When I was little, my mom would always scold bad manners by saying things like "What would the Queen of England think if she saw you doing that?" or "The Queen of England would never invite you to tea if you keep your elbows on the table like that."
I always wondered how my mom knew the Queen of England, and when she was going to visit so I could show her all the good manners I'd apparently been practicing for her.
A childhood belief about excursions
others believed things like this
- My Dad told me that the Queen of England had a solid gold toilet and a special servant to wipe her backside.— Cat
- I used to believe that my mum was the queen. She does look a bit like the queen... minus the orb and sceptre.— Vix
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- i used to believe that if i was good at school, i had a chance of becoming the queen????— donia
- i always wondered why people sent plums to the queen, in the anthem "send her victorias"— anon uk
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser