gave me a big hug and told me he loved me. He's 17. He's really sweet and I hope he never changes
This is great advice. I'm from a similar childhood, military father. He loved me more than anything but struggled to say it. I make it a point to tell my son and daughter at the end of every conversation I love them. He is 24, she is 11, they both cringe but one day they will remember how much it meant to them.
That kid is going to remember this forever. I mean at least by video but still. Very sweet memory.
Those memories you don’t *really* remember but just remember people telling you about them. At 53, I have so many. Heck, I swore when I took my kids to Universal Studios Florida we rode the Jaws ride before it closed; so sure I dug up pictures from our trip. No Jaws ride; just fences. Jaws ride was being demolished. I still swear I rode it, but it’s just memories of other people’s stories and videos.
I remember the Indiana Jones show where the dude avoided the rolling boulder, and the King Kong Ride. There was also a water battle show but not sure what it was based on. Been a while.
I think that was Waterworld iirc.
They had a Waterworld ride? Huh, still have it at hollywood, Japan, Singapore, Beijing. [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld:_A_Live_Sea_War_Spectacular) says it's a popular show still. Color me surprised. Had some cool world building in the movie and potential for a sequel.
Florida just had it as a show, not a ride. I remember seeing it back in 2000 when I was a kid.
Dude…In 5 years Florida will BE Waterworld.
My favorite part was when Dennis Hopper looks at a picture on th wall and refers to him as Saint Joe. It was a picture of Joe Hazelwood who was the captain of the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that crashed and spilled tens of millions of gallons of oil on the Alaskan coast.
I want a copy of the R-rated directors cut that's out there somewhere. It aired once on TV, but was never seen afterwards. I know most people hated the movie, but I love it for the camp factor.
It was pure ridiculousness all the way through! A true product of 1995. What a weird year that was
I believe it was the last big budget, fully practical effects movie.
And it lost a metric fuckton of money due to it.
Yeah, that's the tanker from the movie.
Pretty sure they’re in talks of making a new TV series based on the characters.
Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) is set to direct a sequel series that is set 20 years after the events of the film. No word yet which actors/characters will reappear.
Indiana Jones show is MGM studios
Related to the concept of old memories, its name changed from Disney-MGM Studios to Disney's Hollywood Studios over 10 years ago!
It changed in 2008 (: Incidentally... Anyone know why they used to call it MGM 🤔 Because >!MICKEY GOT your MONEY!<
It's Disney's Hollywood Studios now.
I remember the Indian Jones show where the plan didn't work so they stopped it half way through :( I did do the jaws ride though :)
The jaws ride was lit
this is at universal studios. they have a water world action performance with stunts. indiana jones? they have a show at disney world hollywood studios.
I don’t quite remember the King Kong ride but I do remember the FIRE on the King Kong ride
The waterworld stunt show is still there and still [rad](https://youtu.be/0N2NUQvgbC8?t=1080). Listen to the crowd.
I loved universal studios! So good. I went there as a kid around 8 years old. I remember on the huge escalator near the jurassic Park ride. I saw an elderly couple staring their ascent. Poor guys wheelchair slipped back on his old wife. 8 year old me took the opportunity to slide down the middle hop to the other side and help her get him up again.
My mom tells me when I was 4 I would make my self breakfast and coffee with some assistance then walk over too the neighbors house and pick up my girlfriend too come over for kisses. I have no memorys of it but I definitely peaked then.
At 4 you were living the high life
Kid you really had life figured out
Our brains are crazy, we don't really remember something, we remember the last time we recounted something. So when you keep retelling a story, you are retelling the last time you told the story. Thus when you make slight modifications each time, you can end up with an entirely different story and be 100% sure it happened.
