Arreks Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Visit London, where you'll get shouted at or trampled on. It's kinda funny (not for the tourist), but in reality if the guard didn't stop (and walked around instead) he would've been reprimanded by his CO.
unixman_again Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 The guard should have lowered his bayonet, after all "They don't like it up 'em!"
sonofsanta Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 My cousin's in amongst that rabble. He's dressed in red, with a big black hat on To quote him: "don't get in our way".
jdoyle Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 probably come a long way to see (or not to see) the Guards.
thebatman Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 They do at times shout "make way for the guard", but no ever takes any notice till they get stud on!
Garacesh Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Well it's not like they're going to stay there and mark time until they move out of the way, else people will end up standing in front of them and making them do it just to get photos/be prats.
Garacesh Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Haha amazing And on that day.. Bricks were produced from orifices they did not belong. I like how there's a beaten path from where the guard will always patrol up and down lol.
LiamH Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 A lot of the tourists don't realise they are all active serving soldiers on deployment to the queens guard. It involves a lot of pomp and tradition but they are there to do a job and carry real firearms.
6Foot2 Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N4FHSLD3dQ Guard: ...Do one!.. 2
Garacesh Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Well that was significantly less eloquent than usual xD
AMLinington Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 Is it wrong of me to be titillated by stupid people attempting to mess with the Queen's Guard? I think there is a general perception of them as a 'tourist attraction'. That they are not 'Serious' - like the Beefeater guards at the Tower of London (who are retired service personnel, with official duties, but whose role has become largely ceremonial since they run the tours). Because they wear unusual or strange looking uniforms, people forget that they are basically perimeter guards. They wouldn't react the same if they were in combat fatigues (for example), or body armour, yet they continually make the mistake of underestimating them. I always find these videos entertaining because the shocked reactions of the morons never gets old lol.
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