Comments on: The Royal Wave http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/ What associations do you have with waves? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: SHARE A BRAINWAVE » Blog Archive » The Royal Wave # 2 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-154 SHARE A BRAINWAVE » Blog Archive » The Royal Wave # 2 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:51:57 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-154 [...] I then - inspired by Levende’s post on The royal wave and elaborating on my own reflexions on the shock waves that flood the world - recalled the first time the Princess was introduced to the Danes. It was in 1995. Those were the days when hardly anyone owned a cell-phone (and those who did couldn’t send sms’es) and the internet hadn’t become a household-name yet. Those were the days when everybody watched the tv-press-conferences from the engagement and (some…) bought the gossip-magazines. Those were the days when the Royal Family could still more or less control when to pop their big news. Now - 12 years, a few royal divorces, a single-mom-Norwegian-crown-princess and a paparazzicaused death - later, the news of this semi-royal marriage spread through new channels we didn’t even know of then. In wavelike patterns…with tsunami-like strengh and speed. [...] […] I then - inspired by Levende’s post on The royal wave and elaborating on my own reflexions on the shock waves that flood the world - recalled the first time the Princess was introduced to the Danes. It was in 1995. Those were the days when hardly anyone owned a cell-phone (and those who did couldn’t send sms’es) and the internet hadn’t become a household-name yet. Those were the days when everybody watched the tv-press-conferences from the engagement and (some…) bought the gossip-magazines. Those were the days when the Royal Family could still more or less control when to pop their big news. Now - 12 years, a few royal divorces, a single-mom-Norwegian-crown-princess and a paparazzicaused death - later, the news of this semi-royal marriage spread through new channels we didn’t even know of then. In wavelike patterns…with tsunami-like strengh and speed. […]

]]> By: nadja http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-108 nadja Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:48:29 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-108 @ Dave: Ahhhh - The Mexican Wave... sure is a lot of fun and gives your body that fantastic wavy rush... Couldn't they just have banned the blottle-throwing? @ Dave: Ahhhh - The Mexican Wave… sure is a lot of fun and gives your body that fantastic wavy rush…

Couldn’t they just have banned the blottle-throwing?

]]> By: Dave http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-104 Dave Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:28:15 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-104 Yesterday the 'Mexican wave' was banned at all sporting events in Australia. For those unfamiliar with it. When you have a stadium crowd. People in one section stand and throw their hands in the air, then quickly sit. Then the people to one side do the same. In this fasion it travels like a ripple around the stadium. It is fun to watch and be a part of. Unfortunately, people also throw stuff (bottles etc) as they wave, so alas it is now banned. Mind you, knowing us aussies, chances are the ban may increase the incidence of mexican waves, just to piss the lawmakers off. Yesterday the ‘Mexican wave’ was banned at all sporting events in Australia.

For those unfamiliar with it. When you have a stadium crowd. People in one section stand and throw their hands in the air, then quickly sit. Then the people to one side do the same. In this fasion it travels like a ripple around the stadium.

It is fun to watch and be a part of. Unfortunately, people also throw stuff (bottles etc) as they wave, so alas it is now banned.

Mind you, knowing us aussies, chances are the ban may increase the incidence of mexican waves, just to piss the lawmakers off.

]]> By: levende http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-49 levende Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:12:17 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-49 He he, Nadja, sorry to give you one more thing to worry about... but consider the possibility of having a trademark wave, now wouldn't that be something? *imagines cyclone bill in corridor, waving in his less-than-noble manner* :-D Is it only in corridors that you tend to wave this way? He he, Nadja, sorry to give you one more thing to worry about… but consider the possibility of having a trademark wave, now wouldn’t that be something?

*imagines cyclone bill in corridor, waving in his less-than-noble manner* :-D
Is it only in corridors that you tend to wave this way?

]]> By: cyclone bill http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-46 cyclone bill Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:09:13 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-46 I think I like a simple raised arm for the long-distance wave. If I meet someone in a corridor, however, I tend to wave in a less noble manner: the arm close to my body and the hand moving too quickly. I think I like a simple raised arm for the long-distance wave. If I meet someone in a corridor, however, I tend to wave in a less noble manner: the arm close to my body and the hand moving too quickly.

]]> By: Nadja http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-45 Nadja Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/26/the-royal-wave/#comment-45 What a great friday-after-noon-giggle :-) Actually I have no idea how I wave... my spontanious answer would be that it depends on the situation - but I probably have a very distinct wave that I was never quite aware of but that everyone who knows me would be able to pinpoint. Actually that's kind of scary... Gee thanks - One more thing to worry about... What a great friday-after-noon-giggle :-)

Actually I have no idea how I wave… my spontanious answer would be that it depends on the situation - but I probably have a very distinct wave that I was never quite aware of but that everyone who knows me would be able to pinpoint. Actually that’s kind of scary…

Gee thanks - One more thing to worry about…

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