Will someone please explain...

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Phoenyx]

why Alan Greenspan is being knighted???

I know we went through this with Mayor Rudy G. last year.

What does it mean? Has he done something so noble or honorable or selflessly to warrant this?

I think I must be an old-fashioned romantic because I just don't get it.

He Probably rolled in the hay with the queen.

 

[koalabear]

He looks good at the Royal Ball in his gown.

 

[sexy-girl]

some people on the honors list you can just say wow thats so cool they are getting recognized ... others you just have to roll your eyes

but dont worry he wont beable to call himself sir

 

[Phoenyx]

some people on the honors list you can just say wow thats so cool they are getting recognized ... others you just have to roll your eyes

but dont worry he wont beable to call himself sir

Since he is not a citizen of the commonwealth he cannot be knighted. He is probably getting soem special honour.

 

[hybirdx]

why Alan Greenspan is being knighted???

I know we went through this with Mayor Rudy G. last year.

What does it mean? Has he done something so noble or honorable or selflessly to warrant this?

I think I must be an old-fashioned romantic because I just don't get it.

WHAT!?! No! Oh God no!

 

[bluntforcemama]

Lately it seems that anyone famous is being knighted. Rarely is it for vallor or heroism anymore.

 

[sexy-girl]

Since he is not a citizen of the commonwealth he cannot be knighted. He is probably getting soem special honour.

he can be knighted they just are an honorary knight or something and as such he wont be addressed as "Sir Alan Greenspan"

 

[Desert Amazon]

Oh yes!

 

[Phoenyx]

he can be knighted they just are an honorary knight or something and as such he wont be addressed as "Sir Alan Greenspan"

No honorary knight either.
I thik he is awarded the order of the british empire or something but not a knighthood.

 

[Desert Amazon]

Re: Re: Will someone please explain...

 

[kotori]

What does it mean?

Absolutely nothing.

 

[Desert Amazon]

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[mig]

No honorary knight either.
I thik he is awarded the order of the british empire or something but not a knighthood.

Means exactly what it says,an Honorary Knighthood.

Not an OBE or MBE.

 

[Purrde Flower]

Not an OBE or MBE.

What about a MIB?

 

[phrodeau]

Knighthoods are just a way for the British government to get a little extra cash. You have to pay a five-figure tariff for the right to bear the title. It's a lot like the Catholic church selling indulgences.