Mel Brooks once said, "It's good to be the king." Apparently, it's good to be the queen too.
Last week, Queen Elizabeth II was accidentally sent 12 barrels -- or as they say in jolly ol' England, 2,000 pints -- of beer. Here's the kicker: The kegs were intended for the Windsor Castle pub in Maidenhead (five miles away), but were sent to the actual Windsor Castle instead. Can you say first day on the job?!
For those of us on the left side of the pond, that's the equivalent of telling your pizza delivery guy to keep his eyes peeled for a "white house" and having your pie end up with George W. Bush. Well, maybe not that ridiculous, but it's pretty bad.
Even more bizarre, it appears Windsor Castle isn't that rare of a pub name in England. Searching Flickr for a Windsor Castle photo turned up a number of other pubs with the same name (such as the lovely pub above). Sounds like these delivery men must have been trying out some of their cargo.
Check out the story for yourself here. Translation note for Americans: Football match = soccer game.
[Via Dave of Two Guys On Beer]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-15-2008 @ 7:56PM
K said...
Windsor Castle is in Windsor, not London, and Maidenhead is 5 miles from Windsor.
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9-15-2008 @ 8:00PM
Mike Pomranz said...
Whoops! Thanks for the note, K. Got my Windsor Castles confused with my Buckingham Palaces. Correction has been made.
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10-16-2008 @ 3:21PM
ROADRAGA said...
While you are at it, you can delete the reference to 'Queen of England', there is no such person.
Not since 1603 anyway.
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10-16-2008 @ 3:29PM
Mike Pomranz said...
From Wikipedia: "England underwent political union with Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Since that date the title King or Queen of England is incorrect, though has remained in usage to the present day."
So, true, a valid history lesson. Let's just say I was keeping things colloquial.
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