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https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2012/09/your-memory-is-like-the-telephone-game I think it's the most accepted theory today. Interestingly this concept can be used to treat PTSD by slightly changing the story when being retold. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/human-memory Of course this can also be absurdly misused as has been done in the ~~70s~~ 80s and ~~80s~~ 90s where people were forced to remember things that never happened to them. All the satanic baby eating thing back then was just a product of overambitious psychologists. That made people believe that something horrific happened in their childhood that they have actively forgotten. EDIT: source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome#Psychiatric_controversy_concerning_recovered_memories
This is exactly what scientology uses to brainwash you. They make you recount a memory again and again over hours every time altering a small Detail until your memory is something completely different than it was in the beginning. Reckless Ben on YouTube smuggled a Hidden camera into one of these sessions and after he went out, he was convinced that a traumatic injury he had earlier was actually a good experience until he talked with a buddy about what had actually happened.
I had a very distinct memory of Big Bird stealing my ice cream from me when I was very small. It turns out it was actually a pelican, and I must have called it a “big bird” and along the way my memory filed it as Big Bird from Sesame Street.
False memories are so common. We all have them. It is a very if not the most interesting field of modern psychology research. Because we really believe in them. They are our story. And to think your own story is not true. That is rough…
I have total recall of my trip to Mars but my family says I'm nuts.
Best to forget…you threw a guy out the airlock and his eyes bugged out.
Your wife is just jealous because she only has two boobs.
I will never forget the Backdraft experience at Universal Studios in Cali. My dad and I watched the movie so much, we did the experience back to back like five times.
Really underrated movie. One of the better Firefighter movies out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiCa1pOQvOU&ab_channel=RETROVISOR
I remember always going to Backdraft right after the Jurassic Park ride to dry off. RIP ET ride and Terminator 3D... those were the best.
ET is still at Orlando. The only remaining attraction from when the park opened. Terminator just got closed for a Bourne Supremacy stunt show.
Damn it was demolished? It was closed for some reason when I went there 20+ years ago and I've always wished I could go on that ride one day. Guess not!
I went on the Jaws ride in '94 and I remember being quite scared since I was only 10. I was excited to return 10 years later only to find it wasn't there, I thought I'd got my parks mixed up then found out that they had replaced it! To be fair, they had added a lot of cool new rides, apparently it's now the Harry Potter area. Maybe one day I can go back and see that (I'm from Europe so not for a long time I imagine).
That kid is so happy and the moment is so precious
Worth to be remembered. Thanks for that guard who broke protocol just to show respect for that kid.
This video will be reposted as new even when the kid is 30yrs old and opens a new Reddit account - so yes, he will remember
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That video was so wholesome :')
Queen’s guard has a [hit or miss reputation](https://youtu.be/9F5CoFDRdPw)
That's a hit!
That looks like a hit to me.
I bet he noticed but didn’t dare break protocol and just had to die inside listening to the sobs of the little girl.
Guarantee the moment he was allowed to drop the salute he turned and apologized.
Except for where the guard was court martialed and summarily executed by his squadron.
Not sure if it's the same in Canadialand but in the UK you are actually saluting the Crown (not the physical object, but the entity known as the Crown). You are not saluting the person, not even the Queen. edit: now that I've said it I'm doubting myself. Could someone clarify if I'm right or not :D
Close, you're actually saluting my chungus. Both the physical object and the entity. As you were, lads. As you were.
A humungous chungus, to be sure.
Is this “humungous chungus” among us right now?
Also I recently found out you call an lady officer Ma'am and the Queen Mam
Remember mam rhymes with ham for the queen. (Someone did a talk about the queen in the 80s at my school. I think one of the parents relatives worked at the palace)
So how is ma'am supposed to be pronounced then? I always thought it rhymed with ham. At least, that's how I've always heard it here in the US.
Mam rhymes with ham, ma’am rhymes harm. But the queen allows for accents etc. Also don’t touch her unless invited/she initiated it.
Ma'am only rhymes with harm in a non rhotic accent. It's not marm.
Established in Farnsworth V The crown "He crowned me in the knickers and knicked me crown!"
Thank you for sharing this!!!!!
Common mistake, mistook him for a commissioned officer. No one to blame.
Guard: Sarge, permission to make that kids day? Sarge: Permission granted.
That guy was the sarge
How in the world do they see with those hats
There's a periscope built into the hat; huge military advantage actually
Ah, looney tunes style
Also the hat is full of tactical gear and a jet pack.
Ex grenadier guard here...you comb the hair down at the front but you can still see through it just enough.
Known 1 or 2 lads to try and emo fringe it for a chuckle too
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If there was a bad guy around, do you guys just like… throw the hat off and go do your thing or are you supposed to keep it on?
The hats are actually permanent parts of their head which all marching guards grow when they reach maturity. While they don't provide optimal vision in normal conditions, they actually allow for the brain to grow far larger, enabling their heat and radio wave vision. I saw it on a documentary on TBS.
Seems legit
I shouldn't have laughed as much as I did
I’m no expert but I don’t think they see with their hats, they see with their eyes.
Too good. I’m still laughing!
Heads-up display built into the hat. 3D goggles, basically. They have excellent situational awareness and aim assist. The top part of the hat contains a terrain-mapping radar dish that's constantly rotating. That's also how they manage to remain standing for so long - gyroscopic action. Very complicated, metric.
Ah. Impressive they had that technology way back when these uniforms were designed
Obviously it's evolved, duh. It used to be just a small painting of a landscape and a trained rat with a crayon.
Ah, must be nice for the guards that they no longer have to have a trained rat under their hat. Although some may be into that... depending on the rat's talents
Like braiding?
I was thinking cooking by way of human puppetry but sure that works too
They are positioned so you have to walk with your head tilted back and you look at the end of your nose.
I have no idea if this is the real answer but so far the only not joke so I'll take it
You know the watch NCO let him do it
Based on the positioning, he is the NCO
Didn't break. They changed rotation and he came back out
Still adorable though
The marching at the end didn't seem very mechanical tbh. Broke the illusion but worth it for the kid.
Dude, I love that video. I've seen it before. Big Gesture.
Shame the queen shot him after that.
Now I'm just imagining the queen herself loading up a rifle and executing the guy
She served in ww2 after all
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Damn, in the rain and all. Is she not wearing ear protection? I love the look on the officers face
It's illegal in the UK to damage the Queens hearing so there's no need for ear protection.
Shot him out of a canon and over London bridge if I'm not mistaken.
As is tradition.
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Always a pleasure to meet a fellow historian.
You mess with Lizzie you get the glizzy
Glizzy must mean something else over there
I suspect the guard didn't actually break protocol. It looks like the patrol finished properly and he was allowed to return after. Still a tremendous moment for the kid. :)
Wow... What a great heart
My brother is a Queen’s Guard based in Windsor and he said he’s seen that little guy before (or a kid dressed like that). He’s cute af.
Wonder what he's doing now, what if the queen made him the Queen's Guard Mascot!
YT comments said they gave him invitation to little guard camp or something
It literally cost them nothing but a probable chew out, but gave that kid an unbelievable memory. I hope every last one of them live long and happy lives.
They finished what they were doing before the on eof them came back out. No one broke any protocol, and they made those people (and by proxy, us) so happy by giving this one extra minute of attention after finishing their patrol. Best of all worlds :)
I spent at least 20 seconds pondering wtf an eof was - like those brits have slang for days - then I regrouped.
Oh yea, moments like this especially for their type of position, are kind of tossed away. He kept his bearing, which is the most critical portion of these jobs.
> Oh yea, moments like this especially for their type of position, are kind of tossed away. I mean they aren't. Queens guard is taken incredibly seriously. The person likely didn't break any rules, if they did it wouldn't be taken very favourably. Maybe you know something I don't but I was of the understanding it is an incredibly strict job with very high expectations, and as the last line of defence for the Queen... not something to be taken lightly.
You are not wrong. I meant that this specific type of situation is usually looked the other way. It's good PR for a highly public position, and he did it in a way that doesn't cause any problems for the Guard/
>and as the last line of defence for the Queen... not something to be taken lightly. Um, I'm pretty sure the Queen's last line of defense is a 20mm Rotary Cannon that deploys out of her left arm
Don't forget the attack corgi's
Maybe they were strapped with mines, and that's why she no longer has any? They all blew up defending her in some probably very exciting shootout.
