| ▲ | xg15 3 days ago | |||||||
Not a Brit, but Terry Pratchett's ritual of the Other Jacket told me all I need to know. https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/71416/tradition-go... | ||||||||
| ▲ | scubbo 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
a) GNU Terry Pratchett b) In case you are one of today's Lucky Ten Thousand, this is a reference to the real-life Ceremony Of The Keys[1] [0] https://xkcd.com/1053/ [1] https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/t... | ||||||||
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| ▲ | andyjohnson0 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
> Here is an example of how mindless adherence to tradition can get a bit weird and very funny See also; the King's Remembrancer and the Quit Rent Ceremony and the Trial of the Pyx: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Remembrancer It is truly strange how my country can create a political and cultural operating system that allows this stuff to just go on and on for almost 800 years, right up to now. | ||||||||
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