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Article #377: Advice to King Dave of the Isle of Man

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To HM King David of the Isle of Mann (or family tree proving his Royal Title, but
Man), cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, come he also proves that he is a cousin to the
forth, I, your Not-So-Humble Servant to Royal Family of Great Britain. Wow, he's
render such Wisdom as I can… cousins with the Queen! Let's get
For about ten minutes today, David Howe, something straight; I'm no genealogist
a 38 year old businessman from Maryland but it seems to me when you cast such an
commanded the front page on with the enormous net (like the Cousin's Net), you
story of his Coronation. In 2006 some are probably also related to Cher, Bill
Brit genealogist called to tell him that Clinton and Dick Cheney. I recommend
he might have a claim to the throne of that you lose the whole Cousins thing.
the Isle of Mann (or Man). So, he filled Let's agree that you are only allowed to
out the right forms and sent them to Her be a Royal Cousin if they invite you over
Majesty's Stationary Office which after a for tea.
90 day review period approved his Royal Also, if you take the time to look at his
application. Apparently they sent him a Pedigree you may notice that he has
crown, a royal robe and a spoon. Some achieved his gentle rank through
Kings get swords, others get scepters, marriage. Now, that is perfectly
but David gets a spoon. legitimate. But, does that mean he's
My favorite part of the story is the Royal by insertion? If so, then good job
reaction from the people of the Isle of King David! I always heard you were
Man, which I think can best be summed up supposed to pull your Sword out of the
as: "Who?" The elected government of the stone. It just goes to show that you
Isle of Man is probably still laughing cannot trust legends. But it might
themselves senseless. They are so damage your macho image, so I would dump
disrespectful of their new King that the that webpage too.
official government website has no Now, there's the matter of Royal Revenue.
mention of his coronation. Well King Until you conquer your island you can't
David, it looks like you'll need to stage collect taxes. But I have solved that
an invasion to enforce Your Royal Rights. for you! Just sell Knighthoods! There
I recommend you look into some the old are tons of obnoxious idiots who would
laws on how to execute traitors. That's pay dearly for a title. I would add a
how you get medieval on their butts. web store and sell them that way.
The best part about this story is that HM Between the money you can make from
(that's His Majesty, to you) King David titles and the cash that will come in
has a lovely website. On his home page from your charity, you should have a
under an enormous picture of him, he pretty nice war chest.
details his efforts to provide aide for To invade, you will need an army. And
the poor AIDS afflicted children of let's face it, no regular mercenary army
Insert African Nation Here. Even will do. You need to show your subjects
Americans know you cannot be a Royal that you mean business and will not
unless you have some charity to support. tolerate anything but total loyalty. For
Especially useful are those charities that mission, I can only recommend
that show you pictures of starving Blackwater. It might take up some of the
children. Those work best of all. Good money for the African kids, but you can
choice there, Your Majesty. You hit that always pay them back later.
nail right on the head. Anyway, I hope you look charitably on
But if you do a little digging into the Your Servant for his Words of Wisdom and
Royal website you find his Royal that Your Majesty remembers to send me
Pedigree. You know, like they do with money when you use any of these ideas.
dogs. Not only does he include his






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