{"id":51669,"date":"2015-07-04T08:14:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/04\/dont-poke-the-guy-with-the-big-gun.html"},"modified":"2015-07-04T08:14:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:14:11","slug":"dont-poke-the-guy-with-the-big-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/04\/dont-poke-the-guy-with-the-big-gun.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t poke the guy with the big gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really, folk. They&#39;re not audio-animatronics. They&#39;re not Disney cast members. They are armed guards in heavy, uncomfortable uniforms, powered by discipline and duty and drill, following a long line of tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Disrespecting them is tacky. Screwing around with them to the point of interfering with their activities is seriously contra-indicated.<\/p>\n<p>More here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/theroyalfamily\/11701783\/Watch-Queens-Guard-turns-rifle-on-a-tourist-at-Windsor-Castle.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/theroyalfamily\/11701783\/Watch-Queens-Guard-turns-rifle-on-a-tourist-at-Windsor-Castle.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQCSWPFnjbU' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/MJFxPM98tyc'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really, folk. They&#39;re not audio-animatronics. They&#39;re not Disney cast members. They are armed guards in heavy, uncomfortable uniforms, powered by discipline and duty and drill, following a long line of tradition. Disrespecting them is tacky. Screwing around with them to the point of interfering with their activities is seriously contra-indicated. More here: http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/theroyalfamily\/11701783\/Watch-Queens-Guard-turns-rifle-on-a-tourist-at-Windsor-Castle.html View on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/04\/dont-poke-the-guy-with-the-big-gun.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#039;t poke the guy with the big gun&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1742,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/07\/just_be_patient.html","url_meta":{"origin":51669,"position":0},"title":"Just be patient","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-May-02 8:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"You have to understand. 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