London press sucks thread.

[DBBN]

Q. We'd all like to see you one day win Wimbledon. It would be brilliant.

LAURA ROBSON: I would, too. I'd like that (smiling).

One hell of a hard-hitting question, that.

[lexpretend]

The CAKE interview. Three questions about the World Cup. Zero about tennis.

This thread...I can't even. It would just annoy me too much.

[leelee]

Q. Can you talk us through your outfit today.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, we dubbed it Strawberries and Cream. Strawberries, is that the correct enunciation of it? I don't have a good British accent. The red is strawberries and the white is cream. It's not like a pure white; it's more of a cream. Also the red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.

I really kind of wanted to tie that all together with this championship. Since it means so much to me, I thought it could work well. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.

Q. Your nails look good today.

SERENA WILLIAMS: They have strawberries on them, too. If I would have thought about it, I would have put a strawberry instead of a heart. They're hearts. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I could have had a strawberry.

I hate this tournament.

[The Chloe]

Sigh. I don't know what is worse... the inane questions the reporters ask, or the women who feed them.

[janie]

Thank you all for not posting the numerous questions Serena was asked about her upcoming curtsey for the Queen.

[Denise49IQ]

Jun 22, 2010 10:24:57 GMT -5 @leelee said:

Q. Can you talk us through your outfit today.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, we dubbed it Strawberries and Cream. Strawberries, is that the correct enunciation of it? I don't have a good British accent. The red is strawberries and the white is cream. It's not like a pure white; it's more of a cream. Also the red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.

I really kind of wanted to tie that all together with this championship. Since it means so much to me, I thought it could work well. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.

Q. Your nails look good today.

SERENA WILLIAMS: They have strawberries on them, too. If I would have thought about it, I would have put a strawberry instead of a heart. They're hearts. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I could have had a strawberry.

I hate this tournament.

Just... wow.

[DBBN]

Did she say STRAWL BREES?

[Calico]

Jun 23, 2010 7:13:49 GMT -5 janie said:

Thank you all for not posting the numerous questions Serena was asked about her upcoming curtsey for the Queen.

Exactly!

[DBBN]

Guess what? Serena is not even going to come close, as they put her on Court 2.

The Queen gets to enjoy PUSHNIACKI instead.

[Maeby Fünke]

I think its no secret the queen hates tennis. Thats why she hasn't been there since 1977. Why is she going now?

[Edna Krabappel]

Yeah, I remember it was mentioned in my English class 500 years ago. Perhaps she's been caught up in the ~Sunshine Mania~.

[DBBN]

At first I thought that said Sunshine Mafia. Such a thing would be awesome and unsuccessful.

[leelee]

I'll include every stupid question this time.

Q. What was it like meeting the Queen?
Q. Yesterday Venus told me your curtsy was unreal. She also said you'd beat her in a curtsy‑off. Do you think there was too much hype for your curtsy?

Q. I notice yesterday you were watching the USA game, weren't you?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I was. I got really, really upset during the USA game.

Q. You were tweeting, weren't you?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, we got another goal taken away.

Q. But some of these tweets were then sort of taken away later. Why was that?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Uhm, I just ‑‑ you know, because people thought I was angry about something. Because I should have put World Cup instead of just writing. I assumed everyone was watching World Cup, you know. I mean, I am. So they were like, Why are you angry? Are you okay? I was just like, Whatever.

Q. The Queen is famous for her gift of brief small talk. What was your exchange?
Q. Andy Roddick tweeted she said to him, I love your work on all the American Pie films. People thought it wasn't a joke. It shows that people don't get a lot of the tweets. (What is the joke?)
Q. What did you call the Queen? Did you say, Hey, girl?
Q. She had the blue outfit, great matching old‑school hat. What did you think of the outfit?
Q. She does blue well?
Q. What is it about her? Just the tradition? Is she different from all the celebrity red‑carpet events?

[DBBN]

Jun 25, 2010 13:06:08 GMT -5 @leelee said:

Q. Andy Roddick tweeted she said to him, I love your work on all the American Pie films. People thought it wasn't a joke. It shows that people don't get a lot of the tweets. (What is the joke?)

People say Andrew looks like Stiffler. Maybe kind of in the face. I don't really see it but I do want both of them.

Jun 25, 2010 13:06:08 GMT -5 @leelee said:

Q. What did you call the Queen? Did you say, Hey, girl?

RAYCIST!!!1~ I would love to hear the person asking that question.

[leelee]

Other than having sorta duck faces, they don't look the same. Although, Andrew does seem like he acts like Stifler.

[R. Black]

Ok so Andy joked: "met the queen of england today .... she said she loved me in the american pie movies", then THREE minutes later: "just so we are clear.... she did not say that..... it was an attempt at humor... didnt think that was gonna get taken seriously".

Then suddently THE WHOLE TWITTER WORLD starts to complain that people are stupid, that people can't get a joke, that people shouldn't use Twitter, that people don't get Tweets, etc.

Except, if I judge from a quick search I did, people who were answering Roddick were probably joking too.

[The Chloe]

People shouldn't use twitter. That part is true.