Autopia Deb could get her own country

Originally Posted By alexbook

The new book "Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations" starts with a history of the Principality of Sealand and goes on to other, more obscure places. I was browsing it and found this:

>>A more recent attempt aims to create a coral island by anchoring a steel structure in the Saya de Malha Bank of the Indian Ocean. With coral growing at a rate of roughly 2mm a year, it may be some time before the structure is habitable, even by fish. The new nation would be called *Autopia*, though many believe it will be quickly annexed by neaby Mauritius if the coral does grow into anything that could be considered territory.<<

 

Originally Posted By avromark

Or she could start her own country on Nation States, I had a nation long long ago, then I stopped taking care of it.

 

Originally Posted By mele

I think Autopia Deb would run her own country very well. :-D

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

Can I have a crown and start refering to myself in the third person? "We require chocolate".

I promise to be a benevolent dictator, lol.

 

Originally Posted By chickendumpling

Hmmmm. Well, now this is an interesting idea! LOL.

So many decisions in running a country.

What colors will you choose for your flag?

Who will be your court jesters?
(As if we don't all already know! LOL)

Who will be your taste tester? The majordomo? "Majordomo" is such a fun word to say! It always makes me laugh.

Who will be the Constable, the Cup-bearer, the Falconer (you *will* have a falconer, won't you? lol). Oh the list goes on and on! LOL. Ladies-in-waiting, Keeper of the seal and all other sorts of things that I'd a learned in school if I'd been paying attention. ;P

<--- awaiting pronouncement of your first royal decree.

 

Originally Posted By EdisYoda

Of course you will need a Court Herald, of which I am qualified.

 

Originally Posted By chickendumpling

I thought you were the gaurd. Oh, wait - different court. ;-P

 

Originally Posted By markedward

Can I be Keeper of the Seal? Is it a really cute seal? We have a kiddie pool it could live in. Oh, can I please? Can I keep it?

 

Originally Posted By mele

No flag, no country!

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

The flag will be purple and FABULOUS!

And yes Mark, you may be the keeper of the seal. Now who's going to be the keeper of the otter?

Chicky can be the Majordomo if she can figure out what one is.

EdisYoda can be the court herald so long as Yoda ettiquette is observed during all announcements, yes.

 

Originally Posted By LacyBelle

Ooh, Ooh, Ooh! Ruler Deb, if I may....
Can I be the keeper of the otter? I've been trying to convince DH that we've needed one for years now.

 

Originally Posted By sherrytodd

Oh Oh! Can I be Captain of the Royal Guard!

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

And lo, LaceyBelle will be the new keeper of the otter.

psst E-Yoda your up

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

And Sherry will be extra respeldent in her Royal Purple Captain's uniform

 

Originally Posted By markedward

What about those rumors that top Disney officials are in discussion with the Ever Benevolent Yet Not To Be Messed With Just In Case Grand High Nabob (popular word recently on another thread) of Autopia about the opening of Disneyland Autopia?

 

Originally Posted By EdisYoda

All Rise!

The Court of her Most Royal Majesty Autopia Deb this is. All seeking business with Her Most Royal Majesty seated you may be.

sherrytodd, approach the Throne and kneel you will. sherrytodd, it is the wish of Her Most Royal Majesty that Captain of her Royal Guard you become. This position not to be taken lightly as protecting Her life with yours it entails. (Her Royal Majesty stands and lays the blade of the Captains's sword across sherrytodd's shoulders) Lady sherrytodd, take your sword, and uniform and take your position as guard to Her Most Royal Majesty.

chickendumpling, approach the Throne and kneel you will. chickendumpling it is the wish of Her Most Royal Majesty that become her majordomo you will. This position traditionally makes one a most trusted member of Court. Advise Her Most Royal Majesty well you will. Rise and position of office you will take.

markedward and LacyBelle, approach the Throne and kneel you will! It is the wish of Her Most Royal Majesty that you two keep the Royal Seal and the Royal Otter. Take not this task lightly as not only are these are not just symbols of Her Most Royal Majesty's rule, but Her most beloved pets. Anything bad happening to them will not bode well upong you. Rise and take control of the Seal and the Otter you will.

Any other business before this Court is there?

 

Originally Posted By LacyBelle

Thanks to Her Royal Magesty Deb and to Court Herald EdisYoda. I will not let you down.


<-- Retreats to start preparing fun plastic toys in large ice blocks for the beloved Royal Otter.

 

Originally Posted By markedward

Position announcement:

Now seeking applicants for Royal Fishy. Excellent Early Retirement Plan. Deliciousness a plus. Please see Keeper of the Royal Seal.

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

We are amused.

 

Originally Posted By chickendumpling

<<chickendumpling, approach the Throne and kneel you will.>>

Yeah, about that.... not *really* the kneeling type. Already got me a man, thank you very much.


<<chickendumpling it is the wish of Her Most Royal Majesty that become her majordomo you will. This position traditionally makes one a most trusted member of Court. Advise Her Most Royal Majesty well you will. Rise and position of office you will take.>>

Hmmmm. Most trusted member of the court you say??? Wellllll, maaaybe. If a accept this royal appointment as majordomo, whatever that is, can I sing the Modern MajorDomo Song all the time? Or maybe at least once it a while? Huh, huh, can I, can I?

<--- breaks into song

I am the very model of a modern Major-Domo,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-Domo.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus' uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-Domo.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery—
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy—
You'll say a better Major-Domo has never sat a-gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-Domo.


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I wish I knew somebody who could help me change the words so it would fit me and the whole MajorDomo thing better...