He continued: "Usually it's done with four-sailed mills. The Dutch only have four-sailed mills so they have quite a large vocabulary for the positioning of the sails.
"For five sailed mills it is a bit trickier, so we just have ones where for a celebration it is to go just before vertical, and if somebody dies, it goes to just past vertical." He said the sails would remain in the position throughout the official period of mourning, apart from when the windmill was in use.The windmill originally produced flour from the 1770s to the 1930s but fell into disrepair until the society began work to restore it in 2001.
"We were given a voluntary service award in 2017 and we were very lucky to go to one of the garden parties to see the Queen herself, and it was delightful," Mr Green added.
FFS!
Oooookay then. It’s 3am so I presume I’m still asleep and dreaming that I read this. Right?
Perfectly normal behaviour.
Utd_76 😂
What a load of bullsh*t. The UK is seriously embarrassing.
We need to abolish the monarchy. There are plenty of good moral and economic reasons for this, but the main reason is so we never need to endure this drivel ever again.
Mental English
Sneekyboy
Please make this stop.
Will the water companies stop pumping sewage into our waterways as a mark of respect?
I’m just waiting for Morpheus to pull me out of the matrix
cant wait for elton john to sing his rendition of WINDMILL IN THE WIND😶
And the wind cried LIZZY
And the wind cried LIZZY
Oh, so you weren’t joking…
The Netherlands are gonna proper lean into this one. They loved are Brenda.
Where is Don Quixote when you need him...
iT's WhAt ShE wOuLd'Ve WaNtEd...
parodyliztruss
And we laughed and laughed at North Korea….
🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
*puts down pen. Looks like I won't have to write a letter of protest at flour-based lèse-majesté after all!
Fascinating that “flour is sold to people”. I thought, why not ducks, fleas, or aliens
People found dead in their homes of DWP Conservatives policy are going to be set to 625pm to mourning position.
Hahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣
Ffs this country has lost it’s mind 😂
JimCognito2016
Lol. The mourning position. Get a fuckin grip 😂😂
Because the wind is mourning.
Thank you so much for this! I was suffering extreme anxiety at the thought that no one had informed the windmills of the sad passing of a 96 year old. This article has put my mind to rest.
Absolute joke of a country
This is a pantomime...
Totally normal island
Everyone involved with that article has debased themselves.
Please. Just. Stop!
Wait - the windmill produces flour that is “sold to people and restaurants”? Clever bloody restaurants! 🤣
Thank god. Drove past the other day and saw they weren’t in mourning position. Immediately called the police. It’s what she would have wanted.
Thank fuck for that.
Jesus H. Corbett...
We really are a ridiculous little island.
Will ensure my windmill is in the correct mourning position so I don't get sent to the tower
Now a windmill is mourning 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ oh my god just stop it it’s absolutely ridiculous
This is obsequious, forelock-tugging, guff, isn't it?
But what do the queen’s bees think?
Aided by British wind 🤣🤣 ffs...this is what happens when media manipulation takes full control...and the people who fall for this phish call the people who don't 'woke'...well yes we are thanks very much
What? Haven’t you got something useful to do?
Anything else on the telly? Mine's broken and only shows BBC1
It’s what she would have wanted…
AndyMedcalf It's not wearing a poppy. I'm furious
Whats the difference between a mourning sail and a non mourning sail?
Erm
The UN need to step in and section this country under the mental health act.
FFS 🤣
Just another day on normal island.
I have questions... 2 if which are 1. WTF? & 2. Surely it is the windmill *owners* who have decided to 'pay tribute' , not the windmill. The rest of my questions are as Q1.
There's a row of lampposts all standing upright here. Will the council come round and move them to the mourning position or at least tie black ribbons to them?
Sadness in its blades!
Nothing to see here. Just the behaviour of a normal country.
Kill me now.
GrieveWatch
Fun to learn a new thing
Totally normal.
WTAF?
What?
🙄
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