Talk:Throne room

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Are there any External links or should this section be removed? If not i will try to find some --Jeffklib 01:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

"A common misperception"

A common misconception is that kings and other ruling princes governed their lands seated on a throne for most of the working day. Indeed, it is generally thought that the king wears his crown at breakfast, and that, at the end of the day, when it is time to retire, he sets it upon the night-table to be ready there for the morning.--Wetman (talk) 06:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

....as he climbs into his bed of 12 matresses, one of which contains a secreted pea (note spelling) to ensure his blood is blue.  Giacomo  07:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

So, yeah, that's a very silly sentence. john k (talk) 02:43, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Deliriously.--Wetman (talk) 04:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Kings may not have ruled from their thrones, but I do recall having read that George II died upon his! Which gives a whole new dimension to "throne rooms." Should the page not include this?  Giacomo  17:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Throne is also a colloquialism for toilet in British English --Senra (Talk) 14:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

No! Why would that be? Surely not. I think that is pretty disrespectful,  Giacomo  20:40, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• non RS sources: Roget's, I can't come to the phone as I am ..., ... on the throne and of course The Throne :) --Senra (Talk) 20:59, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

• RS source: OED Throne—A lavatory bowl and pedestal or other supporting structure. colloq.

Ref: Oxford English Dictionary:Throne (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)(subscription required) --Senra (Talk) 21:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Well I am quite shocked by that. It's not funny to insult a Royal in that way.  Giacomo  22:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

It is not used in a disrespectful manner to any present or past monarch, at least not by me; in any case, I am a royalist. It is however a derogatory term towards someone you know meaning he/she is acting high and mighty --Senra (Talk) 22:37, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

See also Fortesque (1941) Trampled Lillies p. 113 --Senra (Talk) 22:45, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I think likening anyone's throne to a lavatory is disrespectful to that person. People don't sit on the throne by choice, it must be very straining for them.  Giacomo  08:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

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