New Years Honours list

[bluemoon32]

She has tits!!???

Only one, her husband

 

[jimharri]

Only one, her husband

What about her kid(s)?

 

[bluemoon32]

What about her kid(s)?

I wasn't going there ha

 

[jimharri]

I wasn't going there ha

Wuss!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

L S Lowry, Albert Finney, David Bowie, Alan Bennett, Danny Boyle all turned down honours. Not to mention Stephen Hawking, Peter Higgs, Rudyard Kipling. Some huge names there and loads more I left out.

That said I wouldn’t mind any of them accepting because they are legends in their own fields. Gareth Southgate getting one is a piss take. He should just get a participation medal and told to do one.

 

[Blue and true]

L S Lowry, Albert Finney, David Bowie, Alan Bennett, Danny Boyle all turned down honours. Not to mention Stephen Hawking, Peter Higgs, Rudyard Kipling. Some huge names there and loads more I left out.

That said I wouldn’t mind any of them accepting because they are legends in their own fields. Gareth Southgate getting one is a piss take. He should just get a participation medal and told to do one.

The common quality with all those who refused is intelligence, which sums up succintly those who lick boot to receive the "honours".

 

[mexico1970]

I'm not envious of anyone getting a gong it doesn't affect me, sometimes the people who complain about the honours forget that every country on the planet hands them out.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I'm not envious of anyone getting a gong it doesn't affect me, sometimes the people who complain about the honours forget that every country on the planet hands them out.

I didn't know that
So there is an equivalent of a Sir or Dame in every country
MBE, OBE that sort of thing

 

[mexico1970]

I didn't know that
So there is an equivalent of a Sir or Dame in every country
MBE, OBE that sort of thing

It's just named differently, there are sycophants in every country cosying up to the rich and powerful. Each system has its movers and shakers.

It's as if people wilfully believe that the royal family think for themselves about who gets the gongs and awards instead of the people we voted for awarding them

France
The title of chevalier is similar to the English knighthood.

Italy
The Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity is a knighthood for foreigners and expats who have made a significant contribution to the reconstruction of Italy after World War II.

Some other countries with orders of knighthood include:

• The Roman Catholic Sovereign Military Order of Malta
  

• The Protestant Order of Saint John
  
  
• The Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim
  
  
• The Spanish Order of Santiago
  
  
• The Norwegian Order of St. Olav