Bill Gates to be knighted

[d3thStaR]

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Is England just lowering their standards?

[renderman]

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Is England just lowering their standards?

Why am I getting flashbacks to the Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

[noid]

Well, it cant be a true knighthood. To be truly knighted you have to be a citizen of the UK. The highest honor the queen can bestow on a non-UK person is the Knight of the British Empire, which is slightly different (i.e. You don't get the 'Sir' title).

[TwinVega]

(i.e. You don't get the 'Sir' title).

That's the best part of it

[Xodia]

That's the best part of it

Maybe if your British, but "William H. Gates III, Knight of the British Empire" sounds a heck of alot funnier.

[astcell]

I guess if he can't be a real knight he will be a Microsoft Knight Simulator. :>>>

[ck3k]

I guess if he can't be a real knight he will be a Microsoft Knight Simulator. :>>>

just dont ask about it in staples...might bring ye ole Homeland Security.

[Shatter]

One of teh news casts said something about "three little letters at the end of his name" which might mean Esq.

And with Mick Jagger getting knighted, I expect Ozzy to be next.

[astcell]

What about Boy George? Tell me there's hope for him too!

[Shatter]

How about Peter Murphy? Isn't he brittish?


Hell, what about Linux Torvalds? I mean, he's from Europe.. thats' closer to being brittish than Gates. At least it's teh same land mass.

[M3ph]

Im pretty sure you need an OBE (Order of the British Empire) before you can be knighted. This is a good and bad measure at the same time. Why?


Because of people like David Beckham, who received an OBE last year. A FOOTIE PLAYER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! ITS NOT LIKE HE CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIETY!!

>>;; Ahem. Next we can hope for Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and while we are at it, we can probably get Bill Clinton in there too. Lets not forget Nixon either.

*cough*