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2004-07-22 Britain

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Posted by .com 2004-07-22 4:22:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pardon my ignorance, but I thought all this honors kind of stuff was the perogotive of the crown.

Posted by Spot 2004-07-22 9:31:58 AM|| 2004-07-22 9:31:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Order of the British Excellence"? Sounds like something out of that Anglican PC bible. Mind you, I'm generally in favor of deep-sixing the aristocracy, but better an archaic bastion of inequality and elitism with some minimal sense of style than an up-to-date, ungainly edifice of inequality, elitism, and utter, unspeakable lameness.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-07-22 12:38:24 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-22 12:38:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 but better an archaic bastion of inequality and elitism with some minimal sense of style than an up-to-date, ungainly edifice of inequality, elitism, and utter, unspeakable lameness.

Damn! What Mitch said!

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-22 12:54:25 PM|| 2004-07-22 12:54:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Knight Commander of the British Excellence"

Yeah, right. That'll fly...

Posted by mojo 2004-07-22 2:39:27 PM|| 2004-07-22 2:39:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I always thought that the purpose of the titles were to serve as warnings to potential suitors that the holders thereof were dangerously inbred. There's a reason the blood is blue instead of bright red.

Posted by RWV 2004-07-22 3:26:31 PM|| 2004-07-22 3:26:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 no, these are titles for life only, they give as prizes for lifetime accomplishment. Kinda like being honored at the Kennedy center, except bankers and civil servants get em too.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-22 3:28:17 PM|| 2004-07-22 3:28:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Excellence! Duuude.

Posted by Bill & Ted 2004-07-22 6:31:18 PM|| 2004-07-22 6:31:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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