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2019-11-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Queen tells Sir Boyd Tunnock she prefers Tunnock's teacakes to the caramel wafers as she knights him at Buckingham Palace ceremony
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Posted by Skidmark 2019-11-22 01:26|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 In the good old days you needed to do some kind of brave deed in battle to be knighted. Now you just need to invent a cookie.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-11-22 07:54||   2019-11-22 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Well, what's wrong with that?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-22 08:05||   2019-11-22 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 In the good old days you needed to do something monumental to get a Nobel Peace Prize, too.

We'll just note that making a 'good cookie' is a better accomplishment than some others that are celebrated.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-11-22 08:11||   2019-11-22 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Wouldn't be the first time a royal conferred a title on someone just because they favour their buns.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-22 09:18||   2019-11-22 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Bad Dron, BAD, Bad , Bad , unfortunately true though. At least Epstein didn't get a patent of nobility but it wasn't from his Bro's lack of trying to get one from the Vatican.
Posted by Gomez Flugum6633 2019-11-22 17:50||   2019-11-22 17:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Sir Loin - look it up.
Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-22 23:51||   2019-11-22 23:51|| Front Page Top

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