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Big Al
No pop-singer, pop-star etc, should be awarded a knighthood. It’s utterly ludicrous. Furthermore, so is the ‘knighting’ of any living person. Let’s abolish the whole thing, I say.
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latebloomer
Charlie would wear it well.
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Big Al
No pop-singer, pop-star etc, should be awarded a knighthood. It’s utterly ludicrous. Furthermore, so is the ‘knighting’ of any living person. Let’s abolish the whole thing, I say.
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camper88
Well, the whole royalty thing is fkn ludicrous, right? I mean it's essentially a fairy tale (a lie) about a family that has a divinely given right to rule over others, to not pay taxes, to run their own religion, and invade sovereign states just because, and back in the day they employed an executioner for special events.
But, hey, as long as the brits are happy with the ludicrous fairy tale, why not a living knight who's a drummer? It's their tax dollars at work.
What's the point of knighting someone if they're dead? Where's the fun in that?
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DandelionPowderman
Not sure if he would accept it..
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DandelionPowderman
Not sure if he would accept it..
Yes Charlie would accept it..... I think your getting him confused with Keith, who says he wouldn't, but is unlikely to be offered it anyway!
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camper88
But, hey, as long as the brits are happy with the ludicrous fairy tale, why not a living knight who's a drummer? It's their tax dollars at work.
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Many of us Brit's, are not happy with it. I was a little unnecessarily over-the-top in my posting, yesterday, though.
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jambay
I would bet money and can clearly see Charlie's reaction to "Wanna be knighted?"...
by first giving a blank stare... and then a pause, then maybe a sniff... and then he would just walk away, with his wife (who would chuckle a bit at all of it), as they start talking about horses or the weather or something... and that would be that.
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Big Al
It’s utterly ludicrous. Furthermore, so is the ‘knighting’ of any living person.
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jambay
I would bet money and can clearly see Charlie's reaction to "Wanna be knighted?"...
by first giving a blank stare... and then a pause, then maybe a sniff... and then he would just walk away, with his wife (who would chuckle a bit at all of it), as they start talking about horses or the weather or something... and that would be that.
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Big Al
It’s utterly ludicrous. Furthermore, so is the ‘knighting’ of any living person.
Historically though, dead knights were pretty useless. You might be confusing knights with saints.
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DandelionPowderman
Not sure if he would accept it..
Yes Charlie would accept it..... I think your getting him confused with Keith, who says he wouldn't, but is unlikely to be offered it anyway!
i don't think you understand how this works. they would never offer it to someone who would reject it. they ask through back channels before hand.