Royal Wedding Pizza
by Steve
The upcoming royal wedding means very little to me, beyond giving all us Brits a day off work (for those who have still got a job) . I am a bit of a Republican anyway, purely in the sense of not wanting a royal family, not in any elephant-based political way, I hasten to add. The whole event reeks of keeping the proles happy for the day with a national holiday and cheap romance amid financial uncertainty and political strife. Hah, watch me with my Political Comment!
It is also an excuse for the wheels of commerce to grind into action and offer us all manner of crap to buy to celebrate the occasion. Oh, wonderous capitalism with your paper facemasks of the Queen, commemorative plates and cheap plastic flags.
However, one company’s make-money-quick scheme has caught my eye. Pizza chain Papa John’s are offering customers a royal wedding pizza, with the happy couple rendered pretty damn accurately in a variety of toppings.
There is nothing like bad, novelty pizza to warm my heart.
I’m not entirely convinced I would be happy chowing down on Prince William’s face, but I guess I could be convinced that polishing off this culinary delight is, in fact, an attempt to eat the rich. Revolution Through Pizza. Which, let’s face it, is a pretty awesome form of revolution.
Wait until next year 
It’s a good thing BrewDog produced a beer to wash down the royal wedding pizza.
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Fantastic. Commemorative pizza and beer should really be the official royal wedding breakfast. If it was, I’d be tempted to become a royalist.
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I’ve already ordered my 2011 Royal Wedding commemorative coins. Part of me is hoping there’s a mix-up at the mint and I end up with a silver dollar featuring William and Kate on heads and the World Trade Center/single-tear-shedding bald eagle on tails.
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Now, that would be beautiful.
If I ever run a country, I will ensure that coin design is the only legal tender.
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Isn’t Papa John’s originally from the home of elephantine Republicans?
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If you’re referring to Louisville (pronounced “Loo-vull”), Kentucky, then yes.
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From The New Yorker’s book blog: a comprehensive list of royal swag. I’m partial to the condoms.
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This is kind of hysterical.
I’m from the U.S.. I wonder why there wasn’t a pizza for Obama’s inauguration. I’d have eaten that. (Despite being allergic to pizza)
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I am increasingly of the opinion that there should be some sort of commemorative pizza for most special occasions. I like classy and edible celebrations.
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I’m from New York City and am VERY picky about my pizza. As interesting as the royal pizza sounds, I cannot picture myself eating it.
But I did wake up at an ungodly hour of the morning to watch the wedding. I am both kinds of (R)epublican, but I do love other countries’ royals.
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I’m not sure I could picture myself eating Prince William’s head either.
I ended up watching the wedding too. My favourite part was the minor royals being buddled into minibuses. There were a lot of women with fancy hats looking pretty displeased at the indignity of it all!
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So what did you and your bride think of the York girls? I am convinced I was the first person to say that Princess Beatrice looked like she had antlers. Even if I wasn’t, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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They looked incredibly silly, didn’t they?
Did you see this comparison? http://www.dizzy-dee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/faerie-tale-wedding-royal-vs.-cinderella.jpg
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Yes, I did see that. Pretty funny stuff.
Did you see this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390253/Mac–The-Obamas-arrival-UK.html
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I like it! Well, I guess at least everyone will remember that hat!
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