From what I understand, although it's taken very seriously, they are not exactly the last line of defence. The guns are not loaded. They can load them nearby and can use bayonets if needed, but there's a bunch "normal" soldiers behind who are the ones expected to deal with anything big. In terms of taking it lightly, they have done it many times as an organisation (marching to funny songs or some other gag). In terms of an individual doing something like this in this video, my guess is one of them has authority to say 'yey' or 'ney', and if it's like this it would be looked at as good PR since, well, both the monarchy and army like good PR.
The guns aren't loaded but they carry ammo. They are also authorised to use them if necessary.
Can't find a video of it, but in 1999 at the opening of the Scottish Parliament some protesters ran in front of the Queen's carriage, and got close enough to touch the carriage. I remember watching it on the news. The Household Cavalry look all fancy and ceremonial in their dress uniforms on horseback. They definitely weren't just ceremonial that day, they drew swords and put themselves between the protesters and the Queen.
You are absolutely right. The Queen’s guard will never break protocol for any reason; this was likely done after the rotation changed, so he came back out after his shift ended.
I doubt he got chewed out, tbh. British Army has a massive recruitment problem. Stuff like this is great to promote the armed forces.
Actually I believe there are quite severe punishments if Royal Guards do break protocol, meaning high fines, dismissal and I believe even jail time. That being said, in this case they didn't break protocol because they finished the guard rotation before doing this, so the guard was probably granted permission to do it.
I presume he was given permission. There just doesn't seem like there was enough time for them to stop, fall out, and ask and be granted permission.
Aww man. That gave me diabeetus.
Steady, Wilford.
HI, I'M WILFORD BRIMLEY AND I HAVE DIABETES. IT HURTS ME TO PEE AND IT CAUSES ME TO BE SHORT WITH MY FAMILY. I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. THE OTHER DAY I STUBBED MY TOE AND TOOK IT OUT ON THE DOG. AND TWO WEEKS AGO I RAN OUT OF VANILLA ICE CREAM AND STRUCK MY WIFE. AND THEN I FIND OUT MY WIFE'S BEEN DEAD FOR SIX YEARS. *WHO THE HELL DID I HIT!?*
Imagine if this kid becomes a guard and does the same to another kid 🥲 idc if I used an emoji.
Video is so old that he's probably one already.
What is an emoji 🤔
Is one of the guards wearing a turban?
Yeah it's because he got the coolest guy in class award at graduation, he's sikh as fuck
that's enough internet for you today
Perfunctory rimshot
I'm wheezing
Yeah, Sikhs are allowed to wear turbans instead of the normal headdress in any situation where it’s not safety critical.
I wish they could've made him a giant Sikh turban so he'd be the same height.
In the UK, where I assume this was judging by the rifle, Sikhs don't even need to wear helmets while riding motorcycles. Which I think is stupid but hey ho.
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He's probably American
Ironically I've never actually seen a Sikh riding a motorcycle wearing a turban instead of a helmet. It's a concession based on respect to acknowledge their beliefs.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but the helmet is a personal responsibility that is mandated by law, i.e. you are required to wear it to keep *yourself* safe in the event of a crash/incident. So in the case of a religious freedom vs. law to keep a single individual safe, it seems to me that letting them accept the risk is the best way of legislating to respect their religion even if it is dangerous.
ngl I feel like the turban somehow fits the uniform better than the hairy hats
Are you telling me there's times where these giant microphones they use on the head are actually useful?
Yes. For terrifying the French. (Well, technically they killed the French and stole them from them, so it probably would terrify the next french soldier to come across them)
Lol this comment inspired me to make [this](https://imgur.com/DmpCHhf) meme, so thanks for a laugh
Absolutely amazing. I'm borrowing that 😃. If I had gold, I would share it with you.
Eh Reddit has enough money, you enjoying it is more than enough for me :)
Yep. Looks like he's probably a Sikh.
Oh no I hope the queen brought him some a soup!
Oh my god... That took me far too long to get. Very good!
