Christopher Lee is Knighted

[Captain]

Connery probably calls them both pansies and yells at them to stay off his lawn!

[BlackKnight]

& How do you guys think Sir Elton John would Fair Against a Dragon ?

[hobub]

What about Boris Karloff? I don't think he was ever knighted. I guess he was from an era when celebrities weren't considered in league with that sort of stature.

Someone like Audie Murphie, most definitely. But he wasn't British.

[Meule]

Well deserved and about time too

[wolfie]

Come with me Queenie, it is time for you to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.

[Gorn Captain]

About time...
They shoulda Knight'ed this Dude Long before Elton John.

He'd beat Sir Elton in a swordfight on two seconds flat....

[Gorn Captain]

No disrespect to Christopher Lee, but knighthoods are handed out to almost anyone nowadays that's popular making the title kind of a joke.

I have to agree, I think they give them away to relieve the Queen's boredom.
I'm expecting my knighthood any day now.....

I remember Eric Clapton in an interview.
He was getting an MBE or knighthood, and the Queen adressed him: "And what do you do for a living?"
"Well, I'm a musician, ma'am."
"And have you been doing that for long?"

The Queen should be a stand-up comedian. She cracks me up.....

[Gorn Captain]

......I mean, God forbid, a Dragon shows up, who would you want to go and fight him/her. A guy in platforms and huge sunglasses, or some Royal Marine who saved his entire platoon in Afghanistan?

The dragon might be scared off by Sir Elton. Don't underestimate the Power of Bad Dress Sense.....

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Well good on him.

[Mikey]

I get a kick out of some of the HONORARY knights.

George Bush (the old man)
Ronald Reagan
Ted Kennedy
Bill Gates
Steven Speilberg
Ann Murray

[YANOULI]

Who's Ann Murray? Anyway, she'd be an honourary Dame, not a Knight.

It's actually the government who award the.... awards ( shades of Austin Powers there," allow myself to introduce...myself " ), the Queen just hands them out.
Although, for MBE's, CBE's, OBE's etc., Prince Charles or other " minor " Royals present them.

Anyway, Good on yer Sir Chris, about bloody time.

[The Toyroom]

Who's Ann Murray? Anyway, she'd be an honourary Dame, not a Knight.

Anne Murray....Canadian songstress....I didn't think she was still on anyone's radar

[Seeker]

Actually wasnt there a thing on the comic Doonsbury. where you could buy knighthoods or titles? Zonker became a lord of something?