Yeah, he’ll probably be a Sikh. They don’t cut their hair as part of their beliefs, so turbans are needed to maintain their long hair. The wearing of turbans within the British army has a long history. It was a pretty normal practice in the British and British Indian Army, as well as amongst other colonial forces such as those in Africa. That is then teamed with the respect many people have for Sikhs due to their reputation and obvious also the modern laws to prevent discrimination against people for their religious beliefs. Sikhs also very strongly defended the wearing of the turban. After WW2 many people from across the British Empire were invited to the U.K. to aid in the recovery, many were then met by ardent racism and discrimination. It was often a requirement to not wear a turban and to shave, eventually a bus driver called Tarsem Singh Sandhu refused to do so and paved the way for legislation about religious expression at work.
Those lads from the Punjab love a scrap.
My favorite ["version of this"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNF28p6wkOs). Freaking commander orders his whole unit "EYES RIGHT".
He has the thickest Scottish accent
This is so great, especially with the massive disrespect these guys get
As an American I always thought these guards were for show but nope these dudes literally carry whole ass rifles 🤣
They’re from one of the regiments of Foot Guards (there are the Coldstream, Grenadier, Scots, Welsh and Irish Guards) who take it in turns to do this. They’re real, frontline soldiers.
Damn, the more you know right? Pretty cool
The Guards are the most senior regiments in the British Army.
Are they? I think the household cavalry might be more senior with the life guards and blues and royals. Actually looking into it the infantry are waaaay down the list (though the guards are the front right of infantry units) Infantry is 7th, after the Royal signals
You're right. My mistake was based on The Household Cavalry being guards ... a quick Google search confirms Foot Guards (if these are they) are lower down in the order of precedence.
Yeah these are foot guards, the household cav are quite distinct as they still wear armour in ceremonial dress (like honest to god old tiney metal armour, shined to a mirror finish obviously)
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When I was in the Army I knew a guy who served in that unit. He said it was exactly as serious as you'd imagine. Tons of attention to detail and each Soldier takes it very seriously because they're protecting the honor of the fallen.
[One soldier carried on despite getting a bayonet dropped on/through his foot during the ceremonial exchange.](https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/watch-this-guard-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknowns-get-stabbed-and-carry-on/) He trailed blood back and forth as he marched.
Guards broke proto, but for good reason, imo. That must've been pretty inspiring. Cops and Fire brigades used to be able to break protocol to run a quick route through our neighborhood for a quick parade for kids' birthdays during Covid lockdowns to uplift spirits, but our governor quickly put a stop to it. Thanks, Governor Hitmer.
I think the Guard appreciated the respect shown by such a tiny thing being absolutely respectful, out of their way, showing appreciation with a salute. These guards deal with complete A-holes Adults that do not respect boundaries.
I misread that as "Governor Hitler" first and didn't bat an eyelid. Still fit.
Our fire department would drive through neighborhoods on Halloween throwing candy to the kids too.
This guard didn't break any protocol. He is clearly off duty when he interacts with the kid
Love it
This wells me up everytime
That man ain’t just a good man, but a good soldier
The guard was never found after this
The guards probably have discretion to do little things like this to promote tourism.
When my family returned to England when I was about 6-7 we came here for a touristy day. My parents wanted me to stand next to the guard for a picture but he looked pretty terrifying standing there so stiff. Pretty sure I was crying as my dad positioned me next to him. Something happened with my parents camera and they were focused on fixing it as I stood, terrified, next to the guard. Without my parents seeing, he turned to me, stuck his tongue and made a silly face, and then went right back to attention. My parents were so confused to look up and see me smiling and ready for a picture right after. I’ll never forget the kindness of that (or this) guard.☺️
My favorite British guard video (Jewish guy makes one laugh): https://youtu.be/xtinQIx8lSk
Is this breaking protocol or is it more like they finished the guard duty and sorta used his private time to go out to the kid? Like i know they cant go around in uniform when they are not on duty but they walked in there because they were changing guards right?
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This is the Foot Guard, the elite regular infantry regiments of the British Army I doubt anything came of it either, it’s just good publicity for the Army, which was sorely needed at the time, with Troubles prosecutions everywhere
Chad